uniquely examines how this energy boom has affected regional crime rates throughout the United States. There is evidence that …

uniquely examines how this energy boom has affected regional crime rates throughout the United States.  There is evidence that …

revenue in 2019. Organized oil crime syndicates are often transnational and conduct theft and fraud professionally, exploiting …. The proceeds of oil theft often finance other organized crime, and it triggers violence against the community and in crime-on-crime …

lesser forms of crime than human trafficking, the drugs trade, smuggling of weapons, kidnapping, and terrorism. However, oil … theft as an act of opportunity tends to evolve into organized crime and, if left unchecked, oil theft may interlink with … other organized crime activities and groups. Actions against oil theft should target the transnational crime syndicates that …