Organized Crime: Culture, Markets and Policies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Siegel, Dina (Editor), Nelen, Hans (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Organized Crime, 7
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Political Science.

Complex interactions of economic, technological, political, and cultural factors have fed the rise of criminal networks worldwide. At the same time, global illegal activities depend on a world of social realities to function. Organized Crime moves beyond traditional concepts of "evil forces&quo...

Table of Contents:

• Criminal Groups and Activities
• Reflections on the Sicilian Mafia: Peripheries and Their Impact on Centres
• The Decline of the Italian Mafia
• Hashish Smuggling by Bedouin in South Sinai
• Corruption as a Causal Factor in Human Trafficking
• New Players in an Old Game: The Sex Market in Italy
• The Vehicle Theft Market in Bulgaria
• Diamonds and Organized Crime:The Case of Antwerp
• Eco-Crime: The Tropical Timber Trade
• The Role of Hawala Bankers in the Transfer of Proceeds from Organised Crime
• Facilitating Organized Crime: The Role of Lawyers and Notaries
• Law Enforcement
• Criminal Conflicts and Collective Violence: Biker-Related Account Settlements in Quebec, 1994–2001
• Controlling Human Smuggling in the Netherlands: How the Smuggling of Human Beings Was Transformed into a Serious Criminal Offence
• The Civil RICO Law as the Decisive Weapon in Combating Labour Racketeering
• Recent Anti-Mafi a Strategies: The Italian Experience
• Breaking the Power of Organized Crime? The Administrative Approach in Amsterdam.