...Peter Sproat Purpose The article aims to describe the role of asset recovery in combating drug and people trafficking within the UK and the different means by which the proceeds of crime can be taken away from such organised criminals. Design/methodology/approach The author uses official data...

...Luiz de Andrade Filho Purpose This essay aims to examine the relationship between socio‐economic forces and drug‐related organised crime in Brazil. It focuses on both judicial structures and social service delivery to illustrate how they impact the shaping of criminal networks – a recurrent...

...Ed Jurith Highlights the connexions between terrorism, illicit drugs and money laundering; the author is General Counsel for the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy in the USA. Describes how money laundering is intimately linked to terrorism and drug...