Criminal defiance in Europe and beyond : from organised crime to crime-terror nexus / Petrus C. van Duyne, Dina Siegel, Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Jackie H. Harvey, Klaus von Lampe (eds.).
Introduction / Sigrid Raets and Jelle Janssens. Betwixt and between: examining the evolution of the crime-terror nexus / Alexandra Neag -- Russian organised crime in Europe / Dina Siegel -- The wile east: an introduction to organised crime in Siberia / Jurij Novak and Roman Vladimirovich Kravtsov -- Corruption and oligarchy in Ukraine: the tenacity of a problem / Petrus C. van Duyne and Igor Svyatokum -- Organised crime's lawyers, from lawful defence to the 'bridge function': the case of the Sicilian mafia / Ombretta Ingrasci -- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: a research agenda to investigate organised crime in seaports / Anna Sergi -- A policy in search of an evidence base and a credible means of implementation? / Alan Doig and Peter Sproat -- Illegal trade in protected birds in the Netherlands: three criminological perspectives / Daan van Uhm and Toine Spapens -- Human smuggling to Italy through the Libyan coasts / Stefano Becucci -- Assessing the operation of irregular migration from Eritrea and the smuggling/criminality nexus / Joseph Whittle and Georgios A. Antonopoulos -- Organised forms of illegal migration: the case of Poland's borders / Magdalena Perkowska -- Twenty-five years of legislation and law enforcement against money laundering in Germany: facts and opinions / Arthur Hartmann -- Preventive AML in the UK property market: inside views from the sector / Ilaria Zavoli and Colin King -- Money laundering schemes through real estate markets: a systematic review / Emanuele Sclafani and Anita Lavorgna -- Law enforcement and money laundering: big data is coming / M.R.J. Soudijn and W.H.J. de Been -- Why do we know so little about illicit trade in cultural goods? an analysis of obstacles to collecting reliable data / Olga Batura, Gabrielle op 't Hoog and Niels van Wanrooij -- Old dogs, new tricks: the use of technology by Italian archaeological looters -- The rocker phenomenon in Germany: perceptions and government responses to outlaw bikers in an historical perspective / Ulrike Heitmuller and Klaus von Lampe -- The retribution of the Erinyes: combatting outlaw motorcycle gangs from the perspective of 'undermining' criminality / Benny van der Vorm and Petrus C. van Duyne -- Betwixt and between: examining the evolution of the crime-terror nexus / Sigrid Raets and Jelle Janssens.
Summary:
Crime can be seen as an act of defiance against the rule of law, particularly if is committed with intent. This intention is often to make unlawful gains, whether by theft, corruption or taking part in illegal markets, which in Europe are most often cross-border in nature. This entails that criminal defiance is not just a national issue: theft or fraud can be committed locally, while handling the illicit proceeds may require a cross-border movement. Obviously not every state faces the same defiance, or prioritises the same defiance. That may induce stronger states, for example the USA in its "war-on" policy, to exert pressure on smaller states to accept the same interpretation (and legislation) of criminal defiance. Such "legislative imperialism" may itself be considered as defiant. Criminal defiance is risky: the authorities do not like to be seen as "soft" and must visibly "hit back". So successful criminals must keep a low profile, though some crime groups, such as the criminal motor-cycle gangs, defy this principle by ostentatious conduct. Likewise, in the case of grand corruption in states where corruption has become endemic, we see criminal defiance, in the case of some eastern European countries the defiance by oligarchs, being a public matter. The 20th Cross-border Crime Colloquium, hosted in 2019 by the Willem Pompe Institute of Utrecht University, presents this peer-reviewed volume to which 32 authors from all over Europe have contributed. It covers a broad range of expertise and original research projects: from the UK, Germany and further to Russian Siberia and back to the frayed fringes of the Mediterranean shores where a host of migrant workers is ready to defy fate for a better life.
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