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La Guardia di Finanza e le attività di prevenzione e repressione delle organizzazioni criminali / La Guardia di Finanza et ses activités de prévention et de répression des organisations criminelles / The Guardia di Finanza and the prevention of and fight against organized crime [PDF]

Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2010
The article describes the structure of Italian Guardia di Finanza and its tasks. In particular, this police force fights against economic and organized crime through specific investigation methods which are described in the text.Then, the author examines
Sirico Umberto
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell, Rachael Goodman‐Williams, Katie Gregory, McKenzie Javorka, Jasmine Engleton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Trafficking in Europe: An Economic Perspective [PDF]

, 2004
Based on a document originally prepared for the Eleventh Economic Forum of the Organization for Economic Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Prague between 20-23 May 2003.
InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Van Liemt, Gijsbert   +1 more
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Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the heightened mental health challenges amid rising Anti‐Asian sentiment, Asian Americans have significantly underutilized mental health services, a trend that persisted even before the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand how various factors are related to mental health service use in this ...
Michael Park, Eunseok Jeong, Nari Yoo, Yoonsun Choi, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Miwa Yasui, David Takeuchi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflict and Crime: Will the Russia–Ukraine Conflict Result in the Second Rise of the Russian Mafia?

Chinese Journal of International Review, 2022
This paper deals with the question of whether Russia will experience the second rise of the mafia akin to the experience of the 1990s during the current Russia–Ukraine conflict.
Alexandra V. Orlova
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Law Enforcement and Illegal Trafficking of Waste: Evidence from Italy [PDF]

, 2015
The illegal trafficking of waste has become one of the fastest growing areas of crime and one of the most lucrative industries among organized criminal activities, which has infiltrated both the Italian urban and hazardous waste management cycle.
GERMANI, Anna Rita, PERGOLIZZI, ANTONINO, REGANATI, FILIPPO   +2 more
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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The Determinant of Money Laundering: Evidence from Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2017
Following the INTERPOL’s definition, money laundering is: “any act or attempted act to conceal or disguise the identity of illegally obtained proceeds so that they appear to have originated from legitimate sources”.
Oliva, M., Reganati, F.
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME. AN (INTER)NATIONAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2016
For the past two decades organized crime has become a transnational phenomenon, and its impact is still far from being fully known and understood by common people.
Ionel Stoica
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