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Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

By: Georgios A Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou

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Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

By: Georgios A Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou

For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighbourhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely fail to bring up the issue when discussing the nature and seriousness of contemporary criminal threats, and the appropriate responses towards them. Many more people are familiar with the notion of organized crime, as the film and TV industry regularly draw on fictional and real figures and situations. Organized crime feels like a tangible, inescapable issue in today's world. In this Very Short introduction, Georgios A. Antonopoulos and Georgios Papanicolaou uncover the reality of organized crime in our world today. Shining a light on the people involved in organized crime, Antonopoulos and Papanicolaou question whether the term 'organized' is used to evoke the image, the operations, and power of a legitimate organization, such as a corporation. Discussing whether there are particular crimes that the label 'organized crime' applies to, or if any crime can be organized, they also consider what happens when organized crime extends beyond borders. Using examples from across the globe, they analyse the different cultural traditions of organized crime, such as the Mafia, Yakuza, and Triads, and also the nature of organized crime, from arms trafficking and drug dealing to extortion. Finally they explore the methods and agencies in place to control and prevent organized crime. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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0192514946

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Human Trafficking Finances

Evidence from Three European Countries

By: Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Andrea Di Nicola,Atanas Rusev,Fiamma Terenghi

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Human Trafficking Finances

Evidence from Three European Countries

By: Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Andrea Di Nicola,Atanas Rusev,Fiamma Terenghi

This unique volume addresses the financial mechanisms that enable human trafficking - its actors, structures, and logistics. Viewing each stage of the market, human traffickers may need significant financial resources for recruitment, transportation, and exploitation. Drawing upon cross-disciplinary research expertise in criminology, sociology, law and economics, this book offers insights from law enforcement officers, policy makers, NGOs, and traffickers and their victims. Using three European countries - Bulgaria, Italy and the United Kingdom - it provides an account on the sources of capital for initiating and sustaining a human trafficking scheme, discussing the involvement of criminal structures, legitimate businesses, financial institutions, and information and communication technologies in the running of these enterprises. It also addresses the ways in which entrepreneurs and customers settle payments, the costs of conducting business in human trafficking, and how profits from the business are spent and invested. This important contribution to the transnational organized crime knowledge base will be of interest to researchers and academics, as well as law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and policy makers combating human trafficking.

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3030178099

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Fake Meds Online

The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals

By: Alexandra Hall,Georgios A. Antonopoulos

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Fake Meds Online

The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals

By: Alexandra Hall,Georgios A. Antonopoulos

This book provides a timely criminological investigation into the rapidly growing sale of fake medicines online. Some estimates suggest that the fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana and prostitution as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers. This increase has been particularly apparent in the context of various evolutionary phases in information and communications technologies, and the Internet now acts as the main avenue through which this criminal market is expanding. Thus far – despite growing concern and media attention – this extensive, extremely profitable, and ultimately life-threatening online market is yet to be fully explored. Drawing on the authors' own criminological investigation of both the supply and demand sides in the United Kingdom, this study offers the first in-depth and empirically-grounded analysis of the online trade in illicit medicines. Founded on rigorous research, and bolstering a rich area for debate, this book will be of particular interest for scholars of criminology and technology studies.

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1137570881

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Racist Victimization

International Reflections and Perspectives

By: Georgios Antonopoulos

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Racist Victimization

International Reflections and Perspectives

By: Georgios Antonopoulos

This book investigates the phenomenon of racist victimization in a number of countries, uncovering and analyzing its historical roots, its relation to the legal system in a particular national context, its extent and the response to it. Through the international comparative approach adopted and the broad geographical range of studies presented, including national settings which have so far been largely ignored by the literature on racist victimization, the volume offers a truly international perspective on an important social, political and academic issue. As such, Racist Victimization: International Reflections and Perspectives will constitute essential reading not only for sociologists and socio-legal scholars, but for anyone working in the field of race and ethnicity, crime and justice, criminology, victimology or policing.

