scholarly journals Playing Pac-Man in Portville: Policing the dilution and fragmentation of drug importations through major seaports

2020 ◽  
pp. 147737082091346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Sergi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Police Forces

This article presents findings from a qualitative research project into organized crime, policing and security across five major seaports (‘Portvilles’): Genoa (Italy); Melbourne (Australia); Montreal (Canada); New York (USA); and Liverpool (UK). Through content analysis of confidential judicial files, the article will construct the offenders’ scenarios and options for importing drugs in Portville. Through also interviews with law enforcement agencies, police forces and security staff in these seaports, the article presents the policing and security struggles to disrupt importations. The main finding is that importation roles and security techniques change constantly and quickly, as in a game of Pac-Man. Security and policing in seaports lead to the dilution and fragmentation of drug importation, and only distribution tends to remain organized in Portville. In this chaotic environment, it is the rules of trade that affect the success of drug importations the most, rather than the failures of effective security and policing.

scholarly journals Sinergy of Law Enforcement Agencies in Handling Illegal Fishing Cases in Aceh Waters

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-246
Author(s):  
Ade Irma Suryani Nasution ◽  
Annisa Mutia Pranita ◽  
Desty Bulandari ◽  
Lutvia Resta Setyawati ◽  
Panji Suwarno
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Illegal Fishing ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
Protection And Utilization

Illegal fishing cases often occur in waters at the edge of Indonesia. This article is focused on examining and analyzing the synergy between the authorized institutions in the process of monitoring and handling illegal fishing cases that occur in the waters of Aceh province. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research design. The four authorized institutions coordinate the performance of each other to help each other's role to reduce illegal fishing violations in Aceh Province. LANAL Sabang helped mobilize forces to carry out law enforcement at sea from the threat of violations as well as to safeguard marine resources. PSDKP Lampulo is the foundation for supervising marine and fishery resources in Aceh Province. Panglima Laot has more authority in regulating laot customary law and fishing communities in general. DKP Aceh is the axis of the service and movement for the protection and utilization of marine resources in Aceh Province.

scholarly journals A New State of Organized Crime

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Davina Shanti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Organized Crime Groups ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
New Research

Organized crime is often associated with traditional criminal groups, such as the mafia or outlaw motorcycle gangs; however, new research suggests that cybercrime is emerging as a new branch of organized crime. This paper is focused on the changing nature of organized crime and the factors that influence this shift, particularly in the online space. It will address the question: Can the law identify cybercrime as organized crime? The results of this paper are informed by an in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed articles from Canada, the United States (US), and Europe. This paper concludes that cybercrime groups are structured and operate similarly to traditional organized crime groups and should, therefore, be classified as a part of traditional organized crime; however, cybercrime groups are capable of conducting illicit activities that surpass those typically associated with traditional organized crime. This shift suggests that these groups may represent a larger threat creating a new challenge for law enforcement agencies.

Fight against Organized Crime in Bulgaria. Legal Problems and the Need to Improve the Interaction between Law Enforcement Agencies

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Stefcho Bankov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Legal Problems

AbstractThe article examines the emergence and spread of the fight against organized crime in Bulgaria and the role of law enforcement agencies in tackling this problem. The author emphasizes the bodies that deal with the counteraction in the country as well. The paper analyses the international and national legal regulations of organized crime. Last but not least, the types of crimes qualified as organized crime are discussed.

Use of Social Media for Policing

2019 ◽  
pp. 259-289
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Police Forces

An overwhelming amount of information (and misinformation) is available on today's social media sites (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube). Law enforcement agencies actively seek to leverage these resources to improve services and communication with public. Various factors have forced law enforcement agencies to have an active voice on social media. This chapter examines the growing interest of police forces in the use of social media to engage groups previously uninvolved in discussion of community policing and for deliberation about priorities of police forces. The chapter concludes that police forces, in general, have been able to exploit the networked characteristics of social media and the potential of user-generated content. Recommendations are provided to achieve more ambitious aims for using social media for policing.

scholarly journals The Experience of the International Cooperation in Organized Crime Combating

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Igor M. Matskevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Transnational Organized Crime ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Drugs And Crime

