The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Falsification of documents

Name(s):

Counterfeit documents

False bills of sale

False invoices

False product orders

Bogus financial transactions

Incidence

Emission of false invoices has been a continuing source of major scandal in France, notably affecting the process of funding political campaigns in the 1980s. Arms traffickers have been using the name of Bolivia in 1992 in order to purchase weapons costing up to $300 million for Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics in order to circumvent the United Nations arms embargo. Arms would for example be shipped from China to Bolivia to Yugoslavia on the basis of falsified orders purporting to come from the Bolivian Defence Ministry. Arms merchants in other Latin American countries have also been duped into shipping military equipment to a fake destination so that it can be diverted to destinations such as Yugoslavia.

Broader

Counterfeiting

Unethical documentation practices

Aggravates

Errors in document processing systems

Aggravated by

Illegal international arms shipments

Obtaining property by false pretences

Government complicity in illegal activities

Unethical practices of national defence industries

Disregard for internationally imposed economic sanctions

Value(s)

Bogus

Counterfeit

Fallacy

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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