Awareness of Financial Crime on Curacao

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2
Table of Figures 3
Introduction 4 Purpose of Study 4 Importance 5 Overview of report 5 Background 5 Assumptions 6 Delimitations 6
Literature Review 7 Research and Sub Questions 8 Research Objectives 9
Methods 10 Participants 10 Instruments 11 Procedures 14
Results 15 A. Descriptive Statistics: The responses to our questionnaire 15 B. Inferential Statistics 18
Discussion 21
Conclusions 24
Recommendations 24
References 25

Table of Figures

Table 1:Gender 15
Table 2: Working full-time/ part-time 15
Table 3: Types financial crime 16
Table 5: Knowledge of financial crime 16
Table 4: Consideration financial crime 16
Table 6: Experience financial crime 17
Table 7: Frecuency experience 17
Table 8: Type of experience 18
Table 9: Protection financial crime 18
Table 10A: Significance relationship between working and knowing someone who experienced financial crime 19
Table 11: Relationship gender and experience financial crime 19
Table 12: Significance relationship gender and financial crime 19
Table 13: Relationship working and experience financial crime 20
Table 14: Significance relationship working and experiencing financial crime 20

Introduction

Financial crime is becoming something that affects all of us it makes for an increase in prices and taxes. The prices of insurance rise to cover the cost of frauds. Taxes rise because there is so much income understated which makes that the government does not get enough income. This all has influence on those innocent. Financial crime has become the future of the crook. Instead of break-ins or theft they steal of, of your bank accounts.

The time has come for more and more people to be aware of these crimes. It happens all around us. Most of the time we are not aware of the crimes around us, nor how they are committed. Knowing how others are robbed/ embezzled makes that we can

References: • Australian Institute of Criminology. (2003). Gambling as a Motivation. Trends and Issues in Crime and , 6.