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Brokering transnational networks: emerging connections between organised crime groups in the Pacific and Indian Oceans / McCarthy-Jones, Anthea

McCarthy-Jones, Anthea	Journal Article
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The current explosion of cocaine, illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Asia Pacific is the result of increased collaboration between Chinese and Latin American organized crime groups operating across the Pacific littoral. These networks are connected through brokers who operate as channels between these discrete criminal. Recently, elements of these networks in the Pacific have begun to appear in the Indian Ocean region, demonstrating the cumulative reach of these criminal organizations. Australian law enforcement and intelligence officials will need to focus intelligence gathering activities on identifying key brokers in order to disrupt these criminal networks. Specific attention should be paid to emergent networks in the Indian Ocean which could prove to be the missing piece of the puzzle to understanding the scope and depth of these linked criminal organizations that operate across all four corners of the globe.

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Dark Networks ; Brokers ; Drug Traffickin

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Mapping Connections: a Dark Network Analysis of Neojihadism in Australia / Kelly, Mitchel; McCarthy-Jones, Anthea

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This article contributes to the growing literature on dark networks through an analysis on the Australian neojihadist network (ANN). Through analysis of Australian terrorist cells, we present a visualisation of the cells’ structures to determine how individuals are connected within each cell and to the wider ANN. A detailed analysis of six separate cells was undertaken to determine the operations, structures, and interactions of individuals within each cell. A visual network is presented to demonstrate how six cells that span a 14-year period form an interconnected network of individuals linked by family and close friendships. The insights gained through the analysis of this dark network sheds light on the origins, evolution, and structure of the ANN and highlight the way in which Australia’s experience with home-grown terrorism has evolved into an interlinked overarching illegal network that transcends both geographical locations and individual operations.

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Australia ; Dark Networks ; Neojihadism ; Cells ; Home-Grown Terrorism

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