Criminal Markets And Mafia Proceeds

Author : Ernesto Savona,Francesco Calderoni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317577010

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Criminal Markets and Mafia Proceeds by Ernesto Savona,Francesco Calderoni Pdf

This book estimates the proceeds of crime and mafia revenues for different criminal markets such as sexual exploitation, drugs, illicit cigarettes, loan sharking, extortion racketeering, counterfeiting, illicit firearms, illegal gambling and illicit waste management. It is the first time that scholars have adopted detailed methodologies to ensure the highest reliability and validity of the estimation. Overall, estimated proceeds of crime amount to € 22.8 billion: 1.5% of the Italian GDP. Of this, up to € 10.7 billion (0.7 of the GDP) may be attributable to the Italian mafias. These figures are considerably lower than the ones most frequently circulated on the news, without any details about their methodology, which were defined by a UN study as "gross overestimates". Far from underestimating criminal revenues, the results of this study bring the issue of the proceeds of crime to an empirically-based debate, providing support for improved future estimates and more effective policies. The volume’s contributions were inspired by a project awarded by the Italian Ministry of Interior to Transcrime, which produced the first report on mafia investments (www.investimentioc.it). This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Crime.

Author : Dina Siegel,Hans Nelen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387747330

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Organized Crime: Culture, Markets and Policies by Dina Siegel,Hans Nelen Pdf

Dina Siegel and Hans Nelen The term ‘global organized crime’ has been in use in criminology since the mid 1990s. Even more general and abstract than its daughter-terms (transnational or cross-border organized crime), ‘global organized crime’ seems to embrace the activities of criminal groups and networks all around the planet, leaving no geographical space untouched. The term appears to cover the geographical as well as the historical domain: ‘global’ has taken on the meaning of ‘forever and ever’. Global organized crime is also associatively linked with ‘globalisation’. The social construction of both terms in scientific discourse is in itself an interesting theme. But perhaps even more interesting, especially for academics trying to conduct empirical research in this area, is the analysis of the symbolic and practical meaning of these concepts. How should criminologists study globalisation in general and global organized crime in particular? Which instruments and ‘theoretical luggage’ do they have in order to conduct this kind of research? The aim of this book is not to formulate simple, straightforward answers to these questions, but rather to give an overview of contemporary criminological research combining international, national and local dimensions of specific organized crime pr- lems. The term global organized crime will hardly be used in this respect. In other social sciences, such as anthropology, there is a tendency to get rid of vague and abstract terms which can only serve to confuse our understanding. In our opinion, criminology should follow this initiative.

Author : Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521629551

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The Economics of Organised Crime by Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman Pdf

The first book to apply economic theory to the analysis of all aspects of organised crime.

Author : Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : TRUE CRIME
ISBN : 9780198795544

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Organized Crime by Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou Pdf

This book uncovers the reality of organised crime, considering what is meant by the term 'organised', and discussing the different forms of activities organised crime engages in, from human trafficking to extortion. Offering a global perspective, from the Mafia to the Yakuza, it considers efforts to combat organised crime today.

Author : Emanuele Sclafani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1032541938

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Investment of Criminal Proceeds Into the Legitimate Economy by Emanuele Sclafani Pdf

"This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities. It identifies the drivers behind the criminal choices and modus operandi of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, and the factors causing their mobility abroad. Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy broadens our knowledge on the relationship between criminal agency and criminogenic opportunity in a socio-economic and legal context. This book offers a critical insight into the criminal actors and operations of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, such as money laundering schemes in the real estate sector, whilst also exploring the role of crime facilitators. Drawing on interviews with prosecutors, law enforcement agents and investigative journalists, Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy explores how criminal investments adversely affect both law enforcement operations and socio-economic development in this area. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, law, organized crime, policymakers and all those interested in how Italian and Russian organized crime operates in the UK real estate market"--

Author : Martin Bouchard,Chris Wilkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317987505

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Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime by Martin Bouchard,Chris Wilkins Pdf

This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal networks and organisations such as the Hells Angels. The book includes analysis of the structure of illegal drug markets from international leaders in the field. Finally the text includes empirical case studies of the diverse markets where organised crime is currently active including the illegal market for crystal methamphetamine in Australia, tiger products in China and the falcon and fur trades in Russia. This book was based on a special issue of Global Crime.

Author : Yuliya Zabyelina,Kimberley L. Thachuk
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000634525

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The Private Sector and Organized Crime by Yuliya Zabyelina,Kimberley L. Thachuk Pdf

This book contributes to the literature on organized crime by providing a detailed account of the various nuances of what happens when criminal organizations misuse or penetrate legitimate businesses. It advances the existing scholarship on attacks, infiltration, and capture of legal businesses by organized crime and sheds light on the important role the private sector can play to fight back. It considers a range of industries from bars and restaurants to labour-intensive enterprises such as construction and waste management, to sectors susceptible to illicit activities including transportation, wholesale and retail trade, and businesses controlled by fragmented legislation such as gambling. Organized criminal groups capitalize on legitimate businesses beleaguered by economic downturns, government regulations, natural disasters, societal conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic. To survive, some private companies have even become the willing partners of criminal organizations. Thus, the relationships between licit businesses and organized crime are highly varied and can range from victimization of businesses to willing collusion and even exploitation of organized crime by the private sector – albeit with arrangements that typically allow plausible deniability. In other words, these relationships are highly diverse and create a complex reality which is the focus of the articles presented here. This book will appeal to students, academics, and policy practitioners with an interest in organized crime. It will also provide important supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate courses on topics such as transnational security issues, transnational organized crime, international criminal justice, criminal finance, non-state actors, international affairs, comparative politics, and economics and business courses.

