László KŐHALMI, PhD
Associate Professor, D. Habil.
Head of Criminology and Criminal Law Department
University of Pécs, Law Faculty
Hungary
Kitti MEZEI
PhD Candidate
University of Pécs, Law Faculty
Hungary
Abstract
There are different concepts of economic crime by each sciences and it shows resemblances with other types of crimes.
The colloquial definition embraces every crimes, infringements, unethical attitudes, which results in gaining unlawful economic benefits by the economic actors.
The Criminal Code gives a guide for the criminal law’s definition.
In criminology it has a wider range than in the criminal law.
The vernacular often use “white-collar crime” as a synonym for it.
Distinguishing economic crime from crime against property is extremely hard since both types of crime violate the financial relations.