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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
587 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Illicit business is big business. It covers a diverse range of activities from money laundering, drug trafficking and human trafficking through to the manufacture of counterfeit goods and the multiple activities in informal and shadow economies. This book introduces the world of illegal business.The authors contextualise the evolution in practices of illegal business around the world, highlighting the importance of organised crime, shadow economies, and informal sectors. Incorporating scholarly insights with real world examples, the book provides a much-needed business and economics analysis of a subject that is otherwise dominated by criminologists.With a range of case studies, this book provides a global approach that will be valuable reading for students seeking to understand the business of crime.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
2 010 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Illicit business is big business. It covers a diverse range of activities from money laundering, drug trafficking and human trafficking through to the manufacture of counterfeit goods and the multiple activities in informal and shadow economies. This book introduces the world of illegal business.The authors contextualise the evolution in practices of illegal business around the world, highlighting the importance of organised crime, shadow economies, and informal sectors. Incorporating scholarly insights with real world examples, the book provides a much-needed business and economics analysis of a subject that is otherwise dominated by criminologists.With a range of case studies, this book provides a global approach that will be valuable reading for students seeking to understand the business of crime.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 047 kr
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This book examines the phenomenon of kidnap-for-ransom, a crime that has been described as a 'modern scourge'. It draws on a large body of data from across the world and utilizes a range of theories and concepts from the social sciences and business disciplines to analyze and explain its widespread use by criminals and pirates. Case studies are extensively utilized to illustrate general observations on kidnap-for-ransom. The book provides comprehensive coverage including the latest manifestations of the phenomenon. There are chapters on different types of kidnap-for-ransom that include criminals, terrorists, pirates and cyber operators. The dreadful effects of the crime and the responses to combat it are also covered. The reader will emerge with a broad understanding of this crime and of the many forms it takes. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Financial Crime, Security Studies, Criminology and Economics.