Human Dimensions In Organised Crime Money Laundering And Corruption

Author : P. C. van Duyne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Corruption
ISBN : 9058509834

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Human Dimensions in Organised Crime, Money Laundering and Corruption by P. C. van Duyne Pdf

Organized crime, whether or not in its transnational manifestation, is usually depicted in huge threatening dimensions. However, despite this sometimes superhuman representation, one should not forget that we are dealing with a human phenomenon and, therefore, should not lose sight of the corresponding human dimensions. This human dimension also concerns related phenomena, such as money laundering and corruption. This representation forces itself upon us when we look back at the threat images that have been put forward by the authorities, as well as the media, in the past decades. What threats have come true since, say, 1970 or 1980? We still observe the same (criminal) 'business as usual,' together with the alleged accumulation of huge amounts of criminally-influence money. However, these threat images are mainly presented from an 'underworld gaze,' directed at the criminal exploits of hoodlums and thugs 'under' the 'civilized' society and often viewed as coming from abroad. Meanwhile, the criminal (underworld) markets have not faltered. Despite this continued 'threat,' the industrialized world grew steadily richer and safer up until 2008. Then the effects of enduring massive criminal manipulations in the financial 'upperworld' brought this growing affluence to an inglorious end. Corruption is another threat to the fabric of society. Do the anti-corruption policies in countries at the rim of the EU achieve results? There are reasons to believe that most of the policy making effects consist of the facades in a 'Potemkin village': a paper world of ratified conventions, enacted laws, and ineffective institutions - most human and most deceptive. In this volume of the Cross-border Crime Colloquium series, 26 European experts present their latest and on-going studies and research findings. The contributions cover a range of subjects which are of lasting interest for researchers, as well as policy-makers: organized crime, criminal finances, money laundering, and corruption. They make us aware of the human dimension in misdeeds, as well as the related policy making. (Series: Cross-border Crime Colloquium - Vol. 11)

Author : Leslie Holmes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783471966

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Advanced Introduction to Organised Crime by Leslie Holmes Pdf

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Organised crime has become a major problem globally. Its negative impact on economies, societies, politics, human rights and security is profound: fraud, money laundering, drug, arms and human trafficking, and collusion with both law enforcement and terrorists, for example, are all significant issues. Yet specialists disagree not only on the scale and nature of organised crime, but even on its definition. This Advanced Introduction to Organised Crime explores these disagreements, examines the nature and causes of contemporary organised crime, and offers constructive suggestions on how to counter it. Key features include: • Emphasis on the rapidly changing structures of organised crime, its increasingly transnational nature and sophisticated use of the internet • Psycho-social and cultural explanations, as well as system-related ones • Exploration of the latest techniques for measuring organised crime • Detailed analyses of six of the best known transnational organised crime syndicates • A focus on human trafficking to exemplify many of the key points • Examination of the many methods that can be used – not only by states and international organisations, but also by civil society and individuals – to combat organised crime. Accessible and comprehensive, the Advanced Introduction to Organised Crime is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminology, political science, international relations, law and sociology. Its profound insights are invaluable to practitioners, including law enforcement officers, investigative journalists and criminologists.

Author : Katie Benson,Colin King,Clive Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429677298

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Assets, Crimes and the State by Katie Benson,Colin King,Clive Walker Pdf

Organised crime, corruption, and terrorism are considered to pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. Alongside traditional criminal enforcement responses, strategies focused on following the money trail of such crimes have become increasingly prevalent. These strategies include anti-money laundering measures to prevent ‘dirty money’ from infiltrating the legitimate economy, proceeds of crime powers to target the accumulated assets derived from crime, and counter-terrorist financing measures to prevent ‘clean’ money from being used for terrorist purposes. This collection brings together 17 emerging researchers in the fields of anti-money laundering, proceeds of crime, counter-terrorist financing and corruption to offer critical analyses of contemporary anti-assets strategies and state responses to a range of financial crimes. The chapters focus on innovative anti-financial crime measures and assemblages of governance that have become a feature of late modernity and on the ways in which individual nation states have responded to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements in light of their specific social, political, and economic contexts. This collection draws on perspectives from law, criminology, sociology, politics, and other disciplines. It adopts a much-needed international approach, focusing not only on expected jurisdictions, such as the United States and United Kingdom, but also on analysis from countries such as Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, and Nigeria. The authors stand out for their fresh and original research, which places them at the cutting edge of the subject. This book provides a comprehensive, insightful, and original study of an important and developing field for academics, students, practitioners, and policymakers in multiple jurisdictions.

Author : Dina Siegel,Hans Nelen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Margaret E. Beare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475537902

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

Author : Liz Campbell,Nicholas Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351602211

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Corruption in Commercial Enterprise by Liz Campbell,Nicholas Lord Pdf

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions. Corruption is commonly recognised as a major ‘social bad’, and is seriously harmful to society, in terms of the functioning and legitimacy of political-economic systems, and the day-to-day lives of individuals. There is nothing novel about bribes in brown envelopes and dubious backroom deals, ostensibly to grease the wheels of business. Corrupt practices like these go to the very heart of illicit transacting in both legal markets – such as kickbacks to facilitate contracts in international commerce – and illegal markets – such as payoffs to public officials to turn a blind eye to cross-border smuggling. Aside from the apparent pervasiveness and longevity of corruption in commercial enterprise, there is now renewed policy and operational attention on the phenomenon, prompting and meriting deeper analysis. Corruption in commercial enterprise, encompassing behaviours often associated with corporate and white-collar crime, and corruption in criminal commercial enterprise, where we see corruption central to organised crime activities, are major public policy issues. This collection gives us insight into their nature, organisation and governance, and how to respond most appropriately and effectively.

