This volume represents the first attempt to systematically compare organised crime concepts, as well as historical and contemporary patterns and control policie

The infiltration of organised crime in the legitimate economy has emerged as a transnational phenomenon. This book constitutes an unprecedented study of the inv

Just a few months after the entry into force of the EU Framework Decision on the fight against organized crime, this book provides an unprecedented analysis of

Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosper—even centuries-old crime ou

This book concerns an insufficiently recognized form of organized crime : crime-enterprises operating on the legitimate market under the veil of respectable com