Economic Crime Investigators at Work

This article presents the findings of an empirical study on the work of economic crime (EC) investigators, describing and analyzing its key, particular features. In the 1990s, there were real efforts towards, and some success in, making economic crime control a routine and normal part of police work in Finland. The extent to which such forms of investigation can be integrated into police organization and cultures are analyzed, and the impact of any diminution of interest in EC control into the pragmatics of EC investigation are scrutinized. Of particular interest is the tension between the traditional concerns of the criminal justice system and the priorities of economic crime investigators.