A former magistrate went on trial on Monday in Beijing for allegedly organizing beatings and extortion for illegal gains. Fang Guangcheng, 44, former deputy magistrate of Liyuan Town in Tongzhou District of Beijing, and 36 members of the gang allegedly led by Fang, were accused of beating complaining villagers and forcing an owner of a … BEIJING TOWNSHIP MAGISTRATE STANDS TRIAL ON ORGANIZED CRIME CHARGES
Organised crime such as money laundering, terrorism and drug-peddling is hurting the economy more than petty thefts, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday, and warned of dire results if it were left unchecked.
In the year of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, the global trade in human beings is back on the policy agenda. This illegal trade is no longer restricted to a singular westward flow across the Atlantic, but now occurs in such diverse regions as South Asia and the Middle East. … CALL FOR PAPERS: THE POLITICS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Dear All, I would like to invite those of you who are interested in case studies on political corruption to read my working paper on corruption in Albania, published within the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Working Papers Series. You can easily download it in a PDF format here. I would be glad to have … BIBLIOGRAPHY ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION
This document reports on the exercise of SOCA’s functions during 2006/07, against the plans published in SOCA’s Annual Plan 2006/07. It does not include audited annual accounts, which are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and will be published later in the year. All financial information contained in this report is un-audited. … SOCA ANNUAL REPORT 2006/7
Britain’s equivalent of the FBI has identified 160 underworld “Mr Bigs”, seized 73 tonnes of cocaine, and intercepted a shipment of rocket-propelled grenade launchers thought to be destined for Islamist terrorists since its establishment a year ago, the agency said yesterday.
Operating from a Glendale office, Global Human Services shipped everything from milk and salad dressing to medicine and clothing in a humanitarian effort designed to help the needy in Eastern Europe. But the organization was also a front, authorities say, for an international fraud and car-theft ring that stashed at least $5million in stolen luxury … ORGANIZED CRIME MAY FUEL TERROR (DAILYNEWS)
The number of organized gangs has grown 18 percent from five years ago, according to data obtained by a lawmaker Wednesday. There are now 222 criminal gangs with 5,269 members.
ECPR Standing Group on Organised Crime Blog Research line on Political Corruption Only in the last few years has corruption been analysed as a political phenomenon. Mostly newspapers and the media deal with scandals and bribery stories. The common definition of corruption deals with the use of public resources to gain private benefits; it is, … POLITICAL CORRUPTION: A GENERAL OUTLINE
Police across Canada took to cyberspace this week to highlight the extent of organized crime across the country and launched the website www.organizedcrime.ca.
