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Author:   T. Wing Lo ,  Dina Siegel ,  Sharon Kwok
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780367777463

ISBN 10:   0367777460
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   01 April 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. One Belt, One Road and the Process of OBORization; Part A: China 1990 to 2018; 2. The Post-Tiananmen Decade: Prices Paid for China’s Economic Growth; 3. Control of Grand Corruption and Triad Crime in China; 4. A Hardboiled Belt and Road: Backlash to the UN-Bribes-for-OBOR Scandals; Part B: Transnational Crime along the Belt and Road; 5. Transnational Crime in Asia: Illicit Markets and Innovation; 6. Crime, Corruption, and Collateral Damage: Large Infrastructure Projects as a Threat to Cultural Heritage; 7. Chinese Wildlife Trafficking Networks along the Silk Road; 8. Protected Wildlife on the One Belt, One Road: A Case Study of Illegal Tiger Skins Trade; Part C: Organized Crime and Corruption in OBOR Countries; 9. Organized Crime in Contemporary Russia; 10. Organized Crime in Kazakhstan; 11. Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Lithuania; 12. Organized Crime in the Czech Republic; 13. Organized Crime in Poland and its Control from a Central European Perspective; 14. Organized Crime and Corruption in Bangladesh; Conclusion; 15. The Possible Outcome of OBORization

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T. Wing Lo is Head and Professor of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in criminology from the University of Cambridge (1991). He formerly worked with Chinese triad gangs and was invited to address the UN delegates attending the Palermo Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2010) and officials of the US Department of Defense (2015). Dina Siegel is Professor of Criminology and Chair of the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University. She has conducted research on transnational organized crime, human smuggling and trafficking, crimes of mobility, Russian mafia and other East European criminal organizations, crime in the diamond industry, and various activities of Asian organized crime in the European Union. Sharon I. Kwok is Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, specializing in the study of triad society and Chinese organized crime. She received a BA, MSc, and PhD in criminology from the University of Hull (2001), London School of Economics (2004), and City University of Hong Kong (2017), respectively.

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