The contributors provide up-to-date understanding of various aspects of organized crime, in both classic areas of research (drugs, sex trafficking, labor racketeering) and emerging areas of interest (diamond smuggling, money laundering, eco-crime), in locales as varied as Italy, Quebec, the Sinai, Bulgaria, and the world’s tropical rain forests. Topics are explored from a variety of perspectives, including sociology, criminology, political science, and anthropology, giving this book empirical breadth and depth rarely seen in the literature.
Introduction
Dina Siegel and Hans Nelcn
Criminal Groups and Activities
Historical Transformations
Chapter 1 Reflections on the Sicilian Mafia:
Peripheries and Their Impact on Centres
Anton BIok
Chapter 2 The Decline of the Italian Mafia
Letizia Paoli
Chapter 3 Hashish Smuggling by Bedouin in South Sinai
Emanuel Marx
Transnational Flows
Chapter 4 Corruption as a Causal Factor in Human Trafficking
Sheldon X. Zhang and Samuel L. Pineda
Chapter 5 New Players in an Old Game: the Sex Market in Italy
Stefano Becucci
Chapter 6 The vehicle Theft Market in Bulgaria
Tihomir Bezlov and Philip Gounev
The Intertwinement of Illegitimate and Legitimate Activities
Chapter 7 Diamonds and Organized Crime: The Case of Antwerp
Dina Siegel
Chapter 8 Eco-Crime: The Tropical Timber Trade
Tim Boekhout van Solinge
Chapter 9 The Role of Hawala Bankers in the Transfer of
Proceeds from Organized Crime
Henk van de Bunt
Chapter 10 Facilitating Organized Crime:
The Role of Lawyers and Notaries
Hans Nelen and Francien Lankhorst
Law Enforcement
Containment and Prevention
Chapter 11 Criminal Conflicts and Collective Violence:
Biker-Related Account Settlements
in Quebec, 1994-2001
Carlo Morselli, Dave Tanguay, and Anne-Marie Labalette
Chapter 12 Controlling Human Smuggling in the Netherlands:
How the Smuggling of Human Beings Was
Transformed into a Serious Criminal Offence
Richard Staring
Dual Strategies
Chapter 13 The Civil RICO Law as the Decisive Weapon
in Combating Labour Racketeering
James B. Jacobs
Chapter 14 Recent Anti-Mafia Strategies: The Italian Experience
Antonio La Spina
Chapter 15 Breaking the Power of Organized Crime?
The Administrative Approach in Amsterdam
Hans Nelen and Wire Huisman
About the Authors
Appendix: Scientific Board
Index