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External Factors: Legal Framework and the Business Environment

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During the thousands of years of fraud history, it is observed that many factors play critical roles in fraud occurrence, prevention, and detection. These can be categorised into factors associated with the external environment, organisations, fraudsters, and victims.

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Li, L., McMurray, A. (2022). External Factors: Legal Framework and the Business Environment. In: Corporate Fraud Across the Globe. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3667-8_8

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