Structure, multiplexity, and centrality in a corruption network: the Czech Rath affair

T Diviák, JK Dijkstra, TAB Snijders - Trends in organized crime, 2019 - Springer
The present study is an analysis of a Czech political corruption network known as the Rath
affair reconstructed with publicly available data. We argue that for the study of criminal …

A mixed methods social network analysis of a cross-border drug network: the Fernando Sanchez Organization (FSO)

NP Jones, WL Dittmann, J Wu, T Reese - Trends in organized crime, 2020 - Springer
This study is a mixed methods case study of the Fernando Sanchez Organization (FSO)
better known as the Tijuana Cartel in the 2008–2010 period, aimed at better understanding …

Illicit network dynamics: The formation and evolution of a drug trafficking network

D Bright, J Koskinen, A Malm - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2019 - Springer
Objectives The project aims to:(1) investigate structural and functional changes in an
Australian drug trafficking network across time to determine ways in which such networks …

Explaining criminal networks: Strategies and potential pitfalls

P Campana - Methodological Innovations, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article offers some remarks on a few critical issues related to explanation in criminal
network research. It first discusses two distinct perspectives on networks, namely a …

Covert network construction, disruption, and resilience: a survey

A Ficara, F Curreri, G Fiumara, P De Meo, A Liotta - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Covert networks refer to criminal organizations that operate outside the boundaries of the
law; they can be mainly classified as terrorist networks and criminal networks. We consider …

A Man's world? Comparing the structural positions of men and women in an organized criminal network

T Diviák, JA Coutinho, AD Stivala - Crime, Law and Social Change, 2020 - Springer
The crime gender gap is the difference between the levels of participation of men and
women in crime, with men responsible for more crime than women. Recent evidence …

Poisonous connections: A case study on a Czech counterfeit alcohol distribution network

T Diviák, JK Dijkstra, TAB Snijders - Global Crime, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Using data on 32 actors and ties among them drawn from available court files, we combine
analytical sociology with statistical models for networks in order to analyse a case of a …

Directed criminal networks: temporal analysis and disruption

EK Anastasiadis, I Antoniou - Information, 2024 - mdpi.com
We extend network analysis to directed criminal networks in the context of asymmetric links.
We computed selected centralities, centralizations and the assortativity of a drug trafficking …

Historical and comparative research on social diffusion: mechanisms, methods, and data

SF Everton, S Pfaff - Social Science History, 2022 - cambridge.org
Historical and comparative social scientists are increasingly interested in explaining the
spread of innovations—which social scientists commonly refer to as diffusion and, broadly …

Do terrorists make a difference in criminal networks? An empirical analysis on illicit drug and narco-terror networks in their prioritization between security and …

MC Ünal - Social Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract By using Social Network Analysis (SNA), this study empirically analyzes five PKK
Affiliated narco-terror and five illicit drug networks in the Turkish context to identify and …