Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 18 Issue 2

Legitimacy matters: Los Caballeros Templarios and the mutation of Mexican organized crime

Falko Ernst

This paper aims to revisit paradigmatic depictions of organized criminal behavior. Unveiling shortcomings, it asks how contingent manifestations of organized crime can be better…

Organised crime goes online: realities and challenges

Anita Lavorgna

The purpose of this article is to provide an empirically based description of how the Internet is exploited by different types of organised crime groups (OCGs), ranging from…

Political corruption and money laundering: lessons from Nigeria

Anna Markovska, Nya Adams

This paper aims to discuss political corruption in Nigeria and to assess the limitation of the immunity clause of the Nigerian constitution. This is particularly important in…

Organised crime in English criminal law: Lessons from the United States on conspiracy and criminal enterprise

Anna Sergi

The purpose of this paper is to consider the rationale behind the approaches to organised crime in criminal law to understand the basis of the law on conspiracy in England and…

Reverse money laundering in Russia: clean cash for dirty ends

Yuliya G. Zabyelina

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of and comment on various aspects of reverse money laundering, whereby, instead of “washing” criminal proceeds to make them…

What does the way crime was organised yesterday tell us about the way crime is organised today and will be tomorrow?

Bill Tupman

The purpose of this paper is to assess what an overview of theoretical literature and case study material can tell us about the different ways crime has been organised in the past…

Organized crime in Brazil

George Henry Millard, Tim Hundleby

– The purpose of this paper is to look at the origins and development of organized crime in Brazil.

Organised crime yesterday, today and tomorrow

Bill Tupman, Yuliya G. Zabyelina