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Social network analysis of Australian poly-drug trafficking networks: How do drug traffickers manage multiple illicit drugs?
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Each syndicate had a clear management structure, but employed a different approach to diversifying including in-house production of multiple products and outsourcing to other syndicates, which suggests traffickers will have multiple avenues for product diversification and may create challenges for their policing.About:
This article is published in Social Networks.The article was published on 2017-10-01. It has received 36 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Syndicate.read more
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Platform Criminalism: The 'Last-Mile' Geography of the Darknet Market Supply Chain
TL;DR: Strong evidence is presented that cannabis and cocaine vendors are primarily located in a small number of consumer countries, rather than producer countries, suggesting that darknet trading happens at the »last mile», possibly leaving old trafficking routes intact.
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Using social network analysis to study crime: Navigating the challenges of criminal justice records
TL;DR: This paper chronicles the challenges that have emerged across the field of criminal networks via a comprehensive review of the literature, and draws on the documented experiences of researchers in the field and detail “archeological” approaches that future researchers can utilize to adapt and overcome them.
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Identifying individuals associated with organized criminal networks: A social network analysis
Kaustav Basu,Arunabha Sen +1 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a methodology based on the mathematical notion of Identifying Codes, which ensures reduction in resources on the part of law enforcement authorities, without compromising the ability to uniquely identify a suspect, when they become “active” in drug/terror related activities.
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Poisonous connections: a case study on a Czech counterfeit alcohol distribution network
TL;DR: A theory of action is formulated and relational mechanisms which could explain how the structure of the network emerged are identified, which were formed by mechanisms of triadic closure, negative tendency to concentrate ties, and tie translation of pre-existing ties into operational ties.
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Network Connection Strategy for Small and Medium-sized Ports (SMPs)
TL;DR: Social Network Analysis (SNA) was used to analyze the maritime container transportation route network of the Port of Incheon in South Korea and selected five ports as candidates after combining the SNA method, local political policies, and the port's current connection status.
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