Organised immigration crime
Trafficking into Forced Criminality: the Rise of Scam Centres in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, a growing number of scam centres have been identified, where recruits groom victims online to encourage investment in fraudulent schemes. But these recruits are victims themselves; tricked with job offers in another country, they are forced into criminality. Described using the Chinese term Shāzhūpán, or ‘pig-butchering scams’,…
Rescue or Risk: ‘Volunteerism’ and Human Trafficking Risks in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war has spurred, alongside a rise in escaping refugees to neighbouring countries, an increase in ad-hoc volunteerism through ‘at the border’ aid agencies. Often lacking formal identification or supervision, there is increased potential that the presence of these entities increases the risk of human trafficking as the war…
Mark Nuttall
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal careers, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Discourse, Disruption, Drug prevention, treatment and care, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Firearms, Fraud, Fraudulent medicine, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Intelligence, Law, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organised immigration crime, Policing, State control, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, Use of technology by criminals, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
Prof Jay Albanese
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Disruption, Extortion, Financial flows, Fraud, Fraudulent medicine, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Intelligence, Law, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, Organised immigration crime, Recruitment, State control, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, Wildlife and forest crime
Professor Dina Siegel
Institution: Utrecht University
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Criminal networks, Drug trafficking, Gangs, Gender, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, IUU fishing, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, Organised immigration crime, Terrorism, Trafficking in cultural property, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
Dr Baris Cayli
Institution: University of Derby
Area of Expertise: Crime prevention and criminal justice, Data analytics, Discourse, Gangs, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Organised immigration crime, Policing, State control, War and conflict
Professor Letizia Paoli
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Contraband / counterfeit products, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cybercrime, Drug prevention, treatment and care, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Fraudulent medicine, Gangs, Law, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organised immigration crime, Policing, Threat assessment