Download or read book Organised Crime and Vulnerability of Economic Sectors written by Tom Beken and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of organised crime on business activities, enterprises and economic sectors is a matter of concern for many policy makers across the world. As a profit driven criminal activity, organised crime operates in an environment which is not limited to the underworld economy alone. Assessments of the threat posed by organised crime and strategic (preventive) actions to tackle this phenomenon require an understanding of the vulnerable spots in the legal economy that are or might be exploited by crime. This book proposes a new methodology to scan economic sectors on their vulnerability to organised crime and provides vulnerability profiles of the transport and the music sector in Europe to which the method has been tested in a case-study. The developed methodological tool and the vulnerability profiles of both sectors are intended as a guide for actions and initiatives to be taken by governments, law enforcement bodies or economic sectors.

Download or read book Economic Sectors Vulnerable to Organized Crime written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Economic and Societal Impact of Organized Crime Policy and Law Enforcement Interventions written by Danielsson, Alicia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized crime, a hidden and pervasive threat, casts its dark shadow over societies globally, impacting countless lives through activities like human trafficking, illegal drug trade, and cybercrime. This intricate web of criminality leaves lasting scars on individuals, families, and entire communities, with its true cost remaining obscured. Amidst this dilemma, the question arises: how can the erosion of societal well-being be countered and a sense of security restored? Economic and Societal Impact of Organized Crime: Policy and Law Enforcement Interventions stands as a reservoir of knowledge offering profound insights into combatting organized criminal endeavors. Edited by renowned scholar Alicia Danielsson, an expert in Comparative and EU law, this interdisciplinary collection delves beneath the surface of organized crime. Drawing on contributions from diverse fields, the book unravels real-world stories, empirical evidence, and case studies, shedding light on the psychological, physical, and economic toll exacted by these activities. Moreover, it explores the wider societal consequences, including eroding trust in institutions and exacerbating inequality and poverty. This work serves as an intellectual haven for academics, providing a roadmap to comprehending and confronting this global threat. It navigates the intricate pathways of criminal networks, corrupt actors, and the responses of law enforcement and policymakers. By championing an evidence-based approach that prioritizes human well-being and community resilience, the book equips readers to grasp the intricacies of the challenge and contribute to a world where organized crime's grip is loosened, and the foundations of security and justice are reinforced.

Download or read book Corruption Fraud Organized Crime and the Shadow Economy written by Maximilian Edelbacher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fueled by corruption, fraud, and organized crime, the shadow economy also known as the informal, black market, illegal, or underground economy is currently on the rise worldwide. Corruption, Fraud, Organized Crime, and the Shadow Economy addresses shadow economies and the players involved by examining various aspects of criminal law and prosecution

Download or read book Economic Sectors Vulnerable to Organized Crime written by David C. Hicks and published by . This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report offers a detailed and accessible study of the vulnerabilities to organized crime affecting the securities sector in Canada. Much of the focus is directly or indirectly placed on Toronto (Ontario) and Montreal (Québec) given that these jurisdictions host and regulate the main Canadian stock and derivatives exchange, respectively."--Executive summary, page iv.

Download or read book The Economics of Organised Crime written by Gianluca Fiorentini and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to apply economic theory to the analysis of all aspects of organised crime.

Download or read book Economic sectors vulnerable to organized crime written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a review of the literature, a comprehensive description and analysis of the accumulated knowledge concerning the nature, scope, and conditions that facilitate organized crime's use of marine ports in Canada and the U. S. has been provided. [...] In short, smugglers take advantage of the opportunities that marine containers provide for the international shipping, concealment, and inter-city transportation of illegal drugs, and the low risk of detection and seizure due to the large volumes of containers processed daily at a commercial marine port. [...] The Italians said to the Hells, "We'll bring it into the port, you arrange to get it out of the port and it's yours to distribute in the province," Bouchard said of the early deal that set out the primary roles of the Mafia, the West End Gang and the Hells Angels. [...] The West End Gang, an Irish-based mob, had a foothold in the Port of Montreal and, for a price, which might just as easily be a share of the drug shipment, they would make sure a load made it off a 18 ship and in the hands of the Hells Angels, without anyone in the [Mafia] having to touch the drugs. [...] In the early 1950s the Montreal mafia, New York's mafia families, and French Corsican mobsters began the so-called French Connection in which hundreds, if not thousands of kilos of heroin were imported largely through the Port of Montreal and the Ports of New York and New Jersey.

Download or read book The Globalization of Crime written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by UN. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The globalization of crime: a transnational organized crime threat assessment, UNODC analyses a range of key transnational crime threats, including human trafficking, migrant smuggling, the illicit heroin and cocaine trades, cybercrime, maritime piracy and trafficking in environmental resources, firearms and counterfeit goods. The report also examines a number of cases where transnational organized crime and instability amplify each other to create vicious circles in which countries or even subregions may become locked. Thus, the report offers a striking view of the global dimensions of organized crime today.

Download or read book The Politics and Economics of Organized Crime written by Herbert E. Alexander and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic and Financial Crime written by Monica Violeta Achim and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the widespread economic and financial crime issues of corruption, the shadow economy and money laundering. It investigates both the theoretical and practical aspects of these crimes, identifying their effects on economic, social and political life. This book presents these causes and effects with a state of the art review and with recent empirical research. It compares the international and transnational aspects of these economic and financial crimes through discussion and critical analysis. This volume will be of interest to researchers and policy makers working to study and prevent economic and financial crime, white collar crime, and organized crime.

