1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464075503321

Autore

Carvajal Ana

Titolo

Ponzi schemes in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by Ana Carvajal ...[et. al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009

ISBN

1-4623-7292-9

1-4527-7025-5

1-282-84315-X

1-4518-7242-9

9786612843150

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (46 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/95

Disciplina

332.45

Soggetti

Securities fraud - Caribbean Area

Commercial crimes - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Background; III. Unregulated Investment Schemes in the Caribbean; A. Jamaica; B. Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the Turks and Caicos Islands; IV. Addressing Unregulated Investment Schemes: Key Policy Lessons; A. Preconditions; B. Key Regulatory Actions; V. Conclusion; Annex I. Other Recent Investment Schemes; A. United States; B. Colombia; C. Lesotho; D. Albania; References

Sommario/riassunto

In several Caribbean states, unregulated investment schemes grew quickly in recent years by claiming unusually high monthly returns and through a system of referrals by existing members. These are features shared with traditional Ponzi schemes and pyramid schemes. This paper describes the growth of such schemes, their subsequent collapse, and the policy response of regulators, and presents key policy lessons. The analysis and recommendations draw on country experiences in the Caribbean, and in such diverse countries as the United States, Colombia, Lesotho, and Albania.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794508303321

Autore

Nelson Camilla <1967-, >

Titolo

Broken : children, parents and family courts / / Camilla Nelson, Catharine Lumby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-74382-195-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 307 pages)

Disciplina

346.94015

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Australia

Domestic relations courts - Australia

Domestic relations - Australia

Child welfare - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A devastating account of how Australia's family courts fail children, families and victims of domestic abuse.

The family courts intimately affect the lives of those who come before them. Judges can decide where you are allowed to live and work, which school your child can attend and whether you are even permitted to see your child. Lawyers can interrogate every aspect of your personal life during cross-examination, and argue whether or not you are fit to be a parent. Broken explores the complexities and failures of Australia's family courts through the stories of children and parents whose lives have been shattered by them. Camilla Nelson and Catharine Lumby take the reader into the back rooms of the system to show what it feels like to be caught up in spirals of abusive litigation. They reveal how the courts have been politicised by Pauline Hanson and men's rights groups, and how those they are meant to protect most - children - are silenced or treated as property. Exploring the legal culture, gender politics and financial incentives that drive the system, Broken reveals how the family courts - despite the high ideals on which they were founded - have turned into the worst possible place for vulnerable



families and children.