Organised Crime

Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Brewster, B., et al.

Publication:  Trends in Organized Crime, Vol. 26, (2), pp. 156-179, 2023. 

Organised crime and the ecosystems of sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom: How supply and demand generate sexual exploitation and protection from prosecution.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Hopkins, M., et al.

Publication:  Trends in Organized Crime,  Vol. 27, pp.56–76, 2024.

Perspectives on policing: lifting the lid on disruption.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Skidmore, M.

Publication:  London: The Police Foundation, 2023.

A method for organized crime harm assessment: connecting associated crimes.

Source:  Article.

Author: Gómez-Quintero, J., et al.

Publication: Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice, Vol. 17, pp. 1–19, 2023.

Lawless cyberspace: Why Eastern Europe leads global cybercrime.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Rodeheffer, L.

Publication: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, 2025.

Working for both sides: how organised crime networks influence Mexican police culture.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Pereda, V.

Publication:  Policing & Society, Vol. 33, (7), pp. 749-766, 2023. 

The organisation of mortgage frauds: an empirical insight into the social networks of organised crime groups involved in mortgage and property fraud in the UK.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Gilbert, J. and Levi, M.

Publication: Trends in Organized Crime, 1-28, 2025.

Global security and policing change: the impact of 'securitisation' on policing in England and Wales.

Source:  Article. 

Author:  King, M., and Sharp, D.

Publication:  Police Practice & Research: An International Journal, 2006, 7, (5), pp. 379-390.

Organized Crime.

Source:  Website.

Author:  Interpol.

Publication:  Interpol, 2023.

Serious and organised crime strategy 2023 to 2028.

Source:  Website - policy paper.

Author:  HM Government.

Publication: HM Government. 2023. UK

Ports, crime and security: governing and policing seaports in a changing world.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Sergi, A., and Reid, A.

Publication:  Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2021. 

Rethinking organised crime

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Holmes, L.

Publication:  Gloucester: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024.

Investment of criminal proceeds into the legitimate economy: an analysis of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Sclafani, E.

Publication:  London : Routledge, 2024.

Organised crime and law enforcement: a dynamic network perspective.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Bright, D., and Whelan, C.

Publication:  London: Routledge, 2020. 

Understanding recruitment to organized crime and terrorism.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Weisburd, D., (eds)., et al.

Publication:  Cham: Springer, 2020. 

Organised crime in the 21st century: motivations, opportunities, and constraints.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Nelan, H., and Siegel, D.

Publication:  Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. 

Organized crime and terrorist networks.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Ruggiero, V., (ed).

Publication:  London: Routledge, 2020. 

Organized crime: a cultural introduction.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Nicaso, A. and Danesim, M.

Publication:   Abingdon: Routledge, 2025. 

Organised crime: a very short introduction.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Antonopoulos, G., & Papanicolaou, G.

Publication:  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Transnational organized crime and jihadist terrorism: Russian-speaking networks in Western Europe.

Source:  eBook.

Author:  Fredholm, M.

Publication:  Abingdon, Oxford: 2018. 

Routledge handbook of transnational organized crime.

Source:  Book.

Author:  Allum, F., and Gilmour, S., (eds).

Publication:  Oxford: Routledge, 2012.

Cheats, threats and reflexivity: organizational narratives on policing organized and economic crime.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Vestby, A.

Publication:  British Journal of Criminology, 2022, Vol. 62, (1), pp. 200-217. 

Organised crime movement across local communities: A network approach.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Campana, P. and Meneghini, C.

Publication: Trends in Organized Crime, 2024, Vol. 27, Issue 1. pp. 56-76.

Enablers of illicit drug trafficking by organised crime groups.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Morgan, A. and Dowling, C.

Publication: Trends & Issues in Crime & Criminal Justice. 2023, Issue 665, pp.1-19.

Transnational policing between national political regimes and human rights norms: The case of the Interpol Red Notice system.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Serder, S.

Publication:  Theoretical Criminology, 2022, Vol. 26, (4), pp. 601-619. 

Police-led interventions for deterring organized crime: A UK cluster randomized trial targeting criminal network recruiting and its vicarious effects on co-offenders.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Denley, J., et al.

Publication: Justice Quarterly, 2025, Vol. 42, Issue 5, pp.767–798.

The structure of cooperation among organized crime groups: A network study of Merseyside, UK.

Source:  Article.

Author:  Campana, P., and Giovannetti, A. 

Publication: Journal of Criminal Justice, 2025, Jan-Feb.

College of Policing "organised crime" search.

Source:  Website

Author: College of Policing.

Publication: Results include, practice, reports, APP.

Europol on organised crime.

Source:  Website.

Publication: European Union’s law enforcement agency.