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Routledge

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1317072049

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Shareholder Protection Reconsidered

Derivative Action in the UK, Germany and Greece

By: Georgios Zouridakis

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Shareholder Protection Reconsidered

Derivative Action in the UK, Germany and Greece

By: Georgios Zouridakis

This book examines the role and potential of derivative actions in shareholder protection in public limited companies. Derivative actions have been a focal point of legislators’ agendas on shareholder protection, in the past few decades, throughout Europe and beyond. Nevertheless, there remain jurisdictions, such as Greece, which are still devoid of this remedy. Against this backdrop, this book examines whether and how the derivative action may improve shareholder protection, constituting thus a mechanism that justifies legislative attention. It does so in three parts. First, it analyses the desirable role derivative actions assume in protecting shareholder property, monitoring corporate management and mitigating agency costs, alongside their economic implications, introducing the reader to the contemporary international debate on the topic. Having set the desiderata, the second part proceeds with the comparative analysis of Greek, German and UK law – jurisdictions that have recently reformed their provisions on shareholder protection – examining not only the law on derivative actions and their Greek counterpart remedy but also mechanisms of shareholder protection that do, or could, assume functions similar to those of the derivative action. By critically assessing the merits and failures of the respective UK, German and Greek shareholder protection laws, the book then proceeds to offer (in Part III) a model framework of shareholders’ derivative litigation for jurisdictions considering reform. Written in an accessible format, it will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in this important aspect of company law and corporate governance.

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1000757501

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Transnational Policing and Sex Trafficking in Southeast Europe

Policing the Imperialist Chain

By: Georgios Papanicolaou

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Transnational Policing and Sex Trafficking in Southeast Europe

Policing the Imperialist Chain

By: Georgios Papanicolaou

Mounting a vigorous critique on existing approaches to transnational policing, this book lays out an argument situating transnational policing within contemporary transformations of the capitalist state and imperialism, looking at the particular case of regional police cooperation against sex trafficking in Southeast Europe.

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0230306500

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Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Robo-Justice

By: Georgios I. Zekos

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Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Robo-Justice

By: Georgios I. Zekos

The book deals with digital technology which is transforming the landscape of dispute resolution. It illustrates the application of AI in the legal field and shows the future prospect of robo-justice for an AAI society in the advanced artificial intelligence era. In other words, the present justice system and the influence of current AI upon courts and arbitration are investigated. The transforming role of AI on all legal fields is examined thoroughly by giving answers concerning AI legal personality and liability. The analysis shows that digital technology is generating an ever-growing number of disputes and at the same time is challenging the effectiveness and reach of traditional dispute resolution avenues. To that extent, the book presents in tandem the impact of AI upon courts and arbitration, and reveals the role of AAI in generating a new robo-justice system. Finally, the end of the perplexing relation of courts and arbitration is evidenced methodically and comprehensively.

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3030982068

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Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th Century AD

Political, Diplomatic and Cultural Relations

By: Georgios Kardaras

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Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th Century AD

Political, Diplomatic and Cultural Relations

By: Georgios Kardaras

In this book, Georgios Kardaras offers a global view of the contacts between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate, emphasizing the reconstruction of these contacts after 626 (when, in contrast to archaeological evidence, written sources are very few) and the definition of the possible channels of communication between the two powers. The author scrutinizes the political and diplomatic framework, and critically examines issues such as mutual influence on material culture and on warfare, reaching the conclusion that significant contact between Byzantium and the Avars can be proved up until 775.

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BRILL

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9004382267

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Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks

By: Eric Bouillet,Georgios Ellinas,Jean-Francois Labourdette,Ramu Ramamurthy

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Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks

