The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the Soviet-era
gulags to become Russia's international criminal class. Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on …

This paper provides a systematic overview of the emergence of organized crime in the
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It draws on two major studies …

The post-Cold War world has seen the emergence of new kinds of security threats. Whilst
traditionally security threats were perceived of in terms of military threats against a state, non …

Over the last 35 years, the acclaimed American political economist, Thomas C. Schelling,
has asserted his belief that organized crime is purely monopoly enterprise. His definition of …

The Australian Institute of Criminology has produced a diverse range of studies on illicit
markets, including those in drugs, diamonds, stolen vehicle parts, abalone, plastic payment …

In the current processes of political, economic and cultural changes serious cross-border
forms of organized crime receive unprecedented attention as spectacular global media …

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Mexican cartels' leadership was nationalistic and
entrepreneurial, focusing their efforts specifically on the profitable US drug consumption …

International retirement migration (IRM) and its related fields of expatriate residency
(expats), residential tourism, long-term tourism and international second homes are rapidly …

This contribution begins with a brief consideration of the historical context of contemporary
organised crime, with particular emphasis placed upon urbanism, the era immediately prior …

Spain is not a country that we traditionally associate with organized crime, yet this article will
show that there are a myriad of organized crime groups active there, engaging in a whole …