Shattering the nexus: a new role for counterintelligence
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European intelligence services are especially organized to confront secret structures, which is the pattern adopted by most transnational organized crime (TOC) activities. Powerful TOC groups maintain a symbiotic relationship with the security forces of their host countries, and counterintelligence personnel must employ better knowledge of TOC to counter it.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 1999
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An American way of crime & corruption
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Organized crime in the US is no longer regarded as synonymous with mafia structures such as La Cosa Nostra, and most long-term crime groups are also engaged in legitimate businesses. Such groups share overlapping interconnections with illicit entrepreneurial colleagues, the capacity to corrupt politicians and police, and internal specializations.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 1999
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Tracking modern day slavery
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Findings of a research on import of people into United States for using them in sex trade, and as forced labor, are discussed.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2005
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