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Mind Map by thomascutmore, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by thomascutmore
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Globalisation and Crime
- Manuell Castlells (1998) An increase in the
global/criminal ecomony has led to a wide
range of different crimes
- Arms trafficking
- Trafficking of nuclear
materials
- Smuggling of illegal migrants
- Trafficking of women and children
- Sex tourism
- Trafficking of
body parts
- Cyber crime
- Green crime
- International
tousism
- Smuggling of illegal goods
- Drugs trade
- Money laundering
- Arms trafficking
- Ian Taylor (1997) argues that
Globalisation has led to the
changes in the pattern and extent
of crime
- Illegal trade
- Mafias and gangs
- Global connections
- 'McMafia'
- 10,000 member
strong drug gangs
- Global connections
- Money laundering has
become more
widespread - especially
among businesses and
the wealthy
- Global terrorist attacks -
e.g. 9/11 Twin Towers
- Illegal trade
- Hobbs and Dunningham (1990)
- Loose knit gangs occur
at first
- Then develop into stronger 'mafia'
like communities
- E.g. The Kray Brothers of
East End London
- E.g. The Kray Brothers of
East End London
- Then develop into stronger 'mafia'
like communities
- 'Glocal' Crime - Doing both
legitimate and illegitimate
activities during the lifetime,
but also spreading global in
terms of illegitimate
activities i.e. international
drugs trade
- Loose knit gangs occur
at first
- Winlow (2004)
- Bouncer study in Sunderland
- Found that as well as "rank" giving members a
position and authority, the legitimate job allows
the worker to then use the job as a illegitimate way
o committing crime, i.e. using his status to get hold
of unlicenced goods such as tobacco and alcohol
and then sell them through there (link to Hobbs
and Dunningham's 'Glocal' Crime)
- Found that as well as "rank" giving members a
position and authority, the legitimate job allows
the worker to then use the job as a illegitimate way
o committing crime, i.e. using his status to get hold
of unlicenced goods such as tobacco and alcohol
and then sell them through there (link to Hobbs
and Dunningham's 'Glocal' Crime)
- Bouncer study in Sunderland
- The 'McMafia' - Misha Glenny (2008)
- Russian gang formed in 1989
- Tried to innovate with the Soviets'
communist prices on resources
- Becomes a new capitalist class
known as 'Oligarchs'
- Becomes a new capitalist class
known as 'Oligarchs'
- Unlike the US and Italian gangs where there
is a sense of family and heirachy, the
McMafia relies on money and economy to
structure the gang.
- Need to protect income and keep promises (globally or
internationally) to ensure economic income is
successful
- Can lead to international money laundering!
- Can lead to international money laundering!
- Need to protect income and keep promises (globally or
internationally) to ensure economic income is
successful
- Russian gang formed in 1989
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