WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF IRAN

White-collar criminals are those who abusing their official occupations commit profitable, nonviolent crimes. The most important manifestations of white collar crimes are: fraud, corruption (including bribery), employment offences, consumer offences, drug and food offences, environmental crimes, cyber crimes, and customs offences. Some manifestations of white collar crime have direct victims some do not have; nevertheless, all of them victimize community. Therefore, all members of community should be persuaded to cooperate in combating the crime and be duly protected by proper laws. In Iran most forms of white collar crime have been criminalized, nonetheless, in comparison to each other regarding their consequences for community, their punishments are not proportionate.