Market Manipulation and Insider Trading Regulatory Challenges in the United States of America, the European Union and the United Kingdom

1. Introduction -- I. Introduction -- II. The Financial Crisis and the Fight against Financial Crimes: Some Hardcore Data -- III. Market Manipulation: The Major Crime -- IV. Structure of the Chapters -- V. Conclusion -- 2. Market Manipulation and Insider Dealing in the EU Context -- I. Introduction -- II. The EU's Fight against Financial Crimes and the Importance of 'Confidence' in the Market -- III. The EU Legislative Framework to Fight Market Abuse -- IV. Criminal Liability for Legal Persons ́€" A Brief Overview -- V. Conclusion -- 3. Regulatory Strategies: On the Choice of Sanction -- I. Introduction -- II. Quasi-criminal Law in the EU Context -- III. The Eternal Debate: Criminal or Administrative Sanctions? -- IV. Market Abuse Sanctions ́€" The EU Context and the Question of Proportionality -- V. The United Kingdom -- VI. The United States of America -- VII. Conclusion -- 4. Market Abuse and the Wider EU Fight Against Financial Crimes -- I. Introduction -- II. The Wider Area of Financial Crimes: Money Laundering and Fraud -- III. The European Public Prosecutor's Office and EU Agencies -- IV. Subsidiarity Questions and Accountability with Broader Relevance for the EU Market Abuse Regime -- V. Fundamental Rights and Data Protection -- VI. Conclusion -- 5. The United Kingdom -- I. Introduction -- II. Insider Dealing -- III. Market Abuse -- IV. The 2007/08 Financial Crisis, Market Manipulation and the Enforcement Response -- V. The Serious Fraud Office -- VI. The Financial Conduct Authority -- VII. Conclusion -- 6. The United States of America -- I. Introduction -- II. Insider Trading -- III. Market Manipulation -- IV. The 2007/08 Financial Crisis, Market Manipulation and the Enforcement Response -- V. The Securities and Exchange Commission -- VI. The Department of Justice -- VII. Commodities Futures Trading Commission -- VIII. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- I. Introduction -- II. Final Remarks.