A Brief Analysis of Underground Markets in Eastern Europe

• Authors: Loredana Maftei
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the last decade, the financial underground markets evolved in a surprisingly way, around the world. Eastern Europe is a significant region, where illegal activities associated with the shadow economy became a real problem that affects the governments stability, the economical, political and social status. Due to the influence of old regimes and the current tolerance of the Eastern European nations, this underground corridors emphasize the risk of interfering with the financing platforms of international terrorism or organized crime

Keywords

EN

Shadow economy; Underground markets; International terrorism; Security; Real economy

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 44-56

Dates

published

2014-10-01

online

2015-01-16

Contributors

author

Loredana Maftei

• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, 22, Carol I Boulevard, 700505 Iasi, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hssr-2013-0037