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Abstract
With the background knowledge that Denmark is one of the least corrupt nations in the world, this article explores the case of a mayor who for eight years worked ‘miracles’ for ‘his’ municipality but was later revealed to have built this community on circumvention of control mechanisms and laws. For this (and for his overwhelming consumption of expensive wines at the taxpayers’ expense) he was later sentenced to four years of imprisonment. He was not driven by personal economic gain, but more likely by a mixture between creating a municipality of his dreams and the almost absolute power that he ended up with just before the scandal hit the headlines. The case was revealed by two journalists from a yellow newspaper, but very soon police and other authorities as well as his fellow politicians followed up on the revelations, and his former political friends turned their back on him. It is not the story of a mayor who was bribed – but of a mayor who turned out to be ‘corrupt’ in a wider sense of the
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Translated title of the contribution | Kongen af Farum: et dansk korruptionseventyr |
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Original language | English |
Journal | Nordic Journal of Criminology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 133-141 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 2578-983x |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Dec 2012 |
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Nordisk bestikkelsesprojekt
The Nordic Research Council for Criminology
01/10/2009 → 01/07/2013
Project: Research
Activities
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Nordisk korruption
Lars Bo Langsted (Participant)
10 Oct 2013 → 11 Oct 2013Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Bribery and the Like - in a Nordic context with an outlook to the new British legislation
Lars Bo Langsted (Lecturer)
16 Nov 2011Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies