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Building the new Europe : soft security and organised crime in EU enlargement [PDF]
, 2009 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of therequirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis examines the policy and politics of the fight against organised crime in the process of the European Union’s ...
Katerina Gachevska Ma +1 more
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This chapter explores the integral role of taxi and Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) services in combating organized crime, with a specific focus on child sexual exploitation as highlighted by cases like Operation Stovewood.
Abdel-Haq, Mohammed, Danielsson, Alicia
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
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Accounting for Growth in Post-Soviet Russia [PDF]
In pursuit of its transition from a command to a market economy, post-Soviet Russia has witnessed enormous regional differences in economic growth rates.
Daniel Berkowitz and David N. DeJong
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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The globalization of crime - A transnational organized crime threat assessment
, 2010 This report shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the world\u27s foremost economic and armed powers. The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment, released at the Council of Foreign Relations ...
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Irish traveller women and sexual assault: Patterns of engagement with sexual assault treatment units
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective To detail the attendance of female Irish Travellers at the national Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) network. Methods Retrospective cross‐sectional study examining the attendance of female patients who identified as members of the Irish Traveller community at the national SATU network between 2017 and 2023 and comparing them with
Daniel Kane +7 more
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Fight against financial-economic crime and organized crime
International Scientific Journal Monte, 2022 openaire +1 more source
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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A web of harms: serious and organised crime and its impact on Australian interests [PDF]
, 2015 Overview This report analyses serious, transnational and organised crime and the harms it causes to Australia’s interest, with the aim of reinvigorating a discussion of this critical matter amongst Australians.
David Connery +2 more
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