Building our defence against credit card fraud: a strategic view

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-386

  Yogi Prabowo, Hendi ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Australia; Credit cards; Crime displacement; Fraud; Fraud prevention; Indonesia; Payments system; Situational crime prevention; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928887092     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13685201111173848     Document Type: Article

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