Economic Offences - Handbook for Investigation  (Hardcover, Umesh Sharraf, IPS)

Economic Offence is an illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by non-physical means and by concealment or guilt, to obtain money or property, to avoid the payment or loss of money or property, or to obtain business or personal advantage.Police officers need to familiarize themselves with a large number of governing enactments and also need to coordinate their investigative work with different Central and State agencies for a concerted effort against the gamut of economic crime. This book dwells at length on the legal provisions and general lacunae in investigation of Economic Offences. Separate chapters are devoted to investigation of Criminal Breach of Trust/Misappropriation, Company Frauds, NBFCs, Share Frauds, Bank Frauds, Multi Level Marketing and FICN. Subjects of Forensic Document Examination, Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, the Protection of Depositors Act 1999, Attachment of Property and Investigation Abroad are also covered in separate chapters.Part 1 of this book covers general guidelines while dealing with this subject. Part 2 goes into some detail with respect to investigation of certain categories of offences. Part 3 covers important legislations and Part 4 offers sample documents. This book would be very useful for officers entering into the laborious world of Investigation of Economic Offences and also for the students studying and getting special training to investigate such crimes.