Social network analysis of Australian poly-drug trafficking networks: How do drug traffickers manage multiple illicit drugs?

CE Hughes, DA Bright, J Chalmers - Social Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
International agencies report rising numbers of drug traffickers who deal in multiple drugs
(poly-drug traffickers). This paper explores how product diversification is managed in three …

The displacement and convergence of transnational crime flows

RT Guerette, A Aziani - The evolution of illicit flows: Displacement and …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter delineates the concepts of displacement and convergence of transnational
crimes. Extant theorizing on crime displacement has typically focused on micro-level …

Thinking about organised crime: structure and threat

M Levi - The RUSI Journal, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The term 'organised crime'suggests a greater level of coherence than exists in reality, while
the major threat imagery it evokes is useful for some purposes but counterproductive for …

Diversification of tobacco traffickers on cryptomarkets

R Munksgaard, D Décary-Hétu, V Mousseau… - Trends in Organized …, 2019 - Springer
Specialization in criminal activities generally refers to offenders that repeat the same or
similar offenses over time. While some research has found support for offender …

Exploring interrelationships between high-level drug trafficking and other serious and organised crime: An Australian study

CE Hughes, J Chalmers, DA Bright - Global Crime, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Drug trafficking is frequently argued to be the leading driver of other serious and organised
crime, but the interrelationships between such activities remain poorly understood. This …

Poly-drug trafficking: Estimating the scale, trends and harms at the Australian border

CE Hughes, J Chalmers, DA Bright… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background International drug law enforcement agencies have identified an apparent rise in
high level drug traffickers choosing to deal in multiple different drugs. It is hypothesised that …

Drug sourcing and motivations among a sample of people involved in the supply of pharmaceutical drugs in Australia

S Hulme, CE Hughes, S Nielsen - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The non-medical use (NMU) of pharmaceuticals is increasing internationally,
along with mortality. Previous research indicates that end-users access pharmaceuticals …

[图书][B] Study on paving the way for future policy initiatives in the field of fight against organised crime: Effectiveness of specific criminal law measures targeting …

A Di Nicola, P Gounev, M Levi, J Rubin, B Vettori - 2014 - iris.unitn.it
Tender europeo assegnato con revisione fra pari. Analisi e valutazione di impatto delle
misure contro la criminalità organizzata nei 28 Stati Membri dell'Unione europea a supporto …

[图书][B] Trafficking in Multiple Commodities. Exposing Australia's Poly-Drug and Poly-Crime Networks

C Hughes, J Chalmers, D Bright, M McFadden - 2016 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Background More than ten years ago, Australian law enforcement agencies spoke publicly
of the 'convergence of criminal networks and, concomitant to this, poly-drug trafficking' …

Assessing concordance between trends in high-level drug trafficking and other serious and organised crimes in Australia, 2005–2006 to 2014–2015

CE Hughes, J Chalmers, M Klimoski - Drugs: Education, Prevention …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: Across the globe law enforcement agencies frequently link trafficking in illicit drugs to
serious and organised crime such as terrorism and gun trafficking. However, there remain …