Synthetic drugs trafficking in three European cities: Major trends and the involvement of organized crime
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The outcomes of cross-national study that investigated the three urban synthetic drug markets at different stages of development in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Barcelona, Spain, and Turin, Italy are presented. A composite picture that indicates the presence of flexible and dynamic actors and a sort of free drug economy is described.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2004
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The Teamsters: Perception and Reality: an investigative study of organized crime influences in the union
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The relationship between the Teamsters Union and organized crime was studied by a team with extensive experience in investigation of organized crime and labor racketeering. The study, however, rendered an accounting stereotyped by the union's organized crime legacy and a one-sided public image.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2001
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A commentary on the battle between the cocaine cartels of Colombia and the Colombian government during the early 1990's is presented. This serves the purpose of analyzing denial and deception with examples and the conditions, which lead to the success and failure of illicit nonstate actors.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2000
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