In this Thematic Unit, students will delve deeper into the concept of financial/economic crime and will investigate the causes of its commission, as well as the profile of the perpetrator who commits it. They will also be informed about the direct and collateral costs of financial crimes and identify the areas most affected by financial crimes. During the study of financial crimes, special emphasis will be placed on professional fraud and, in particular, on the study of the forms of its commission, namely the appropriation of assets, the falsification of financial statements and corruption. Then there will be a detailed presentation of money laundering, the methods of its execution and the reasons why its detection presents difficulties. The existing legislative framework and the preventive/combating measures taken, will also be assessed, alongside the intoduction of new anti-crime measures. Similar issues will be addressed in the context of analyzing financial crimes with cheques and credit cards, electronic financial crimes, tax offences and bankruptcy offences. Finally, particular ways for effectively preventing and detecting financial crimes will be studied.