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<p>Nationalization and the introduction of state-controlled economy led to the emergence of abnormal social phenomena, including system-specific crimes. Economic transformations were the foundation of the systemic revolution carried out in the first decade after the Second World War, therefore they were the subject of interest for the Ministry of Public Security. That is why financial crimes were treated just like political crimes, which was also justified by legal provisions, as no specific definition of this type of crime existed. This allowed the authorities (secret police, prosecutor’s office, courts, media) to interpret the events according to their will and current political needs, and, as a result, to administer various overt or covert repressions (death penalty, imprisonment, forced cooperation with the secret police).</p>
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Nationalization and the introduction of state-controlled economy led to the emergence of abnormal social phenomena, including system-specific crimes. Economic transformations were the foundation of the systemic revolution carried out in the first decade after the Second World War, therefore they were the subject of interest for the Ministry of Public Security. That is why financial crimes were treated just like political crimes, which was also justified by legal provisions, as no specific definition of this type of crime existed. This allowed the authorities (secret police, prosecutor’s office, courts, media) to interpret the events according to their will and current political needs, and, as a result, to administer various overt or covert repressions (death penalty, imprisonment, forced cooperation with the secret police).

Financial Crime in the Operational Work of the State Security Service Until 1956 – Lower Silesian Perspective

Institute of National Remembrance/University of Wrocław

Studia Historiae Oeconomicae

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Nationalization and the introduction of state-controlled economy led to the emergence of abnormal social phenomena, including system-specific crimes. Economic...

Financial Crime in the Operational Work of the State Security Service Until 1956 – Lower Silesian Perspective

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 129 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sho-2016-0008

Keywords
financial crime, security services, Lower Silesia

© 2016 Robert Klementowski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Financial Crime in the Operational Work of the State Security Service Until 1956 – Lower Silesian Perspective

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 129 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sho-2016-0008

Keywordsfinancial crime, security services, Lower Silesia

© 2016 Robert Klementowski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
financial crime, security services, Lower Silesia