– The purpose of this article was to argue that developing an understanding of organised crime business structures is a necessary component of a modern effective law enforcement response and this must found on initiatives to improved capture of relevant business intelligence and developments of suitable methods to analyse it.
– Consideration of the dynamics of the challenge set by the business of organised crime, review of relevant academic studies; adaption of a template model to assess organised crime business structures; description of how this informs a new initiative being currently undertaken within Police Scotland under the name of “Project Jackal”.
– Project Jackal rolled out in the summer of 2014. Report on experience will follow in subsequent papers.
– Further research and reporting on field experience is implied.
– Development of more effective business intelligence capture by law enforcement and of analytical methods to exploit this intelligence against organised crime.
– Protection of communities and commerce from the corruptive influence of organised crime.
– To stimulate discussion on methods and responses to tackle the challenges outlined.
