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Transnational Crime and Black Spots

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-49670-6

ISBN: 978-1-137-49669-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Oct 30, 2019

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Introduction: Setting the Stage

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 1 –12

[“It is a dream come true for criminals and terrorists to find a place where no one can look for them, and where they can mix with, ally with … and work with minimum interference from legal authority” (Levitsky, International Studies Review 10: 392–395, 2008). These safe havens have been called a...
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Geopolitics and Transnational Crime

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 15 –31

[How do those engaged in transnational crime view the world? Suppose we could interview the leadership of such organizations and ask them to provide us with a map of the world through their eyes, what would it look like? Would it include states and their border crossings; be focused around places...
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The New Economic Geography and the Illicit Economy

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 33 –45

[In the previous chapter, we began exploring the world through the eyes of those engaged in transnational criminal activities and examined the effects that geopolitics has on their choices of locations from which to operate. In this chapter, we apply lessons from the new economic geography...
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Activities, Functions, and Linkages

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 49 –77

[It is time we explored the question that Keefè (The Geography of Badness: Mapping the Hubs of the Illicit Global Economy. In Convergence: Illicit Networks and National Security in the Age of Globalization, ed. Michael Miklaucic and Jacqueline Brewer. Washington, DC: National Defense University...
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Black Spots, Actors, and Governance

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 79 –109

[As we discover more about black spots and the linkages among them, we begin to discern that the actors governing these locations have different motivations and goals driving their actions. Such information provides us with hints about where to look for more black spots as well as the directions...
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Financing the Illicit Economy

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 111 –139

[As with the legal economy, finance furnishes the lifeblood for illicit activity. With the exception of pure barter—for example, the direct exchange of drugs for weapons—there must be a reliable means of transferring value for transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist organizations to...
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Black Spots in Cyberspace?

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 143 –164

[Central themes of this book have revolved around rethinking sovereignty and the global economy. What happens when we introduce the notion of cyberspace, a domain that appears to eliminate political jurisdictions and to move globalization to a new level? Do black spots become less relevant to the...
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Discoveries and Challenges

Brown, Stuart S.; Hermann, Margaret G.

Pages: 165 –175

[We return to what we said at the start of this volume. We have reported on 80 black spots found across the regions of the globe, showing how they have led us to rethink sovereignty and the nature of the global economy. We have made discoveries about the nature of the global illicit economy as...

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