Author : Petrus C. van Duyne,Jackie H. Harvey,Liliya Y. Gelemerova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137523983

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The Critical Handbook of Money Laundering by Petrus C. van Duyne,Jackie H. Harvey,Liliya Y. Gelemerova Pdf

The overarching aim of this book is to bring order to the subjects of money laundering and of the anti-money laundering frameworks that have been written over the past thirty years. It provides scholars, practitioners and policy makers with a guide to what is known of the subject thus far. The book examines critically the underlying assumptions of research and of policy-making in the field and offers a systematic review of the most important policy and academic literature on the subject.

Author : Center for the Study of Democracy,University of Trento,Teesside University
Publisher : Center for the Study of Democracy
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789544772345

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Financing of Organised Crime by Center for the Study of Democracy,University of Trento,Teesside University Pdf

The report Financing of Organised Crime contributes to a better understanding of the financial aspects of organised crime. The analysis explores topics such as the sources and mechanisms for financing organised crime, settlement of payments, access to financing in critical moments, costs of business and the management of profits. Drawing on the results of the analysis, the report also suggests possible new approaches to tackling organised crime.

Author : Klaus von Lampe
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506305134

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Organized Crime by Klaus von Lampe Pdf

2016 Outstanding Publication Award (The International Association for the Study of Organized Crime) Organized Crime: Analyzing Illegal Activities, Criminal Structures, and Extra-legal Governance provides a systematic overview of the processes and structures commonly labeled "organized crime," drawing on the pertinent empirical and theoretical literature primarily from North America, Europe, and Australia. The main emphasis is placed on a comprehensive classificatory scheme that highlights underlying patterns and dynamics, rather than particular historical manifestations of organized crime. Esteemed author Klaus von Lampe strategically breaks the book down into three key dimensions: (1) illegal activities, (2) patterns of interpersonal relations that are directly or indirectly supporting these illegal activities, and (3) overarching illegal power structures that regulate and control these illegal activities and also extend their influence into the legal spheres of society. Within this framework, numerous case studies and topical issues from a variety of countries illustrate meaningful application of the conceptual and theoretical discussion.

Author : Katalin Ligeti,Michele Simonato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509912063

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Chasing Criminal Money by Katalin Ligeti,Michele Simonato Pdf

The fight against dirty money is not a new topic, nor a recent problem. It has existed within international and national agendas since the 1980s. Nonetheless, the evolving complexity of criminal skills and networks; the increasingly global dimension of crime; the financial crisis; and the alleged unsatisfactory results of the efforts hitherto undertaken cause us to re-pose and re-discuss some questions. This book addresses several issues concerning the reasons, objectives and scope of national and supranational strategies targeting criminal money, as well as the concrete modalities to overcome its obstacles. The main objective is to explore where the EU stands and where it ought to go, providing useful input for policy-makers and further research. Nevertheless, the problems are not limited to the EU area, and assets – particularly money – cross EU borders much more easily than people do. The reflections developed in the chapters, therefore, aim at going beyond these EU borders. The book is divided into two parts. The first one focuses on the core of asset recovery policies, namely confiscation or forfeiture laws, and explores in particular some issues concerning the respect of fundamental rights. The second part addresses other problematic aspects related to the asset recovery process, such as the return of assets to victim countries, the cross-border investigations on dirty money, and the social use of confiscated assets.

Author : T. Wing Lo,Dina Siegel,Sharon I Kwok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : Sabrina Adamoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : True Crime
ISBN : UCR:31210013589625

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Organised Crime Around the World by Sabrina Adamoli Pdf

Author : Georgios A. Antonopoulos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319316086

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Illegal Entrepreneurship, Organized Crime and Social Control by Georgios A. Antonopoulos Pdf

This book covers organized crime groups, empirical studies of organized crime, criminal finances and money laundering, and crime prevention, gathering some of the most authoritative and well-known scholars in the field. The contributions to this book are new chapters written in honor of Professor Dick Hobbs, on the occasion of his retirement. They reflect his powerful influence on the study of organized crime, offering a novel perspective that located organized crime in its socio-economic context, studied through prolonged ethnographic engagement. Professor Hobbs has influenced a generation of criminology researchers engaged in studying organized crime groups, and this work provides a both a look back and this influence and directions for future research. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with a focus on organized crime and financial crime, as well as those interested in corruption, crime prevention, and applications of ethnographic methods.

Author : Colin King,Clive Walker,Jimmy Gurulé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319644981

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The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law by Colin King,Clive Walker,Jimmy Gurulé Pdf

The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law focuses on how criminal and terrorist assets pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. In response to the funds generated by or for organised crime and transnational terrorism, strategies have been elaborated at national, regional, and international levels for laws, organisations and procedures, and economic systems. Reflecting on these strands, this handbook brings together leading experts from different jurisdictions across Europe, America, Asia, and Africa and from different disciplines, including law, criminology, political science, international studies, and business. The authors examine the institutional and legal responses, set within the context of both policy and practice, with a view to critiquing these actions on the grounds of effective delivery and compliance with legality and rights. In addition, the book draws upon the experiences of the many senior practitioners and policy-makers who participated in the research project which was funded by a major Arts and Humanities Research Council grant. This comprehensive collection is a must-read for academics and practitioners alike with an interest in money laundering, terrorism financing, security, and international relations.

Author : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,Regine Schönenberg
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,9 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.