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Introduction to Special Issue Production, Trade and Governance: A New Definition of Organized Crime

Abstract:
This introduction presents a novel framework that distinguishes three activities of organized crime (OC): production (creating goods and services), trade (moving products and people), and governance (regulating markets and controlling communities). These activities require different skills and give rise to three different types of OC groups. To illustrate some of the points, I make references to the papers published in this Special Issue, on erotic fiction in China by Wang and Evelyn; on falsified medicines production and trade between Asia and Europe by Hamill; on drugs retail and gang control of a neighbourhood in Marseilles by Rodgers and Jensen; and the cocaine international distribution chain by Feltran.
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10.1017/s0003975625100143

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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ORCID:
0009-0007-5493-0114


Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Journal:
European Journal of Sociology More from this journal
Volume:
66
Issue:
2
Pages:
117-138
Publication date:
2025-12-23
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EISSN:
1474-0583
ISSN:
0003-9756


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English
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3587867
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2025-12-23
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