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Welcome to Hong Kong, a city that could be the envy of many developed nations. Not only has it been declared the world’s freest economy for 19 years running1 and has maintained its reputation among the world’s safest cities,2 Hong Kong is also almost free from corruption. While, in recent years, the city has faltered in the Corruption Perceptions Index, Hong Kong’s the city’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has made it clear that corruption should not be considered a significant problem. Hong Kong crime has been found to be so negligible by the United Nations International Crime Victimization Survey that criminologist Roderic Broadhurst remarked: ‘It’s the first time I witnessed zero corruption in a random survey on crime rate.’3 From this type of commentary, many have concluded that white-collar crime does not generally leave any mark on Hong Kong society.
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Fun, Y. (2015). Introduction: White-Collar Crime — Where Is It?. In: Cloaking White-Collar Crime in Hong Kong’s Property Sector. Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137506771_1
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