‘Hiding in plain sight’: organised crime, financial crime and property

Xavier L’Hoiry; Julie Rugg; Loren E. Parton; Georgios A. Antonopoulos; Kit Colliver; Caroline Hunter; Geoff Page; Lisa O’Malley

doi:10.1007/s12117-025-09580-6

‘Hiding in plain sight’: organised crime, financial crime and property

Xavier L’Hoiry^*, Julie Rugg, Loren E. Parton, Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Kit Colliver, Caroline Hunter, Geoff Page, Lisa O’Malley

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This special issue of Trends in Organised Crime brings together recent empirical research on organised crime, financial crime and property. The collection comprises six original contributions, which collectively reveal the multiple ways property intersects with organised and financial crime – from organised violence against property, predatory landlordism, and domestic cannabis cultivation, to mortgage and real estate fraud, and money laundering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397–404
Number of pages	8
Journal	Trends in Organized Crime
Volume	28
Issue number	4
Early online date	24 Nov 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-025-09580-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2025

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Keywords

Cannabis cultivation
Criminal landlords
Financial crime
Mortgage fraud
Organised crime
Property
Real estate
money laundering
AML

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