Criminal networks
Rob Le Core
Institution: Northwest Regional Organised Crime Unit (Titan)
Area of Expertise: Criminal networks, Drug trafficking, Intelligence, Policing, Recruitment
Dr Derica Lambrechts
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Area of Expertise: Corruption, Criminal networks, Drug trafficking, Gangs, Recruitment, State control, Wildlife and forest crime
Understanding the Female Wildlife Offender: Lessons from the Case Files
Closed case reviews indicate that gender norms might be as harmful as they are helpful in understanding female involvement in wildlife crime, with better evidence needed to inform enforcement strategies. The role of women in relation to wildlife crime is viewed through a lens of localised gender norms, social conventions…
Raluca-Ioana MOCANU
Institution: University of Bucharest
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Discourse, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Law, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, Prisons, Recruitment, State control, Terrorism, Trafficking in cultural property, Wildlife and forest crime
The ‘Global Power Competition – Transnational Organised Crime’ Nexus: Lessons from Michoacán
How does strategic competition between the United States and China influence the evolution of transnational organised crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? Although it is becoming increasingly visible, the “global power competition – transnational organised crime’ nexus remains unexplored in national and international scholarship as well as in…
Europe’s Guns: A Threat and Opportunity the UK Can’t Ignore
The senseless shooting of Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve shocked the UK. Similar tragedies in the UK often have their origins in the supply of illicit firearms from Europe. To stem and turn the tide against gun violence, we must look towards Europe. In 5 years as the National Crime…
Replacing Armed Governance: the Challenge of ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia
Contrary to common thought, warzones are not always disorderly scenarios without rules. In most cases, the ways in which citizens must behave in a warzone to avoid being punished is very clear. However, in these afflicted territories it is often the armed groups, and not the states, who largely determine…
Dr Leo Lin
Institution: University of Glasgow
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Marco Codispoti
Area of Expertise: Corruption, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Gangs, Intelligence, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Nuclear smuggling, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
