Front companies in the UK are at the heart of an investigation into one of Europe’s biggest money-laundering operations, allegedly forming part of a conspiracy to make $20bn (£12.5bn) of dirty money look legitimate. The funds are believed to have come from major criminals and corrupt officials around the world wanting to make their ill-gotten … THE GREAT BRITISH MONEY LAUNDERETTE
Standing Group on Organised Crime Section at the 8th ECPR General Conference in Glasgow 3 – 6 September 2014 Main Campus, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, G12 8QQ, Scotland Following the success of the Standing Group on Organised Crime (SGOC)’s Section “Transnational Organised Crime in a Globalised World” at the 7th ECPR General Conference in Bordeaux in 2013, … GLASGOW
Standing Group on Organised Crime Section at the 8th ECPR General Conference in Glasgow 3 – 6 September 2014 Main Campus, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, G12 8QQ, Scotland Following the success of the Standing Group on Organised Crime (SGOC)’s Section “Transnational Organised Crime in a Globalised World” at the 7th ECPR General Conference in Bordeaux in 2013, … GLASGOW
The ECPR annual conference started today in Glasgow! The SGOC is present with the section “Understanding and tackling the roots of insecurity: terrorism, organized crime and corruption”. The section is composed of 9 panels and gathers 65 participants. Follow us on Twitter @ #ecprconf14
The ECPR Standing Group on Organised Crime had the pleasure of participating, once more, in the ECPR’s annual conference. This year’s event, at the University of Glasgow, was particularly marked by a high turn-out of participants, excellent organization, and topical subjects, such as the on-going debate on Scottish secession from the United Kingdom. The Section … “UNDERSTANDING AND TACKLING THE ROOTS OF INSECURITY” AT THE ECPR GENERAL CONFERENCE
Special Issue editors: Dr. Helena Carrapico (Aston University, UK) and Dr. Anita Lavorgna (University of Wolverhampton, UK) Over the past two decades, the development of modern societies has become intimately interconnected with information technologies. Such trend is particularly visible among the increasing number of personal objects, household appliances and professional structures connected to information networks. … CALL FOR PAPERS: SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE EUROPEAN REVIEW OF ORGANISED CRIME (EROC) – “SPACE ODDITY? EXPLORING ORGANISED CRIME VENTURES IN CYBER SPACE”
The special issue came out of a joint one day programme on “Organised crime yesterday, today, and tomorrow”, involving speakers from the SGOC and the Symposium on Economic Crime held annually at Jesus College, Cambridge. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jmlc/18/2
11-12 December 2015 Department of Political Sciences Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Naples, Italy Globalization and growing economic interdependence, that have for so long been regarded as pacifying and stabilizing factors of financial transactions and international relations, have strongly encouraged, the transformation of organised and serious crime, over the last 30 years, beyond … ECPR STANDING GROUP ON ORGANISED CRIME FIRST GENERAL CONFERENCE – OLD AND NEW FORMS OF ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIME BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL
Organised crime is complex. Thus, it is crucial to examine this phenomenon from different perspectives with the help of distinguished experts from a number of different fields. It is even better when interested, motivated and friendly students from across the world come together to research, discuss, question and sometimes even provide answers to issues relating … INTENSIVE SUMMER SCHOOL ON ORGANISED CRIME 2014, CATANIA UNIVERSITY AND ECPR SGOC
The European Review of Organised Crime is accepting submissions for the next issues! We welcome theoretical and empirical contributions presenting the latest research on organised crime broadly conceived from a variety of disciplines, such as criminology, criminal justice, political science, law, security studies, sociology, gender studies, economics, media studies, anthropology, and history. We also seek … EROC CALL FOR PAPERS
