Organised crime and international aid subversion: evidence from Colombia and Afghanistan [PDF]
Scholarly attempts to explain aid subversion in post-conflict contexts frame the challenge in terms of corrupt practices and transactions disconnected from local power struggles. Also, they assume a distinction between organised crime and the state. This
Ahmet A. +61 more
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Journey to crime of 'itinerant crime groups' [PDF]
Purpose - Most researchers have found that property crimes have a local focus: offenders tend to operate in the vicinity of their residence. This has led the police to organise themselves to concentrate their resources in highly populated, urban areas ...
Van Daele, Stijn, Vander Beken, Tom
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This chapter describes the emerging focus on situational crime prevention related to organised crime, an area in which repression and a law enforcement approach have been dominant. It focuses on both the theoretical background and critical remarks and shows that applying situational crime prevention to organised crime is less easy than to ordinary ...
Kleemans, E.R., Soudijn, M.R.J.
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National Security vs Criminal law. Perspectives, Doubts and Concerns on the Criminalisation of Organised Crime in England and Wales [PDF]
This paper will interpret and critically analyse the new offence for organised crime in England and Wales (Section 45 of the Serious Crime Act 2015) from a criminological perspective in light of evidence found in research in the country.
A Edwards +58 more
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The Crime-Conflict Nexus and the Civil War in Syria
There is a strong relationship between organised crime and civil war. This article contributes to the crime-conflict nexus literature by providing a consideration of the role of organised crime in the Syrian conflict.
Christina Steenkamp
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The Politics of Euro-Balkan Police Cooperation in the 2000s
This article examines the political dynamics of Euro-Balkan police cooperation in the context of recent Balkan history. In the existing scholarship, the process of the ‘externalisation’ of EU-wide law enforcement cooperation outside the Union's ...
Kantokoski, Olga
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Countering the Australian 'ndrangheta: The criminalisation of mafia behaviour in Australia between national and comparative criminal law [PDF]
Mafia-type criminal groups belonging to, or originated from, the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta from Southern Italy, have been object of recent academic research and media attention in Australia.
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Pickpocketing committed by mobile organised crime groups [PDF]
This theoretical paper is published by the EUCPN Secretariat in connection with the theme of the Maltese Presidency. The Maltese Presidency, in line with the Trio’s subject of Organised Crime, focused on two topics, namely domestic burglaries and ...
Verleysen, Cindy
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Extortion in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Extortion racketeering has been long pointed out as the “defining activity of organised crime” (Konrad & Skaperdas, 1998). Although in recent years this crime has not been among the top listed organised crime threats in the strategic EU policy documents,
Baldovin A. +7 more
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UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE A PART OF TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME - A KEY FACTOR FOR CREATING A SUCCESSFUL POLICY TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS KIND OF CRIMINALITY [PDF]
The background for this research is the alarming growth of transnational organised crime in contemporary world. We have found out that, while many studies focus on the meaning of organised crime and criminal activities, little research has been conducted
Ancuţa Elena FRANŢ
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