Economic and Financial Crime: Corruption, shadow economy, and money laundering

Monica Violeta Achim is affiliated at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Finance Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She obtained her PhD. In the Accounting field on 2004, at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Since 2017, she has been full professor at Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. In the same year she became Phd supervisor in the field of Finance within Doctoral School of Economics, the same faculty. She teaches the disciplines “Diagnosis and Financial Analysis”, “Financial analysis in banks” and “Economic and financial crime” at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania. She has many research concerns in the area of economic and financial crime, business performances, and corporate governance. On February 2020, she won the Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research 2019, at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as a recognition of the hard work in the research activity.

Sorin Nicolae Borlea is affiliated at two Romanian universities as follow: University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics Science, Doctoral Scool of Economics, Oradea, Romania and ‘Vasile Goldis’ Western University of Arad, Faculty of Economics, Informatics and Engineering, Department of Economics, Arad, Romania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Finance on 2008 at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Since 2015, he has been full professor at “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, Faculty of Economics, Informatics and Engineering, Department of Economics, where he teaches disciplines related to the areas of Accounting & Finance. Since 2018 he has been a Phd. supervisor at Oradea University, Faculty of Economics, Doctoral School of Economics, Oradea, Romania, where he teaches the discipline “Economic and financial crime”.