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Organized Crime and Illicit Trade : How to Respond to This Strategic Challenge in Old and New Domains.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2018Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (156 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319729688
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 364.106
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Innehåll:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: A Strategic Challenge -- Playing Catch-Up -- What to Do -- Chapter 1: The Threat of Illicit Economies and the Complex Relations with State and Society -- A Multifaceted Challenge -- Crime and State: The Myths of Innocence and Antagonism -- Society and Crime: As Much Predation as Dependence -- Chapter 2: Organized Crime as a Threat to Sustainable Development: Understanding the Evidence -- Organized Crime as a Development Issue: Evidence Basis and Evolution -- Health and Well-Being -- Violence and Conflict -- Governance and the Rule of Law -- Livelihoods and the Environment -- Chapter 3: IT and Cyber Capabilities as a Force Multiplier for Transnational Crime -- The Parallel Evolution of Information Technology and Organized Crime -- Crime and Connectivity: The Early Days -- The First Wide-Scale 'Illicit' Use of IT -- The Inter-war Years: Law Enforcement Fights Back -- Post-war: The Transformative Years -- Transnational Crime, IT Capabilities and the Pre-'cyber' Years -- The Post-Cold War Years -- Leveraging IT and Cyber Capabilities -- Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance -- Corruption -- Logistics -- Fomenting Fear -- Services Providers -- Command and Control -- Strategic Implications and Policy Perspectives -- Human Rights -- Global Drug Policy -- Global Policy on Transnational Organized Crime -- Countering Terror and Transnational Crime: Getting the Twain to Meet -- International Security -- Geopolitical Considerations -- Chapter 4: Measuring Illicit Trade and Its Wider Impact -- The Scale of the Problem -- Impact of Illicit Trade -- Income for Organized Crime, Terrorists, and Warring Parties -- "It's the Economy, Stupid" -- Corrosive Effect on Governance -- Undermining Border Security -- Corruption -- Physical Evasion -- States -- Terrorists.
Harming Public Health -- Narcotics -- Counterfeits -- Tobacco and Alcohol -- Environmental Costs -- The Economic Costs of Illicit Trade -- Synergistic Impact -- Policy Considerations for Assessing Illicit Trade -- Developing Countries -- Private Sector -- National Interest -- The Big Picture -- Chapter 5: Catalysing and Evaluating Development Responses to Organized Crime -- Rethinking the Measurement of Organized Crime -- Shaping Development Responses -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: A State-Building Response to Organized Crime, Illicit Economies, Hybrid Threats, and Hybrid Governance -- Adopting Multifaceted Approaches -- Rethinking External Assistance -- Undesirable Outcomes of Indiscriminate Law Enforcement -- Conclusion -- Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: A Strategic Challenge -- Playing Catch-Up -- What to Do -- Chapter 1: The Threat of Illicit Economies and the Complex Relations with State and Society -- A Multifaceted Challenge -- Crime and State: The Myths of Innocence and Antagonism -- Society and Crime: As Much Predation as Dependence -- Chapter 2: Organized Crime as a Threat to Sustainable Development: Understanding the Evidence -- Organized Crime as a Development Issue: Evidence Basis and Evolution -- Health and Well-Being -- Violence and Conflict -- Governance and the Rule of Law -- Livelihoods and the Environment -- Chapter 3: IT and Cyber Capabilities as a Force Multiplier for Transnational Crime -- The Parallel Evolution of Information Technology and Organized Crime -- Crime and Connectivity: The Early Days -- The First Wide-Scale 'Illicit' Use of IT -- The Inter-war Years: Law Enforcement Fights Back -- Post-war: The Transformative Years -- Transnational Crime, IT Capabilities and the Pre-'cyber' Years -- The Post-Cold War Years -- Leveraging IT and Cyber Capabilities -- Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance -- Corruption -- Logistics -- Fomenting Fear -- Services Providers -- Command and Control -- Strategic Implications and Policy Perspectives -- Human Rights -- Global Drug Policy -- Global Policy on Transnational Organized Crime -- Countering Terror and Transnational Crime: Getting the Twain to Meet -- International Security -- Geopolitical Considerations -- Chapter 4: Measuring Illicit Trade and Its Wider Impact -- The Scale of the Problem -- Impact of Illicit Trade -- Income for Organized Crime, Terrorists, and Warring Parties -- "It's the Economy, Stupid" -- Corrosive Effect on Governance -- Undermining Border Security -- Corruption -- Physical Evasion -- States -- Terrorists.

Harming Public Health -- Narcotics -- Counterfeits -- Tobacco and Alcohol -- Environmental Costs -- The Economic Costs of Illicit Trade -- Synergistic Impact -- Policy Considerations for Assessing Illicit Trade -- Developing Countries -- Private Sector -- National Interest -- The Big Picture -- Chapter 5: Catalysing and Evaluating Development Responses to Organized Crime -- Rethinking the Measurement of Organized Crime -- Shaping Development Responses -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: A State-Building Response to Organized Crime, Illicit Economies, Hybrid Threats, and Hybrid Governance -- Adopting Multifaceted Approaches -- Rethinking External Assistance -- Undesirable Outcomes of Indiscriminate Law Enforcement -- Conclusion -- Index.

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