Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organised crime at sea
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Blue crime : Conceptualising transnational organised crime at sea. / Bueger, Christian; Edmunds, Timothy.
In: Marine Policy, Vol. 119, 104067, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Blue crime
T2 - Conceptualising transnational organised crime at sea
AU - Bueger, Christian
AU - Edmunds, Timothy
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Transnational organised crime at sea is a growing international concern. However, and despite its importance, the concept remains uncertain and contested. This ambiguity has led to a tendency to focus on individual challenges such as piracy or illegal fishing, rather than convergencies and synergies between and across issues, and has stymied a concerted international policy response. Debate continues over the term itself, what illicit activities it incorporates and excludes, and how these can be meaningfully conceptualised in ways that both recognise the diverse nature of the concept yet also provide a basis for an integrated response to the challenges it presents. In this paper, we address this lacuna by providing a systemic conceptualisation and analysis of transnational organised crime at sea. Our goal is to provide a firm basis for future enquiries on the different types of blue crime, to trace their distinct characteristics and identify how they intersect, and to consider what kinds of synergies can be built to respond to them. In so doing, we organise the nascent academic and policy discourse on blue criminology and maritime security to provide a new framework for navigating this complex issue for practitioners and analysts alike.
AB - Transnational organised crime at sea is a growing international concern. However, and despite its importance, the concept remains uncertain and contested. This ambiguity has led to a tendency to focus on individual challenges such as piracy or illegal fishing, rather than convergencies and synergies between and across issues, and has stymied a concerted international policy response. Debate continues over the term itself, what illicit activities it incorporates and excludes, and how these can be meaningfully conceptualised in ways that both recognise the diverse nature of the concept yet also provide a basis for an integrated response to the challenges it presents. In this paper, we address this lacuna by providing a systemic conceptualisation and analysis of transnational organised crime at sea. Our goal is to provide a firm basis for future enquiries on the different types of blue crime, to trace their distinct characteristics and identify how they intersect, and to consider what kinds of synergies can be built to respond to them. In so doing, we organise the nascent academic and policy discourse on blue criminology and maritime security to provide a new framework for navigating this complex issue for practitioners and analysts alike.
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104067
DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104067
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85087038318
VL - 119
JO - Marine Policy
JF - Marine Policy
SN - 0308-597X
M1 - 104067
ER -
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