The Guardian article includes a link to the Home Office Report as a .pdf file. The study gives estimates of the number of people involved in the trade and is based on interviews with “222 convicted high-level dealers”. In case the article is moved, the report can be downloaded directly here (pdf). There are other reports that … HOME OFFICE REPORT ON UK DRUG TRADE

Tupman’s working papers on organised crime are available online at the above URL and two published papers are linked from the SGOC Newsletter issue on terrorism and organised crime

Interesting and thoughtful piece from washington Post discussing relationship between Iraqi insurgency recruitment and funding problems and relating them to a number of specific “organised crime” activities. Article warns that the source is flawed and that there is a propaganda element to the account. It does fit with some of Tupman’s arguments about the effect … IRAQIS JOINING INSURGENCY LESS FOR CAUSE THAN FOR CASH