Global Organized Crime

Author : Dina Siegel,H. Bunt,D. Zaitch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400709850

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Global Organized Crime by Dina Siegel,H. Bunt,D. Zaitch Pdf

In the current processes of political, economic and cultural changes serious cross-border forms of organized crime receive unprecedented attention as spectacular global media events, as 'threats' of all sorts, and as priority targets of criminal policy and political agendas. Most books on 'global organized crime' focus on one particular region, topic or event, and are written from one specific theoretical and disciplinary framework. The renowned scholars who have contributed to this volume present up-to-date expertise on regions as distant and different as Russia, Colombia, the Netherlands, Israel, Peru and Britain. They tackle phenomena such as international drug trafficking, alien and women smuggling, terrorism, East European organized crime and financial crimes. They show not only how these issues are interrelated, but also the way in which they interact with social, economic and political legitimate structures. The contributors critically question the policies and strategies currently pursued. They explore different theoretical arguments from the perspective of their own disciplines, which include economics, criminology, political science and anthropology.

Author : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,Regine Schönenberg
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839424957

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Transnational Organized Crime by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,Regine Schönenberg Pdf

Transnational organized crime interferes with the everyday lives of more and more people - and represents a serious threat to democracy. By now, organized crime has become an inherent feature of economic globalization, and the fine line between the legal and illegal operation of business networks is blurred. Additionally, few experts could claim to have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations governing the international flow of trade, and hence of the borderline towards criminal transactions. This book offers contributions from 12 countries around the world authored by 25 experts from a wide range of academic disciplines, representatives from civil society organizations and private industry, journalists, as well as activists. Recognizing the complexity of the issue, this publication provides a cross cultural and multi-disciplinary analysis of transnational organized crime including a historical approach from different regional and cultural contexts.

Author : Hanna Samir Kassab,Jonathan D. Rosen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Dina Siegel,Henk van de Bunt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461432111

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Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World by Dina Siegel,Henk van de Bunt Pdf

Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosper—even centuries-old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of mass migration and multinational business and finance. From traditional gangland enterprises such as narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, the world’s mafias have moved into new sources of illegal income, including high-tech arms smuggling, money laundering, and identity fraud. Traditional Crime in the Modern World tracks these organizations—the Italian and Mexican mafias, Columbian drug cartels, Chinese triads, and others—across five continents as they adapt to change, and assesses their prospects in the short and long term. World events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 9/11 terror attacks are discussed in the context of contributing to emerging markets for illicit goods and services, and to evolving partnerships among criminal entities. This timely volume: • Provides a comprehensive overview of how mafia-like structures function today. • Analyzes in depth national crime situations with global implications. • Examines the migration of organized crime groups and their operations in their new countries. • Gauges the influence of digital and other technologies on organized crime. • Where applicable, notes the links between organized crime and national political institutions. • Describes the impact of the global financial crisis on crime organizations. Concise, compelling, and deeply documented, Traditional Crime in the Modern World is an eye-opening resource for researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with an interest in organized crime and trafficking, as well as related topics of Demography, Political Science, and International Relations.

Author : Emilio C. Viano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429843983

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Global Organized Crime and International Security by Emilio C. Viano Pdf

Published in 1999, this book focuses on organized crime as a worldwide phenomenon that has taken great advantage of enabling technology in banking, communications and transportation to build what is probably the first true 'virtual' corporation in the world. It looks at organized crime as a threat to national and international security ironically stemming, in part, from the collapse of the Soviet empire that provided an already thriving, ruthless and well-organized system of graft, corruption and crime with a new lease of life and also unleashed it on to the world scene. Organized crime is also seen as a system of transnational alliances with the potential to destabilize democratic values and institutions; distort regional, if not worldwide, economies; and subvert the international order by allying itself with terrorist organizations, rogue states and developing countries in search of rapid industrialization and market dominance.

Author : Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : True Crime
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009798740

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Global Mafia by Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe Pdf

Author : Frank G. Madsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 9780415464987

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Transnational Organized Crime by Frank G. Madsen Pdf

This book explains the history and development of organized crime and clearly demonstrates the economics and practices of crime in the era of globalization.

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317834441

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Global Crime Today by Mark Galeotti Pdf

Crime is recognized as a constant factor within human society, but in the twenty-first century organized crime is emerging as one of the distinctive security threats of the new world order. The more complex, organized and interconnected society becomes, its crime becomes too. This book recognizes that the new century will be defined in part by a struggle between an ‘upperworld’, defined by increasingly open economic systems and democratic politics, and a transnational, entrepreneurial, dynamic and richly varied underworld, willing and able to use and distort these trends for its own ends. In order to understand this challenge, this book gathers together experts from a variety of fields to understand how organized crime is changing. From the Sicilian Mafia and the Japanese Yakuza, to the new challenges of Russian and East European gangs and the ‘virtual mafias’ of the cybercriminals, this book offers a clear and concise introduction to many of the key players moving in this global criminal underworld. This book is a special issue of Global Crime

Author : Jay Albanese,Philip Reichel
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483325026

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Transnational Organized Crime by Jay Albanese,Philip Reichel Pdf

This unique text explores the expansive topic of transnational organized crime, incorporating expert perspectives found throughout the world’s six inhabited continents: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Editors Jay S. Albanese and Philip L. Reichel gather the knowledge and expertise of numerous authors, researchers, and practitioners in this field who are either native to each world region, have extensively travelled and worked there, or are recognized scholars for those regions. Through this text, readers will begin to understand the geographic, cultural, and regional similarities and differences underying the common threat of transnational organized crime, as well as how to address the global expansion of organized crime today.

