Search Results - subject:"crime"

Cybercrime and socioeconomic realities : perpetrators’ perspectives from Ghana

Barnor, Jonathan Nii; Ansong, Eric; Boateng, Sheena Lovia - 2026

This study, grounded in Rational Choice Theory, explores the strategies and decision-making processes of online romance fraud perpetrators in Ghana. Using a qualitative approach, thirteen individuals involved in such fraud were interviewed through purposive and snowball sampling. Data were...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015643957

Disentangling and demystifying converging crimes and illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Canada

Anagnostou, Michelle; Doberstein, Brent; Armitage, Derek; … - 2025

Illegal wildlife trade is increasingly reported as intersecting with other serious crimes, a phenomenon labelled "crime … understand what criminal activities converge with illegal wildlife trade, how they converge, and what factors shape crime … crime group, and stage of the supply chain. Convergences can range from opportunistic and ad hoc, to sophisticated and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015546320

Cybercrime in criminology : a systematic review of criminological theories, methods, and concepts

Onwuadiamu, Gift - 2025

As the incidences of traditional crime rates have begun to decline, there has been a surge and shift in the kinds of … criminal activities perpetuated by individuals. The recent shift in criminal activities includes organized crime, white …-collar crime, and cybercrime.The increased use and access to digital space have influenced the prevalence of cyber …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015439506

Patterns and predictors of cyber fraud victimization : testing routine activity theory and general theory of crime in Japan

Suzuki, Ai; Shikata, Ko; Shimada, Takahito - 2025

by routine activity theory and general theory of crime, and how the subsequent behavior of victims changed after … theory and general theory of crime in explaining the predictors of cyber fraud victimization in Japan. Importantly, this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015515700

Afraid of the unknown : crypto literacy and fear of online fraud

Engle, Timothy A.; Maher, Cooper A.; Jones, Michael - 2025

not significantly associated with all modalities of fear of crime investigated, with the exception of altruistic fear of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015400788

Regulating the crypto-laundering chain : a comparative study of scam compounds and money mule mechanisms within criminal networks

Arnone, Gioia - 2026

centred on post-offence crypto-asset seizure through traditional proceeds-of-crime mechanisms. Across all jurisdictions, money …-enabled fraud and the need for integrated regulatory responses that address both financial crime and human exploitation. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015640373

Strategic choices in money laundering : smurfing, layering, and financial over-diversification

Contreras, Alfredo; Villa, Edgar - 2026

Money laundering enables criminal organizations to integrate illicit funds into the legal economy while evading detection, posing significant challenges for regulators and policymakers. We develop a formal framework to examine criminal organizations' choice between two money laundering methods....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015643937