TY - BOOK
T1 - Technology in human smuggling and trafficking
T2 - Case studies from Italy and the United Kingdom
AU - Antonopoulos, Georgios A.
AU - Baratto, Gabriele
AU - Di Nicola, Andrea
AU - Diba, Parisa
AU - Martini, Elisa
AU - Papanicolaou, Georgios A.
AU - Terenghi, Fiamma
PY - 2020/4/21
Y1 - 2020/4/21
N2 - This brief offers a unique and innovative account of the role of internet and digital technologies in human smuggling and trafficking. It explores new illegal paths through the web by analyzing how traffickers and smugglers use the visible and dark web during different phases of the process, including recruitment, transportation, and exploitation. Featuring case studies from two European countries, Italy and the United Kingdom, it outlines the types of websites used in these processes, how they are used, and common behavior patterns. With a view of transnational criminal activities involving actors from individual criminal entrepreneurs to organized crime groups and fluid large criminal networks, this brief will be of use to law enforcement, researchers of trafficking and organized crime, and policy makers.
AB - This brief offers a unique and innovative account of the role of internet and digital technologies in human smuggling and trafficking. It explores new illegal paths through the web by analyzing how traffickers and smugglers use the visible and dark web during different phases of the process, including recruitment, transportation, and exploitation. Featuring case studies from two European countries, Italy and the United Kingdom, it outlines the types of websites used in these processes, how they are used, and common behavior patterns. With a view of transnational criminal activities involving actors from individual criminal entrepreneurs to organized crime groups and fluid large criminal networks, this brief will be of use to law enforcement, researchers of trafficking and organized crime, and policy makers.
KW - human smuggling
KW - human trafficking
KW - sexual exploitation
KW - labor exploitation
KW - criminal entrepreneurs
KW - organized crime groups
KW - criminal networks
KW - visible web
KW - dark web
KW - crime and the internet
KW - crime and social media
KW - trafficking
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-42768-9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-42768-9
M3 - Book
SN - 9783030427672
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Criminology
BT - Technology in human smuggling and trafficking
PB - Springer
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -
