Retraction notice: Countering corruption in the context of digitalisation criminal and criminological aspects

The publisher of Journal of Financial Crime wishes to retract the article Anna Serebrennikova, Tatiana Minyazeva, Denis Dobryakov, Valentina Shiyаn, Olga Afanasieva; Countering corruption in the context of digitalisation: criminal and criminological aspects. Journal of Financial Crime 2 January 2023; 30(1): 130–142. Link to the cited article.. It has come to our attention that there are concerns regarding the authorship and provenance of the article. As a result, the article’s findings cannot be relied upon. The decision to retract has been informed by COPE’s guidelines on retractionsLink to the cited article. and Emerald’s publishing ethicsLink to the website of Emerald.. Emerald’s authorship policy guidelines make it clear that authorship is a fundamental aspect of transparency in the publication process, and ensures accountability and responsibility for reported research. Despite multiple attempts to contact the authors, the journal has received no response. It should be noted that the contact addresses provided to the publisher on submission were found to be not legitimate institutional email accounts, and are now invalid for all listed authors. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologises to the readers.