By: Eric Bouillet,Georgios Ellinas,Jean-Francois Labourdette,Ramu Ramamurthy

Transport networks evolved from DCS (Digital Cross-connect Systems)-based mesh architectures, to SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) ring architectures in the 1990’s. In the past few years, technological advancements in optical transport switches have allowed service providers to support the same fast recovery in mesh networks previously available in ring networks while achieving better capacity efficiency and resulting in lower capital cost. Optical transport networks today not only provide trunking capacity to higher-layer networks, such as inter-router connectivity in an IP-centric infrastructure, but also support efficient routing and fast failure recovery of high-bandwidth services. This is possible due to the emergence of optical network elements that have the intelligence required to efficiently control the network. Optical mesh networks will enable a variety of dynamic services such as bandwidth-on-demand, Just-In-Time bandwidth, bandwidth scheduling, bandwidth brokering, and optical virtual private networks that open up new opportunities for service providers and their customers alike. Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks combines both theoretical as well as practical aspects of routing and dimensioning for mesh optical networks. All authors have worked as technical leaders for the equipment vendor Tellium who implemented such capabilities in its product, and whose product was deployed in service provider networks. Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks Presents an in-depth treatment of a specific class of optical networks, i.e. path-oriented mesh optical networks. Focuses on routing and recovery, dimensioning, performance analysis and availability in mesh optical networks. Explains and analyses routing specifically associated with Dedicated Backup Path Protection (DBPP) and Shared Backup Path Protection (SBPP) recovery architectures. As most of the core backbone networks evolve to mesh topologies utilizing intelligent network elements for provisioning and recovery of services, Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks will be an invaluable tool for both researchers and engineers in the industry who are responsible for designing, developing, deploying and maintaining mesh optical networks. It will also be a useful reference book for graduate students and university professors who are interested in optical networks or telecommunications networking. With a foreword by Professor Wayne D. Grover, author of the book Mesh-Based Survivable Networks.

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0470032979

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Economics and Law of Artificial Intelligence

Finance, Economic Impacts, Risk Management and Governance

By: Georgios I. Zekos

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Economics and Law of Artificial Intelligence

Finance, Economic Impacts, Risk Management and Governance

By: Georgios I. Zekos

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the alterations and problems caused by new technologies in all fields of the global digital economy. The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) not only on law but also on economics is examined. In the first part, the economics of AI are explored, including topics such as e-globalization and digital economy, corporate governance, risk management, and risk development, followed by a quantitative econometric analysis which utilizes regressions stipulating the scale of the impact. In the second part, the author presents the law of AI, covering topics such as the law of electronic technology, legal issues, AI and intellectual property rights, and legalizing AI. Case studies from different countries are presented, as well as a specific analysis of international law and common law. This book is a must-read for scholars and students of law, economics, and business, as well as policy-makers and practitioners, interested in a better understanding of legal and economic aspects and issues of AI and how to deal with them.

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3030642542

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Fake Goods, Real money

The Counterfeiting Business and its Financial Management

By: Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Alexandra Hall,Joanna Large,Anqi Shen,Michael Crang,Michael Andrews

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The Counterfeiting Business and its Financial Management

By: Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Alexandra Hall,Joanna Large,Anqi Shen,Michael Crang,Michael Andrews

The trade in counterfeit goods is growing and is increasingly linked to transnational organised crime. But little is known about the financial mechanisms that lie behind this trade. This is the first account of the financial management of the counterfeiting business. Written by experts in a wide range of fields, it examines the financial and business structures in relation to the illicit trade in counterfeit products. Based on interviews with active criminal entrepreneurs in the UK and abroad and other data, the authors explore ‘organised crime’ and mutating criminal markets, digital technologies and their criminological and sociological implications, and cultural values and practices. This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of these timely issues.

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Policy Press

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1447346971

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Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

By: Georgios A Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou

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Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

By: Georgios A Antonopoulos,Georgios Papanicolaou

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Fake Meds Online

The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals

By: Alexandra Hall,Georgios A. Antonopoulos

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The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals

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Racist Victimization

International Reflections and Perspectives

By: Georgios Antonopoulos

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International Reflections and Perspectives

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Human Trafficking Finances

Evidence from Three European Countries

By: Georgios A. Antonopoulos,Andrea Di Nicola,Atanas Rusev,Fiamma Terenghi

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Evidence from Three European Countries

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Shareholder Protection Reconsidered

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Transnational Policing and Sex Trafficking in Southeast Europe

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Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Robo-Justice

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Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th Century AD

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Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks

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Economics and Law of Artificial Intelligence

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Fake Goods, Real money

Fake Goods, Real money

Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction

Fake Meds Online

Fake Meds Online

Racist Victimization

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