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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Organised Crime"”.
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Eu policy in combating organised crime
Organised Crime is an activity as ancient as the first systems of law and government and as international as trade itself, for which there are almost as much definitions as there are people with an interest in the subject, despite their being a number of recurring themes. Organised Crime has …
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The prevention of organised crime act in international perspective
… this paper is to locate the debate surrounding organised crime in South Africa within the larger context of international responses to organised crime. It will show that crime policy (in the form of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act) has been developed by the South African State in a global …
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CONTESTED TERRITORY: VIOLENCE, ORGANISED CRIME AND TERRITORIAL PRACTICES IN CONTEMPORARY HONDURAS
The relationship between organised crime and territory is a complex one, and one which affects extensively security dynamics. Especially in countries plagued by violence and insecurity, like Honduras, territory is strategically important for criminal actors, that usually seek to obtain territorial …
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Ethnic Organised Crime Groups: Assessing Countermeasures Adopted by EU Member States
Ethnic organised crime groups (OCGs), such as Nigerians, Chinese and Albanians, are deeply embedded in Europe and pose a threat to national and international security. They engage in a range of criminal activities, such as human trafficking and drug smuggling, and sometimes cooperate with local …
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Building the new Europe : soft security and organised crime in EU enlargement
… the policy and politics of the fight against organised crime in the process of the European Union’s enlargement to Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It covers the period between the end of the Cold War in 1989 and the second Eastern enlargement in 2007 which saw the emergence of a new normative …
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Understanding serious organised crime: the view of law enforcement personnel in Scotland
… explores the law enforcement view of serious organised crime in Scotland set within a framework that explores organised crime in terms of its history, definition, group structure, violence and its capacity for corruption. While the focus of the work is on organised crime groups operating in …
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Youth and Organised Crime in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: An exploration of contributing factors
… research explores why young men participate in organised crime in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. From an ecological perspective, decisions are the result of a combination of factors at the macro, micro, and individual levels. The research explores factors at each of these levels, particularly the role …
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The Constitutional application of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998
Chapter 6 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (‘POCA') presents a means for forfeiture of property to the state which was either instrumental to an offence, or the proceeds of unlawful activity, without necessarily proving criminal wrongdoing beyond reasonable doubt. At the advent …
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Prevention Not Cure: Targeting Influenced, Influencers and Convergence Spots to Stop Organised Crime from Happening.
Serious, organised crime is an endemic social problem. Despite the extensive literature on organised criminality, the evidence is primarily qualitative, based on selective samples, or both. Population-level data and new sources of information on this phenomenon are needed to overcome these issues. …
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The relationship between the mass media and organised crime in post-Soviet Russia : a sociological perspective
The topic of organised crime in relation to mass media is rather marginal in academic studies and this research is one of the first attempts to fill the gap. This thesis is based on Russian media coverage and many interviews with leading Russian experts, entrepreneurs and journalists. It analyses …
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INVESTIGATING THE SOCIAL PROPERTY OF SENSE-MAKING AS A SOURCE OF NOVEL APPROACHES TO SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME
Purpose Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) is a scourge upon society, has significant impact on the UK economy and is classified as a chronic risk by the UK Government. Repeated reviews, both governmental and independent, observe that current approaches to SOC are ineffective, divergent, and that …
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Molls, Madams, and Masterminds: Challenging Perceptions of Women in Organised Crime in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century USA.
This thesis examines perceptions of women in organised crime which emerged during the post-civil war period through to the early twentieth century. The political atmosphere of the United States had an unparalleled impact on organised crime discourse. Though women were a major part of political and …
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蛇頭 Snakehead: To what extent are Chinese Organised Crime Groups involved in Human Smuggling from China to the United Kingdom?
… and trafficking and assume the involvement of organised crime. This can be seen in discourse relating to human smuggling from China to the UK where Snakeheads are frequently said to be either organised crime or working with criminals such as Triads to both smuggle and traffic people to the UK. …
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Organised crime and the South African State post 1994: a social network analysis of organised criminal networks in the Western Cape
Crime, and the criminals that enact it, are no new phenomenon; however, the way in which we conceptualise and understand organised crime requires revision. Orthodox approaches are no longer relevant to current manifestations of crime, nor is it sufficient to fully grasp its endurance. The …
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Can development initiatives reduce the recruitment of adolescents to organised crime groups? Perspectives of the recipients of the Prospera Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Mexico
… public security focused strategies for tackling organised crime violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. To do so, it builds bridges between the academic literature of criminology and development. It examines the public experiences of insecurity in Mexico and the social impacts of a …
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LA METAMORFOSI DEL CRIMINE ORGANIZZATO NELL¿ERA DIGITALE
… research examines the contemporary evolution of organised crime within the digital environment, focusing on the progressive integration of modern technologies into criminal structures and operations, and assessing the resulting implications for criminal law and procedural frameworks. More than …
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International monetary flows of non-declared origin
… the thesis determines that both terrorism and organised crime are nurtured by a constant trickle from minor sources rather than by large financial transfers; and that anti-money laundering provisions are misapplied, taken too far, too expensive, and incapable of demonstrating their …
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Organised Food Crime? Analysing harmful and criminal activities in the food supply chain in England and Italy
… as counterfeiting or adulteration. Yet, food crime – criminal practices committed throughout the food supply chain – is an under investigated field of research of extreme importance as modern food systems offer profitable opportunities to criminal actors. By drawing upon documentary analysis …
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Preventing poaching : innovative strategies in the fight against wildlife crime
… efforts is available to address wildlife crime, ranging from the use of technology to conservation husbandry. However, despite the Skukuza court having a 99% conviction rate for poaching cases, statistics show that poaching continues unabated. The reason for this is that so-called 'foot …
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The establishment and use of cross border criminal intelligence under a European Criminal Intelligence Model in a period of modernism and post modernism societal change in the EU, and issues of accountability and human rights in the dissemination of such criminal intelligence exchange
… has become more complex, due to the nature of organised crime being more and more trans-national and a growing Europeanization in policing as a result of the creation of European agencies like Europol and Eurojust taking over activities which before the Lisbon Treaty remained within the sole …
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