Trends in Organized Crime

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Organized Crime is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
A response to Eski’s and Sergi’s ‘mafia-cation’. Confronting an ‘imagined’ narrative with empirical evidence39
The data that we do (not) have: studying drug trafficking and organised crime in Africa30
Rethinking the victim–offender binary: victimhood, consent, and complicity in human trafficking in Bangladesh21
Europe’s biggest wildlife crime: eight years of coordinated actions against eel trafficking20
When corruption creates its Mafia. The “middle-world” case in Rome20
Cybercriminal networks in the UK and Beyond: Network structure, criminal cooperation and external interactions19
A crime script analysis of synthetic drug production19
Same but different? A qualitative analysis of the influence of COVID-19 on law enforcement and organized crime in Germany18
When sex and drug markets and gang involvement blend: how do sex market facilitators operate and socialize differently?17
Real estate anti-money laundering in the Global South – are the laws and policies covering the actors they should cover?17
Recent publications on organized crime: the year 202413
Organised Crime and the ecosystems of sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom: How supply and demand generate sexual exploitation and protection from prosecution12
Irregular migration in the time of counter-smuggling12
Organized crime behavior of shell-company networks in procurement: prevention insights for policy and reform11
Rules, gender dynamics, and structure of sex market facilitators11
Correction: Identifying sex trafficking in adult services websites: an exploratory study with a British police force10
Gendered dynamics of cross-border bride trafficking to China9
Criminological definitions of organized crime on the digital test bench: towards a physical–digital framework9
Pursue: Has the National Crime Agency substantially reduced the level of serious and organised crime in the UK?9
Criminal justice officials’ attitudes towards addressing computer crimes in Thailand: Difficulties and recommendations8
Shifting routines and the industrialisation of scams: the impact of Covid-19 on deception crimes in Hong Kong8
Corruption in Nigeria: indifference and neglect7
Unintended consequences of state action: how the kingpin strategy transformed the structure of violence in Mexico’s organized crime7
Social network analysis of illicit organ trading networks: The Medicus case7
Narcos, Inc.: drug cartels and the architecture of entrepreneurial ecosystems7
Recent Publications on Organized Crime: the year 20237
A comparison of Vietnamese and Chinese human smuggling networks transporting people to the UK; similarities and differences in methods used and the experience of migrants travelling to and living in t7
Organised crime movement across local communities: A network approach7
Raimo Pullat & Risto Pullat (2024) Vodka sea: the illicit alcohol trade in the Baltic sea region between the world wars. Tallinn: Eesti meremuuseum, pp.592, hardcover, €55, ISBN: 97899169750536
Victim-offender overlap: the identity transformations experienced by trafficked Chinese workers escaping from pig-butchering scam syndicate6
Employment scams: a crime script and scoping review of prevailing methods, trends and future directions6
Beyond borders: exploring the impact of Italian migration control policies on Mediterranean smuggling dynamics and migrant journeys6
Governing the underworld: how organized crime governs other criminals in Colombian cities5
Quasilegality and migrant smuggling in Northern Niger5
From the street to the internet? Exploring hybrid offending among financially motivated cybercriminals5
Investigating the illicit market in veterinary medicines: An exploratory online study with pet owners in the United Kingdom5
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