COVID-19 and organized crime: strategies employed by criminal groups to increase their profits and power in the first months of the pandemic

A Aziani, GA Bertoni, M Jofre, M Riccardi - Trends in Organized Crime, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new opportunities for organized criminal groups and
confronted them with new challenges. Analysis of how these groups have reacted to the …

The extra‐legal governance of corruption: Tracing the organization of corruption in public procurement

M Fazekas, S Sberna, A Vannucci - Governance, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article traces the organization of corruption in public procurement, by theoretically and
empirically assessing the contribution of extra‐legal governance organizations (EGO) to …

Hacia una comprensión de los múltiples conflictos colombianos: Evolución teórica en el análisis de la confrontación armada

LF Trejos Rosero, AJ Bravo Hernández… - 2021 - repository.eafit.edu.co
Hacia una comprensión de los múltiples conflictos colombianos: Evolución teórica en el
análisis de la confrontación armada Page 1 119 Co-herencia Vol. 18, n.º 34, enero - junio …

Hybrid governance in online drug distribution

K Moeller - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing share of illicit drug dealing occurs on online platforms. Technological innovations,
such as encryption and anonymous payments, have enabled new and more complex ways …

The diversification of drug trafficking organizations: Testing Spatial–Temporal association between extortion and homicide in Mexico

G Fondevila, E García-Tejeda, R Massa - Trends in Organized Crime, 2025 - Springer
In general, the literature associates face to face extortion with homicides, typically related to
organized crime activities, since it is a form of violence that may end in death. In Mexico, it …

[LIBRO][B] Machine learning for criminology and crime research: at the crossroads

GM Campedelli - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research reviews the roots of the intersection
between machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, and research on crime, examines the …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of cooperation among organized crime groups: A network study of Merseyside, UK

P Campana, A Giovannetti - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2025 - Elsevier
This study reconstructs the cooperation network among 134 organized crime groups (OCGs)
operating in an urban setting by leveraging a dataset of 5239 police crime reports (January …

Organized crime, violence and support for the state

GM Campedelli, G Daniele, AFM Martinangeli… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - Elsevier
Citizens' support is crucial to effectively combat organized crime, a substantial threat to many
countries. Contrary to prior studies identifying a negative correlation between crime and trust …

Trust and exchange: The production of trust in illicit online drug markets

R Munksgaard - 2021 - papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
During the last decade illicit online drug markets have grown from niche markets into full-
fledged platform economies. It seems that over the course of a few years, sellers and buyers …

[PDF][PDF] Criminal and legal counteraction to the activities of criminal authorities: The Ukrainian model

A Vozniuk - Scientific Journal of the National Academy of …, 2022 - lawscience.com.ua
■ Abstract. The problem of countering organised crime in Ukraine has always been in the
centre of attention of both law enforcement officers and researchers. It became particularly …