Criminal organizations are frequently organized monopolistically and hierarchically. This is puzzling given the greater vulnerability of centrally organized firms to law enforcement: a loose and atomistic market would seem more appropriate to the legal constraints on operation. We argue that, in...

This report is prepared in the framework of the EMCDDAIPA5 project 'Further preparation of the IPA beneficiaries for their participation with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction' funded by the European Commission. It provides the top-level overview of the drug phenomenon...

This report is prepared in the framework of the EMCDDA-IPA5 project 'Further preparation of the IPA beneficiaries for their participation with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction' funded by the European Commission. It provides a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon...