Reza faani - Assistant Professor of Law, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

Defining a crime by using the characteristics of its perpetrators can obscure or complicate the definition of a crime. This is true of Sutherland's definition of "white-collar crime". The key concepts of this definition, such as respectability, high social status, abuse of influence, detection and adaptation of different instances of white-collar crime, face difficulties. Explains this concept according to the characteristics of the act and the processes of its commission. In this regard, white-collar delinquency is considered as an abuse of trust and other related conditions, and the study of the structure of brokerage relations is considered as an important context for white-collar crime. The concept of trust and the nature of prohibited acts are clarified through the norms related to trust. Accordingly, it is emphasized how trustees exploit the structural vulnerability of trust relationships to their advantage through deception, persuasion, etc

White-collar crime, trust, trust, brokerage, corruption