Author : Mats R. Berdal,Mónica Serrano
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588260909

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Transnational Organized Crime and International Security by Mats R. Berdal,Mónica Serrano Pdf

Though the provision of illicit goods and services is far from being a new phenomenon, today's global economic environment has allowed transnational organized crime an unprecedented capacity to challenge states. The authors of this book examine the trends underlying the explosion of transnational organized crime and consider possible responses. Emphasizing the difficulties encountered by individual states in their efforts to deal with this security dilemma, they highlight the growing importance of multilateral initiatives.

Author : Felia Allum,Stan Gilmour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135424565

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Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime by Felia Allum,Stan Gilmour Pdf

Transnational organized crime crosses borders, challenges States, exploits individuals, pursues profit, wrecks economies, destroys civil society, and ultimately weakens global democracy. It is a phenomenon that is all too often misunderstood and misrepresented. This handbook attempts to redress the balance, by providing a fresh and interdisciplinary overview of the problems which transnational organized crime represents. The innovative aspect of this handbook is not only its interdisciplinary nature but also the dialogue between international academics and practitioners that it presents. The handbook seeks to provide the definitive overview of transnational organized crime, including contributions from leading international scholars as well as emerging researchers. The work starts by examining the origins, concepts, contagion and evolution of transnational organized crime and then moves on to discuss the impact, governance and reactions of governments and their agencies, before looking to the future of transnational organized crime, and how the State will seek to respond. Providing a cutting edge survey of the discipline, this work will be essential reading for all those with an interest in this dangerous phenomenon.

Author : Ernesto Savona,Phil Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136309533

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The United Nations and Transnational Organized Crime by Ernesto Savona,Phil Williams Pdf

Transnational organized crime poses a serious threat to the international community. This volume, the product of a UN conference, discusses the dangers of transnational organized crime and identifies forms of regional, national and international co-operation for its prevention and control, including intelligence networks, preventive strategies, extradition treaties, criminalizing participation in criminal organizations and the elaboration of an international convention. The reduction and subsequent containment of transnational organized crime require governments not only to recognize the seriousness of the challenge, but also to allocate resources commensurate with this challenge. The authors warn that should the international community fail to do this, the prospects for democratic government and the rule of law will be gloomy.

Author : Margaret E. Beare
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802081908

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Critical Reflections on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering and Corruption by Margaret E. Beare Pdf

Contributors offer a wide range of challenges to commonly-held views on transnational crime and approaches to fighting it, suggesting that current international policies follow an American model that exaggerates its threat out of proportion.

Author : T. Wing Lo,Dina Siegel,Sharon I Kwok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429632235

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Organized Crime and Corruption Across Borders by T. Wing Lo,Dina Siegel,Sharon I Kwok Pdf

This book explores China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the criminogenic potential for economic, financial, and socio-cultural cooperation across countries, where some are known for weak law enforcement and high levels of corruption. It examines whether these flows of capital are increasing the amount of organized crime in the newly linked regions and how law enforcement agencies are responding. Bringing together experts across the Global South and Europe, this book considers transnational organized crime and corruption across One Belt One Road (OBOR). It examines crime and corruption in China and its international United Front tactic; analyzes various forms of transnational organized crime such as trafficking of illegal drugs, looted antiquities, and wildlife and counterfeit products; and presents studies on corruption and organized crime in selected OBOR countries including Russia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, and Bangladesh. This book makes a significant contribution to the development of southern criminology and will also be of interest to those engaged with transnational organized crime, political economy, international relations, and Asian and Chinese studies.

Author : Mitchel P. Roth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781317267188

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Global Organized Crime by Mitchel P. Roth Pdf

In the maelstrom of globalization and cyberspace, organized crime continues to defy definition. A diverse array of activities is perpetuated by criminal organizations, criminal groups and associations, and gangs, and it is clear that one specific label is no longer adequate. This book offers a uniquely global approach to organized crime and the multitude of forces that shape it in the 21st century. As well as discussing definitions of and the historical roots of organized crime, this book examines various forms of organized crime around the world in the US, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Russia and Europe, Asia and Africa. This revised and updated new edition includes coverage of: the rise of the ’Ndrangheta in Italy and their global expansion; the impact of drug legalization on organized crime and the problem of methamphetamine; organ trading, money laundering, and animal poaching; changes in gang traditions and gangland penitentiaries; the decentralization of Mexican cartels, the growth of opium production in Myanmar, and the drug war in Africa; and the advancement of ISIS and the emergence of the Silk Road and the Dark Net. This book is essential reading for students engaged in the study of global and transnational organized crime, with features including chapter overviews, key terms, critical thinking questions, and case studies.