This edited volume explores recent research and developments in the study of organized crime. It covers six key areas: drug-related issues; human trafficking and prostitution; sports and crime; procurement and corruption; and enforcement and prevention.

The contributors provide timely research for understanding various aspects of organized crime, as well as the responses that have been developed worldwide to prevent and contain them. These contributions were presented at seminars of the Centre for Information and Research on Organized Crime (CIROC). It will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with an interest in organized crime and criminal networks, as well as related fields such as Comparative Law, and Political Science.

This collection represents the most current thinking on entrenched problems of organized crime....This book is an important contribution in developing new approaches to organized crime and its control.

- Jay S. Albanese, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice Programs, Virginia Commonwealth University

The book is very well organised and written and deals with a diversity of topics and approaches.

- Ernesto U.Savona, Director of Transcrime, Professor of Criminology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: DRUG-RELATED ISSUES
Chapter 2: The Bankruptcy of the Dutch cannabis policy. Time for a restart
Chapter 3: Illicit Performance and Image Enhancing Drug Markets in the Netherlands and Belgium
Part II: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION
Chapter 4: Legal Prostitution Policies in Europe
Chapter 5: Linking Prostitution Policies and Human Trafficking: Nordic Experiences
Part III: MOBILITY CRIMES
Chapter 6: The mobility of East and Central European organised crime: the cases of Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania
Chapter 7: The Outlaw Extreme: Violence, Prosecution and The Evolution of the North-American One Percent Motorcycle Club
Part IV: SPORTS AND CRIME
Chapter 8: Detection and prevention of money laundering in professional football
Chapter 9: Match-fixing in sports: a crime of 'outsiders' and Asian bookies?
Part V: PROCUREMENT, CORRUPTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Chapter 10: Criminal organizations and legal firms: how they alter and control the public procurement business
Chapter 11: Awarding public contracts and safeguarding integrity: the challenge to put research findings into practice
Part VI: CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 12: Combating organized crime Aussie-style: From law enforcement to prevention
Chapter 13: Uneasy Truths; Criminal Informants, Witness Protection, Trust and Legitimacy in the Policing of Organized Crime
Chapter 14: Undercover policing from a comparative perspective
Chapter 15: Infiltration.