Organised crime goes online: realities and challenges

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-168

  Lavorgna, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal opportunities; Internet crime; Mafia; Online policing; Organised crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943660074     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMLC-10-2014-0035     Document Type: Article

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