The Call for Papers for the 2007 HUMSEC Conference has been published. The conference is to be held 4-6 October 2007 in Sarajevo, titles of proposed papers, plus abstracts of approximately 350 words are invited no later than 31 March 2007.
In an apparent further bid to centralise efforts to combat organised crime the Home office has announces that the Assets Recovery Agency (Ara) will be scrapped and by 2008 will be merged with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca). The proposals are however still subject to Parliamentary approval. The move follows criticism of the performance of the Ara, … UK: CRIME ASSETS AGENCY SCRAPPED
In an apparent further bid to centralise efforts to combat organised crime the Home office has announces that the Assets Recovery Agency (Ara) will be scrapped and by 2008 will be merged with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca). The proposals are however still subject to Parliamentary approval. The move follows criticism of the performance of the Ara, … UK: CRIME ASSETS AGENCY SCRAPPED
Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said yesterday that police are investing great effort and resources toward trying to prevent organized crime from taking over bottle recycling. Speaking to the Knesset plenum, Dichter added that the police are treating this initiative as part of a broader effort to stop organized crime’s takeover of legitimate activities. According … MAFIA IN ISRAEL: BOTTLE RECYCLING TAKEOVER
A bit late though still some interesting reading is the Annual report 2005 on the activities of the European Forum for the Prevention of Organised Crime (pdf), which was published last December by the European Commission.
ECPR GENERAL CONFERENCE, PISA, 6 8 SEPTEMBER 2007 CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Corruption and Democracy in Europe: Public Opinion and Social Representations’ We wish to organise panels for the ECPR General Conference in Pisa, 6 8 September 2007. The panel(s) will be entitled ‘Corruption and Democracy in Europe: Public Opinion and Social Representations’. Anyone who would … CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘CORRUPTION AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE: PUBLIC OPINION AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS’
The double garage behind a tidy suburban house looked like any other, but the roller doors masked a hive of illegal endeavour. When police following a tipoff called, they found more than they bargained for. “We thought there was one [stolen] car there; when we found nine it was the jackpot,” says Constable Phil Saville … COMBATING ORGANISED CAR THEFT IN NZ: STALLING TACTICS
TIJUANA, Mexico – The Mexican government announced Tuesday that it is sending more than 3,000 soldiers and federal police to fight drug gangs in the violent border city of Tijuana, the latest offensive by President Felipe Calderon who has promised to smash organized crime. The force, backed by 28 boats, 21 planes and nine helicopters … MORE THAN 3,000 SOLDIERS, FEDERAL POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME IN TIJUANA
Petrus C. van Duyne, Almir Maljevic, Maarten van Dijck, Klaus von Lampe, James L. Newell (Eds.) Softcover 205 pages (2006) Publisher: Wolf Legal Publishers Language: English ISBN 10: 90-5850-220-1 Price: € 24,75 Synopsis (provided by the publisher) Organised crime remains an important policy issue in Europe. Despite this importance, it proves easier to measure the bird flu than a widely … NEW BOOK: THE ORGANISATION OF CRIME FOR PROFIT. CONDUCT, LAW AND MEASUREMENT.
Ninth Cross-border Crime Colloquium 21 – 23 October 2007, Prague The colloquium will be hosted by The Institute of Criminology and Social prevention Theme: what is known about the development of crime-markets in Europe while the European Union has extended and, after a pause, will probably continue to extend. What will remain the same and … CALL FOR PAPERS: EUROPEAN CRIME-MARKETS AT CROSS-ROADS: EXTENDED AND EXTENDING CRIMINAL EUROPE
