CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERVIEWING “ORGANIZED CRIMINALS”

Invitation to contribute to a special issue of TRENDS IN ORGANIZED CRIME: Interviewing “Organized Criminals” (revised: 20061218) While in the past research on organized crime has primarily relied on official and journalistic sources, more and more studies prove that direct access to ‘organized criminals’ is possible. The purpose of this special issue is to give CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERVIEWING “ORGANIZED CRIMINALS”

BATTLE AGAINST YAKUZA YIELDING RESULTS

It is no wonder a senior official of the National Police Agency said, “This was an epoch-making year in terms of measures against financial sources for organized crime groups.” This year saw the widespread implementation of initiatives to exclude organized crime groups from various fields, such as stock markets, sporting circles and public works contract. BATTLE AGAINST YAKUZA YIELDING RESULTS

CALL FOR PAPERS PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME AND CORRUPTION: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.

4th ECPR Conference, Pisa (Italy) 6-8 September 2007 Section: Representing a Crisis: Organised Crime between New and Old Threats (Standing Group Organised Crime) PANEL SIX: Organised and other forms of crime and corruption in post-communist transformation countries are receiving continuing attention on part of international bodies and Western countries, recently increasingly from a security perspective. CALL FOR PAPERS PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME AND CORRUPTION: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.