Author : Michele Riccardi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000530926

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Money Laundering Blacklists by Michele Riccardi Pdf

What are the criteria used by Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the European Union to blacklist jurisdictions at high-risk of money laundering? What are the countries at highest risk according to Panama Papers and FinCEN files? Where do criminals move their illicit money, according to judicial and investigative evidence? This book answers these questions. It is an unprecedented study on the countries at highest risk of attracting money laundering and organised crime proceeds – and how they are identified as such by scholars, policy-makers and anti-money laundering (AML) practitioners. It targets an issue which is central to the policy debate, in the media, but is under-studied. This book is divided into two parts. Part I discusses the concept of money laundering risk, its main determinants, and carries out a review of extant country ratings, ranging from official blacklists and grey lists, to media leaks and scholarly papers. Part II discusses the weaknesses and the myths behind the current ratings and proposes a new approach to assess the risk of money laundering across countries. With a critical research perspective, empirically driven, this book aims to satisfy both scholars and students – in particular from criminology, economics, and international relations – and practitioners from banks, professional firms, and AML authorities.

Author : R.T. Naylor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773570450

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Wages of Crime by R.T. Naylor Pdf

Outraged by recent encroachments on citizens' rights that have been justified by claims that new and more restrictive laws will combat the ravages of international crime, Naylor contends that no police campaign that fails to address the demand for illegal goods and services has ever succeeded. He supports this claim with detailed - and often entertaining - accounts of past criminal operations and law enforcement's attempts to stop them. Wages of Crime makes a persuasive case for the need to address the underlying economic and political factors that encourage criminal enterprises rather than relying on restrictive laws.

Author : Hanna Samir Kassab,Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319906355

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Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security by Hanna Samir Kassab,Jonathan D. Rosen Pdf

This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout human history and provides recommendations to governments. Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of the state and its institutions through corruption and violence. Criminal networks now organize under cyber-infrastructure, what we call the Deep or Dark Web. The authors analyze how illicit markets come together, issues of destabilization and international security, the effect of legitimate enterprises crowded out of developing countries, and ultimately, illicit markets' cost to human life.

Author : Herbert E. Alexander,Gerald E. Caiden
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : True Crime
ISBN : UOM:39015011045740

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The Politics and Economics of Organized Crime by Herbert E. Alexander,Gerald E. Caiden Pdf

Author : Anna Sergi,Anita Lavorgna
Publisher : Springer
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319325859

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'Ndrangheta by Anna Sergi,Anita Lavorgna Pdf

This book presents an historical and sociological account of the Italian mafia-type organisation known as the ‘ndrangheta. It draws together diverse perspectives on the various ‘ndrangheta clans and their behavioural models, focusing specifically on their organisational skills, their bonds with Calabrian society and Calabrian communities around the world, their mobility, and their characterisation as poly-crime organisations. The authors demonstrate that ‘ndrangheta clans have an innovative way of being and doing mafia work through a dense network of relationships both in the ‘upperworld’ and in the ‘underworld’, a particularly acute sense of business, a reputation built on the protection of blood and family ties, and, last but not least, a symbiotic relationship and camouflage within Calabrian society. By focusing on both the structures and the activities of the clans and with findings based on judicial documents, this book explores why the ‘ndrangheta is today labeled as “the most powerful Italian mafia”. It will be of great interest to upper-level students and scholars of organised crime and sociology.

Author : Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780470675274

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Angels, Mobsters and Narco-Terrorists by Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe Pdf

In this ground-breaking book, Antonio Nicaso, an internationally renowned expert on organized crime groups, and Lee Lamothe, a veteran investigative journalist specializing in criminal conspiracies, present solid evidence of how established organized crime groups — such as the Mafia and the Triads — have changed their tactics and allegiances to protect their interests against the rise of violent and power-hungry gangs from Albania, Mexico, and Russia. Angels, Mobsters, & Narco-Terrorists reveals how, due to their shared border, the USA and Canada have become prime targets for criminal groups that engage in money laundering and prostitution rings, and trafficking in human cargo, narcotics, and arms. On the international scene, state-sanctioned crime is thriving on heroin profits and cyber crime is emerging as a very lucrative and baffling activity to investigate and shut down. Dive inside the world of organized crime and discover how far it has penetrated our lives.

Author : Ernesto U. Savona,Mark A.R. Kleiman,Francesco Calderoni
Publisher : Springer
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319653617

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Dual Markets by Ernesto U. Savona,Mark A.R. Kleiman,Francesco Calderoni Pdf

This comprehensive volume analyzes dual markets for regulated substances and services, and aims to provide a framework for their effective regulation. A “dual market” refers to the existence of both a legal and an illegal market for a regulated product or service (for example, prescription drugs). These regulations exist in various countries for a mix of public health, historical, political and cultural reasons. Allowing the legal market to thrive, while trying to eliminate the illegal market, provides a unique challenge for governments and law enforcement. Broken down into nine main sections, the book studies comparative international policies for regulating these “dual markets” from a historical, legal, and cultural perspective. It includes an analysis of the markets for psychoactive substances that are illegal in most countries (such as marijuana, cocaine, opiods and amphetimines), psychoactive substances which are legal in most countries and where consumption is widespread (such as alcohol and tobacco), and services that are generally regulated or illegal (such as sports betting, the sex trade, and gambling). For each of these nine types of markets, contributions focus on the relationship between regulation, the emerging illegal market, and the resulting overall access to these services. This work aims to provide a comprehensive framework from a historical, cultural, and comparative international perspective. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with an interest in organized crime, as well as related fields such as sociology, public policy, international relations, and public health.

Author : Sabrina Adamoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : True Crime
ISBN : UCR:31210013589625

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Organised Crime Around the World by Sabrina Adamoli Pdf