Threats and Phantoms of Organised Crime, Corruption and Terrorism
Threats and Phantoms of Organised Crime, Corruption and Terrorism

Author: P. C. van Duyne

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9789058500779

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As the European Union is taking a giant leap towards incorporating all of the "Old Continent", Pan-European enthusiasm is dampened by lingering and newly fanned fears of such dark phenomena as organised crime, corruption and terrorism. In general, fear is a bad councillor, but it can be used as a very effective policy making tool, as is the case with organised crime and terrorism. In this fourth volume of the European Colloquium Group on Cross-border Crime, expert researchers from Central and Western Europe critically examine these anxieties, the underlying threats and the feasibility of adequate responses. They raise crucial questions, including: how does the "management of fear" operate politically, to what extent are we successful in delineating and penetrating the underlying phenomena, and are we sufficiently aware of the political costs of current strategies to counter organised crime, corruption and terrorism? [Vir: http://www.vidya.nl/ ].

Transnational Terrorism, Organized Crime and Peace-Building
Transnational Terrorism, Organized Crime and Peace-Building

Author: W. Benedek

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-05-12

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0230281478

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This volume investigates the role of the transnational terrorist and criminal organizations in the peace-building processes, with a particular focus on the Western Balkan region. Conducted within the framework of human security analysis, the research focuses on the security of the human being.

Defining and Defying Organised Crime
Defining and Defying Organised Crime

Author: Felia Allum

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1135273162

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Organised crime is now a major threat to all industrial and non-industrial countries. Using an inter-disciplinary and comparative approach this book examines the existing, official institutional discourse on organised crime to examine whether, or not, it has an impact on perceptions of the threat and on the reality of organized crime.

Crime and Corruption in New Democracies
Crime and Corruption in New Democracies

Author: J. Moran

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 023031676X

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One of the dark sides to democratization can be crime and corruption. This book looks at the way political liberalization affects these practices in a number of ways whilst also challenging some of the scare stories about democracy. The book also brings the politics of power back into an examination of corruption.

Criminals and Terrorists in Partnership
Criminals and Terrorists in Partnership

Author: Helena Carrapico

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1317389816

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The nexus between terrorism and organised crime consists of a strategic alliance between two non-state actors who are able to exploit illegal markets, threaten the security of individuals, and influence policy-making on a global level. Recent Europol reports have pointed towards the importance of studying the links between organised crime and terrorist groups, and have underlined that the nature and extent of these connections have seldom been addressed from an academic perspective. Considering the danger that both organised crime and terrorism currently pose to the world, the collusion between these two phenomena is of urgent contemporary interest. Basing itself on geographical case-studies, this book contributes to the existing literature in three ways: by enriching the empirical knowledge on the nature of the crime-terror nexus and its evolution; by exploring the impact of the nexus within different economic, political and societal contexts; and by expanding on its theoretical conceptualization. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Crime.

Fake Meds Online
Fake Meds Online

Author: Alexandra Hall

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1137570881

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This book provides a timely criminological investigation into the rapidly growing sale of fake medicines online. Some estimates suggest that the fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana and prostitution as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers. This increase has been particularly apparent in the context of various evolutionary phases in information and communications technologies, and the Internet now acts as the main avenue through which this criminal market is expanding. Thus far – despite growing concern and media attention – this extensive, extremely profitable, and ultimately life-threatening online market is yet to be fully explored. Drawing on the authors' own criminological investigation of both the supply and demand sides in the United Kingdom, this study offers the first in-depth and empirically-grounded analysis of the online trade in illicit medicines. Founded on rigorous research, and bolstering a rich area for debate, this book will be of particular interest for scholars of criminology and technology studies.

Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime
Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime

Author: Katie Benson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-04-03

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1351717235

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The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is based on qualitative research combining analysis of cases of lawyers convicted of money laundering offences with interviews with criminal justice practitioners, members of professional and regulatory bodies and practising solicitors, and analysis of relevant national and international legislative and regulatory frameworks. The book demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of lawyers’ involvement in laundering activity, and shows that their actions and the decisions they take must be understood in relation to the specific situational contexts in which they occur. It provides significant new insights into the criminal justice and regulatory response to professional facilitation of money laundering in the UK, raising questions about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the response and the challenges involved. The book develops a framework for future research and analysis in this area, and proposes a range of potential strategies for controlling the facilitation of money laundering. Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime is essential reading for those researching money laundering, white-collar crime or organised crime, and for practitioners and policy makers concerned with preventing the facilitation of money laundering.

Drugs and Money
Drugs and Money

Author: Michael Levi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-15

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1134294255

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In this intriguing book, Petrus C. van Duyne and Michael Levi introduce the reader to an ever-unfolding series of problems, from mind-influencing substances to the complications of international drug regulation and the interaction between markets

Inside Criminal Networks
Inside Criminal Networks

Author: Carlo Morselli

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0387095268

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This book is the first extensive study of criminal networks The case study designs and analytical paths are straightforward and can serve as a source for future research endeavours using a variety of data sources

Transnational Financial Crime
Transnational Financial Crime

Author: Nikos Passas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 683

ISBN-13: 1351538500

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Financial crime affects virtually all areas of public policy and is increasingly transnational. The essays in this volume address both the theoretical and policy issues arising from financial crime and feature a wide variety of case studies, and cover topics such as state revenue collection, criminal enterprises, money laundering, the use of new technologies and methods in financial crime, corruption, terrorism, proliferation of WMD, sanctions, third-world debt, procurement, telecommunications, cyberspace, the defense industry and intellectual property. Taken together, these essays form a must-read collection for scholars and students in law, finance and criminology.