Not all madams have a central role: Analysis of a nigerian sex trafficking network

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 66-88

  Mancuso, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centrality; Italy; Madams; Network analysis; Nigeria; Sex trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908692113     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-013-9199-z     Document Type: Article

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