The risks of terrorism and of organised crime depend on the actual and potential diffusion of the Lax Financial Regulation (LFR) countries. The LFR country is a jurisdiction in which the features of the financial regulation increase the probability to offer money laundering services, utilised by...

The Global Cybercrime Industry and Its Structure: Relevant Actors, Motivations, Threats, and Countermeasures -- Simple Economics of Cybercrime and the Vicious Circle -- An Institutional Perspective on Cybercrimes -- Increasing Returns and Externality in Cybercrimes -- Institutional Field Evolved...

This article delves into the organisation of Ivorian cyberfraudsters, known as "brouteurs", who engage in romance scams and sextorsion, and it questions the various structures through which these fraudsters operate. The study's findings are based on data collected through semi-structured...