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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"EXTORTION"”.
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“An Exercise in International Extortion”: Operation “Intercept” and Nixon’s 1969 War on Drugs
<p>When the former senator and vice president assumed the Oval Office in January 1969, President Richard M. Nixon inherited a nation in crisis with drugs playing a central role. At a campaign stop a few months earlier, Nixon announced to a packed convention center in Anaheim, CA, that if elected …
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The Evolution of <i>Mara Salvatrucha 13</i> and <i>Barrio 18</i>: Violence, Extortion, and Drug Trafficking in the Northern Triangle of Central America
… to strategically implement violence and extortion rackets which have led to transformations in their organizational structures and increased participation in drug trafficking. Furthermore, officials insinuate that gangs have developed capacities to confront security forces that enter gang …
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Factors influencing the price of medical services : a survey of the pricing behaviour of private medical providers in Kampala, Uganda
… the private sector and ensuring that there is no extortion of patients. There is a global trend to encourage delivery of health services by the private sector reducing the public role to stewardship. Understanding the factors that influence the price of medical services in an out of pocket setting …
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Corruption as a rational choice: The case of the first post-independence government of Ghana: 1951-1966
… power, embezzlement, clientelism and above all, extortion. All these, in no small measure, have contributed to Africa’s woes; for it is believed that corruption is a major impediment to growth and development. Indeed, it has been cited as the underlying reason for all the military Coup d’etats …
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Colombia's economic recession : the impact of guerrilla violence, illicit drug trafficking, and the 1991 constitution
… internal and external migration. Kidnapping, extortion, and infrastructure attacks represent the loss of million of dollars in economic damages. (2) The illicit drug trafficking is the second most important variable that has affected Colombia's economy, causing an economic domestic boom during …
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Emigration, Repatriation and the Reality of Returned Youth in El Salvador
… who refuse to join their gang, or refuse to pay extortion or rents, or for simply visiting family members who live in neighborhoods controlled by the opposing gang. Their disregard for human life makes El Salvador one of the most violent countries in the world, and this is even though the country …
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Ruptured Journeys, Ruptured Lives: Central American Migration, Transnational Violence, and Hope in Southern Mexico
… Americans are regularly subject to abuse, extortion, rape, kidnapping, dismemberment and death as multiple actors profit off of their bodies, labor and lives. In turn, the political economy of violence and security along the migrant journey permeates into local Mexican communities, creating …
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Frequent Inventory of Network Devices for Incident Response: A Data-driven Approach to Cybersecurity and Network Operations
… more difficult. Loss of intellectual property, extortion, theft, and reputational damage are all significant risks to research institution networks. Quickly responding to and remediating incidents reduces exposure and risk. This research evaluates what universities are doing for host inventory …
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Being in Transit: Life, Death, and the Politics of Migrant Journeys from Central America to the United States
… dangers along the way, such as assault, extortion, kidnapping, robbery, and murder. This dissertation argues that migration journeys and the places between origin and destination are now key to making sense of the migration process and of migrants’ experiences with displacement, …
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Surviving Disablist Hate Rape : Barriers, Intersectionalities and Collective Interventions with Disabled Women in the North of England.
… women, particularly in terms of sexual extortion. These data problematize the use of homogenizing mainstream interventions; findings indicate how collective and community interventions have key roles to play in resisting harms after disablist hate rape. Significantly, this is the first …
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An assessment of the anti-corruption strategies in Namibia's public sector
… favouritism, accepting of bribes, nepotism and extortion. However, it is critical to mention that corruption is likely to persist because officials who are not necessarily committed to fight corruption are heading some of public and private entities. The paper concurs with those stating that …
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The expulsion of Igbo people from Equatorial Guinea: 1950-1979
… focuses on the colonial legacies of brutality, extortion, and underdevelopment of both human and infrastructures that Macías inherited from his Spanish predecessors, and how these led to the expulsion of the Igbo from Equatorial Guinea. The study identifies the paradigm shifts in the policies of …
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The Political Economy of Transnational Drug Trafficking: Criminal Rackets and State-Making in Modern Mexico
… apparatuses (reliant on preying, delinquency and extortion) supporting the elites' hegemony. Mexicans, at multiple stages in the country's national history, have become well-acquainted with the blend of legality and illegality characterising the country’s security sector. Building from historical …
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The rural-urban dialectic in pre-monarchic Israel : Israel vis-a-vis the Canaanites and the Philistines, ca. 1200 to 1020 B.C.E
… by means of enforced tributary relations. This extortion of the surplus product generated the conflict between the inhabitants of the rural areas and the city-dwellers. The resistance to such oppression by the peasantry engendered the class struggle in the ancient Near East, which took the form …
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Essays on Corruption and Enforcement
… allows bribery to occur due to the potential for extortion. This result mirrors the moral hazard model of Khalil, Lawarrée and Yun (2010). I introduce a probability that the agent is “honest” in that she cannot lie or engage in corruption. Because the principal cannot distinguish who is honest and …
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The differential impact of war and trauma on Kosovar Albanian women living in post-war Kosova
… rape and torture, looting, pillaging and extortion were committed. The aim of my dissertation is to rewrite aspects of the recent belligerent history of Kosova with a focus on how history is created and transformed through bodily expressions of distress. The ethnographic study was …
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Saving our Sisters: Critical inquiry into sex trafficking discourses and interventions in the Philippines
… their working conditions and exposed them to extortion and abuse. Instead of raids and rehabilitation, they wanted political agency and recognition. Based on these findings, I propose approaching sex work from a labour rights and social justice lens rather than full or partial criminalisation. …
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Three Essays on Anti-Corruption Legislation and Reform
… opportunism. Double-dealing, whistle-blowing and extortion are uncertainties that corrupt actors are in many cases exposed to. Legislation has to account for this in order to avoid being abused for the enforcement of bribe agreements. What is more, legislation can also take advantage of these …
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Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing in an Environment of Risk: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Urban Congolese Refugee Resilience in Kenya
… in Nairobi, Kenya are vulnerable to police extortion, arrests, deportations, and social exclusion as a result of anti-refugee policies. Despite threats to psychosocial wellbeing, many refugees successfully cope with acute and cumulative stressors to exhibit positive mental health outcomes in …
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Beyond the Hold of Death: The Issues and Concerns of Women Formerly on Death Row in the Philippines
… majority also reported police brutality and/or extortion upon their arrest.</p><p>When asked about their time on death row, the majority of the women recalled their fear and outrage when they were sentenced to death--especially those who insisted on their innocence--and their inability to eat, …
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