The organisation of drug supply: South Asian criminal enterprise in the UK

Asian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-177

  Ruggiero, Vincenzo ^a   Khan, Kazim ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal enterprise; Dealing networks; Family business; International trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849069362     PISSN: 18710131     EISSN: 1871014X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11417-007-9036-x     Document Type: Article

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