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Organized Crime and Illicit Trade

How to Respond to This Strategic Challenge in Old and New Domains

Virginia Comolli editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:4th Apr '18

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Unlike much of the existing literature on organised crime, this book is less focused on the problem per se as it is on understanding its implications. The latter, especially in fragile and conflict regions, amount to strategic challenges for the state. Whereas most commentators would agree that criminal activities are harmful, this volume addresses the questions of ‘how?’, ‘for whom?’ and, controversially, ‘are they always harmful?’

The volume is authored by experts with multi-year experience analysing criminal and other non-state activities. They do so through different lenses - conflict and security, development, and technology - engaging academics, practitioners and policy makers. 
They offer a comprehensive integrated response to the challenges of transnational organised crime beyond traditional law-enforcement driven recommendations.

“The book provides an overview of the challenges that local and international organizations have to face when dealing with tackling illicit trades. Generally, readers with security and political science background may find interesting the entire book … .” (Stefano Caneppele, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, July, 2019)

ISBN: 9783319729671

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

143 pages

1st ed. 2018