Download or read book Economic sectors vulnerable to organized crime written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of firms (59.8 per cent) the Canadian court system demonstrating direct qualified as micro-businesses with fewer than five involvement of organized crime in the Canadian employees, small firms with 5 to 99 employees commercial construction sector makes it difficult to accounted for 39.2 per cent of construction sector assess their prevalence in the sector. [...] The small size of many firms, and the environment, the authors conclude that the commercial competitiveness of the market overall, may also construction sector is at a moderate to high risk of create opportunities for organized criminal activity corruption and organized criminal activity. [...] For example, tighter competition in Although the Canadian Commission on Building and the sector since the 2008 recession could potentially Fire Codes, established by the National Research increase the opportunities for activities such as Council of Canada, is responsible for the collusive bidding or other illegal practices. [...] It is important to note, however, that the well as the lack of prosecutions of members of commercial construction sector is not alone in being criminal organizations in this sector of the economy. [...] Organized workforces, as well as the maintenance of supply Crime Research Briefs supports the objectives of the National Research Agenda on chains from multiple suppliers.

Download or read book The Private Sector and Organized Crime written by Yuliya Zabyelina and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the literature on organized crime by providing a detailed account of the various nuances of what happens when criminal organizations misuse or penetrate legitimate businesses. It advances the existing scholarship on attacks, infiltration, and capture of legal businesses by organized crime and sheds light on the important role the private sector can play to fight back. It considers a range of industries from bars and restaurants to labour-intensive enterprises such as construction and waste management, to sectors susceptible to illicit activities including transportation, wholesale and retail trade, and businesses controlled by fragmented legislation such as gambling. Organized criminal groups capitalize on legitimate businesses beleaguered by economic downturns, government regulations, natural disasters, societal conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic. To survive, some private companies have even become the willing partners of criminal organizations. Thus, the relationships between licit businesses and organized crime are highly varied and can range from victimization of businesses to willing collusion and even exploitation of organized crime by the private sector – albeit with arrangements that typically allow plausible deniability. In other words, these relationships are highly diverse and create a complex reality which is the focus of the articles presented here. This book will appeal to students, academics, and policy practitioners with an interest in organized crime. It will also provide important supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate courses on topics such as transnational security issues, transnational organized crime, international criminal justice, criminal finance, non-state actors, international affairs, comparative politics, and economics and business courses.

Download or read book Legitimate Businesses and Crime Vulnerabilities written by Tom Vander Beken and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the potential of vulnerability studies of economic activities to study the relationship between orgnised crime and the economy and illustrate it by examples taken from a vulnerability study if the European waste management industry. Design/methodology/approach: Based on both economical and criminological perspectives a scanning tool for assessing the vulnerability of economic actors was developped and applied to a specific case. Findings: Sector vulnerability studies belong to the wider family of criminal opportunity approaches, all of which aim to identify areas of current risk and future prevention. Sector vulneability studies (vulnerability to organised crime and other risks) extend the range by bringing in economic sectors. Although starting from the analysis of the formal economy, sector vulnerability studies can provide insights concerning potential irregularities and opportunities for economies to flourish as well. Originality/value: This paper addressess informal markets and the relationship between organised crime and the economy from a vulnerability perspective, focusing on the opportunities provided by licit economic activity. Although such opportunity apporaches exist and have been applied to various cases before, there are only a few examples of its application to vulnerabilities to organised crime.

Download or read book Investment of Criminal Proceeds Into the Legitimate Economy written by Emanuele Sclafani and published by . This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities. It identifies the drivers behind the criminal choices and modus operandi of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, and the factors causing their mobility abroad. Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy broadens our knowledge on the relationship between criminal agency and criminogenic opportunity in a socio-economic and legal context. This book offers a critical insight into the criminal actors and operations of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, such as money laundering schemes in the real estate sector, whilst also exploring the role of crime facilitators. Drawing on interviews with prosecutors, law enforcement agents and investigative journalists, Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy explores how criminal investments adversely affect both law enforcement operations and socio-economic development in this area. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, law, organized crime, policymakers and all those interested in how Italian and Russian organized crime operates in the UK real estate market"--

Download or read book Illicit Economy and Globalisation The Paradoxical Bond written by Arshi Aggarwal and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 69, University of Sheffield (Department of Politics), course: The Political Economy of Globalisation, language: English, abstract: To cite an example of global illicit trade, a credit card fraud begins with a Vietnamese shopkeeper in USA as he swipes the customer card in a special fraud machine. This machine electronically transmits card details to Hong Kong crime syndicate, which collects the information from different ports in US to send it to Malaysia for manufacturing of fake credit cards. These cards are then couriered to Italy where another organised crime group sells them to their Russian counterparts in Czechoslovakia. Here these cards are used to make payments for several online orders in London, Paris and Rome; goods are then flown and sold in Moscow, Russia within 200 hours of first card swipe. According to an online estimate, the global illicit market value stands at US $1.78 trillion. The intricacies of its transnational web are far more complicated then its legal counterpart. This essay analyses the relationship between globalisation and clandestine economy of the globe.