Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the displacement and convergence of transnational crimes in North Africa and in the area of the Mediterranean Sea, providing empirical analysis of human smuggling and of drug trafficking. It discusses the displacement of crime due to the exploitation of asymmetries in legislation, law enforcement, and other vulnerabilities.
Using an innovative multimethodology, this volume describes the evolution of illicit flows related to human smuggling and trafficking of illicit goods. This approach helps to provide critical information such as traffickers’ modi operandi, most exploited paths, and trafficked goods, that would not be achievable through more traditional methods.
The Evolution of Illicit Flows will be a valuable resource for scholars and researchers of criminology and migration studies, as well as for policymakers and law enforcement working in transnational crimes and trafficking.
Table of ContentsPART I CONCEPTS, THEORIES, HISTORY, AND PERSPECTIVES
1. The Displacement and Convergence of Transnational Crime
2. Drug Trafficking; Latest Evolutions Interesting North Africa
3. Human Trafficking; Overview of the Convergence and Displacement in North Africa
4. An Historical Perspective on Trafficking in North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea
5. A Comparative Analysis of the Eastern and the Central Mediterranean Route for Human Smuggling
6. Differences and Similitudes Between Human Smuggling in North Africa and in Mexico/Central America
PART II TOPICAL ANALYSES IN CONVERGENCE AND DISPLACEMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES
7. The Role of Violent Non-State Actors in Libya
8. Displacement of Human Smuggling in Response to Regulatory Changes: A Discontinuity Study
9. Convergence Between Human Smuggling and Transnational Crimes in the Mediterranean Area
10. Evolution of Drug Trafficking Networks Across the Mediterranean Sea: A Text Mining Approach
11. Can Anybody Control Migration Flows? Examining the Effects of the Italian 2017-2018 Policy Against Illegal Immigration
12. Convergence Between Wild Life Crime and Drug Trafficking/Human Smuggling
PART III IMPLICATIONS, CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
13. A Different Country a Different Rule: Asymmetries in Law and Regulations on Transnational Crimes
14. Countering Transnational Crime: An Overview of the Most Impactful Strategies and Actions at the EU External Borders
15. Individual Perspectives on Crime Displacement and Convergence in North Africa
16. Future Directions in the Fight Against—and in the Study of—Transnational Crimes