Purpose. Explore the experience of international cooperation against organized crime and identify key positions for improving Russia’s interaction with other countries in this area. Methodology: the basic method of the presented scientific research was the comparative legal method, within the framework of which a diachronic and synchronous, normative and functional comparison of the experience of cooperation in the fight against organized crime was carried out. Conclusions. 1. Without international cooperation, success in the fight against organized crime is impossible. 2. The legal basis for international cooperation in the fight against organized crime is the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of November 15, 2000. 3. An important component of international cooperation in this area is the relevant international organizations: a) UN Office on Drugs and Crime; b) Interpol; c) Europol. 4. Proposals for international cooperation in combating organized crime, which are enshrined in the corresponding US Strategy, are of interest. 5. For Russian law enforcement agencies, the overall coordination of their efforts in international cooperation is of great importance. Scientific and practical significance. The conclusions contained in the article are of practical importance for analyzing the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against organized crime.

scholarly journals FOREIGN EXPERIENCE IN COUNTERING (PREVENTING) ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM: SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Bohdan Holovkin ◽  
Kostyantyn Marysyuk
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
System Development ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Foreign Experience ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Global Threat

The aim of the article is the analysis of countering organized crime in the financial system in Ukraine and abroad, as well as the development of concrete proposals to optimize the legislative provision of such activities by special international law enforcement agencies in connection with countering crimes in the financial system committed by organized groups and criminal organizations. The subject of the study is an organized crime in the financial system: foreign experience. Methodology. The analysis of legal regulations of Ukraine, the EU, and the USA, as well as scientific literature, enables to study the state of affairs in combating organized groups, which commit economic crimes, and define strategic priorities and objectives of countering this socially negative phenomenon in Ukraine. The results of the study reveal that the implementation of foreign experience in the national economic development faces a number of key economic challenges, primarily organized crime, that hinder the national economy improvement. The author determines that a comprehensive organized crime coping strategy in the financial system is needed currently. Practical implications. The study determines that the issue of countering organized crime in the financial system has become international over the last few decades, overstepping the boundaries of individual countries or regions and gaining global significance. The world community recognizes that organized crime in the financial system has become a global threat to economic security that requires states to adopt measures agreed to combat this socially dangerous activity, both nationally and internationally. Relevance/ originality. The study reveals the status of the economic system development in Ukraine, as well as further improves identifying of effective trends of organized crime prevention in the financial system of Ukraine, taking into account positive foreign experience.

scholarly journals Application of the Covert Measures with the Focus on Kosovo Legislation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Kadri Arifi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Security Services ◽  
The Law ◽  
High Level ◽  
Early Detection And Prevention

The sophisticated forms of the organized crime, the high level of risk, complexity and threatening potential of the terrorism, impose the need (among other measures) for the application of covert investigative measures, among other the interception of telecommunications in order to prevent and combat these threats. Measures and traditional methods used by security institutions and law enforcement agencies do not provide adequate results and this raises the need and necessity for application of covert measures. In particular, the application of covert investigative measures for the security services as a measure, is necessary and essential for early detection and prevention of activities that affect the national security, while for the law enforcement agencies, the covert measures are used as a prevention and investigation measure of serious criminal acts and terrorism, but also as a measure to provide evidence for investigative processes. There is no doubt about the high sensitivity that the application of covert measures has in relation to human rights and freedom, respect and protection of which is the duty of the state and represents not an easy challenge for several reasons. In this regard, the application of covert measures should be limited by the law and their application in accordance with the law is a precondition for respecting human rights and freedom.

Screening the Police

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Tsika
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Film History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
State And Local ◽  
American Police

American police departments have presided over the business of motion pictures since the end of the nineteenth century. Their influence is evident not only on the screen but also in the ways movies are made, promoted, and viewed in the United States. Screening the Police explores the history of film’s entwinement with law enforcement, showing the role that state power has played in the creation and expansion of a popular medium. For the New Jersey State Police in the 1930s, film offered a method of visualizing criminality and of circulating urgent information about escaped convicts. For the New York Police Department, the medium was a means of making the agency world famous as early as 1896. Beat cops became movie stars. Police chiefs made their own documentaries. And from Maine to California, state and local law enforcement agencies regularly fingerprinted filmgoers for decades, amassing enormous records as they infiltrated theaters both big and small. Understanding the scope of police power in the United States requires attention to an aspect of film history that has long been ignored. Screening the Police reveals the extent to which American cinema has overlapped with the politics and practices of law enforcement. Today, commercial filmmaking is heavily reliant on public policing—and vice versa. How such a working relationship was forged and sustained across the long twentieth century is the subject of this book.

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