KIEV, Dec. 13 – The majority of economic criminals in Ukraine are representatives of companies' top management (40% in each company), according to the results of the Global Economic Crime Survey 2011 by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A total of 3,877 respondents from 72 countries, including 84 respondents from Ukrainian companies from 12 economic sectors, were polled for the survey.

PwC in Ukraine Managing Partner Borys Krasniansky said that 60% of internal crimes in the world are committed by the mid-tier managers and average employees.