Full Description
Unlike much of the existing literature on organised crime, this book is less focused on the problem per se as it is on understanding its implications. The latter, especially in fragile and conflict regions, amount to strategic challenges for the state. Whereas most commentators would agree that criminal activities are harmful, this volume addresses the questions of 'how?', 'for whom?' and, controversially, 'are they always harmful?'
The volume is authored by experts with multi-year experience analysing criminal and other non-state activities. They do so through different lenses - conflict and security, development, and technology - engaging academics, practitioners and policy makers.
They offer a comprehensive integrated response to the challenges of transnational organised crime beyond traditional law-enforcement driven recommendations.
Contents
Introduction: A strategic challenge - Virginia Comolli.- Chapter One: The threat of illicit economies and the complex relations with state and society - Vanda Felbab-Brown.- Chapter Two: Organised crime as a threat to sustainable development: Understanding the evidence - Tuesday Reitano.- Chapter Three: IT and cyber capabilities as a force multiplier for transnational crime - Camino Kavanagh.- Chapter Four: Measuring illicit trade and its wider impact - Karl Lallerstedt.- Chapter Five: Catalysing and evaluating development responses to organised crime - Tuesday Reitano.- Chapter Six: A state-building response to organised crime, illicit economies, hybrid threats, and hybrid governance - Vanda Felbab-Brown.- Conclusion - Virginia Comolli.
