Some researchers argue that the crime gender gap is closing given an increasing number of
women involved in organized crime. As a result of this ongoing debate, there has been a …

Social Network Analysis (SNA) is an interdisciplinary science that focuses on discovering
the patterns of individuals interactions. In particular, practitioners have used SNA to describe …

Covert networks refer to criminal organizations that operate outside the boundaries of the
law; they can be mainly classified as terrorist networks and criminal networks. We consider …

Objectives Criminal networks tend to recover after a disruption, and this recovery may trigger
negative unintended consequences by strengthening network cohesion. This study uses a …

This survey paper offers a thorough analysis of techniques and algorithms used in the
identification of crime leaders within criminal networks. For each technique, the paper …

Abstract Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an overdose crisis that has
pushed drug liberalization policies to the forefront of the response. This study examines …

We extend network analysis to directed criminal networks in the context of asymmetric links.
We computed selected centralities, centralizations and the assortativity of a drug trafficking …

This paper addresses a significant gap in drug market literature by examining high-level
drug trafficking networks in Japan. We focus on three aspects: the structure of drug …

Purpose This research analyses the resistance and resilience of drug trafficking
organizations against law enforcement interventions targeting specific operational roles …

The confiscation of the server of an encrypted telephone provider resulted in the retrieval of
millions of text messages about covert activities that were overtly discussed between …