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Abstract

Police forces in many nations are making substantial progress in knowledge management to fight organised crime. As organised crime becomes more sophisticated and transnational, there is a need for new insights and new law enforcement procedures. This article makes a contribution by classifying criminal organisations into criminal industries, identifying organised crime by means of a flow chart, and presenting a road-map for law enforcement to apply in organised crime policing.

Keywords

criminal industries criminal organisations enterprise paradigm knowledge management policing strategy

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