Core Concepts
Criminal organizations exhibit hysteresis effects, resilience, and robustness, challenging traditional law enforcement strategies.
Abstract
Criminal organizations balance security and efficiency.
They exhibit hysteresis effects, resilience, and robustness.
The study analyzes criminal networks using evolutionary game theory.
Network structure and specialized skills influence criminal organization formation.
Criminal organizations thrive by fulfilling specific demands.
The impact of criminal organizations extends to social, health, and environmental aspects.
The success of criminal organizations highlights the need for understanding their conditions.
The study explores the dynamics of criminal network formation, expansion, and dissolution.
The role of decision-making and social networks in criminal organizations is crucial.
Link density and assortativity play a significant role in the resilience and recruitment of criminal organizations.
Stats
"Transnational criminal organizations generate an annual revenue of approximately $1.6 trillion."
"23% increase in drug use to over 296 million people."
"45% increase in drug use disorders to 39.5 million individuals."
Quotes
"Crime pays."
"The illicit drug trade contributes to escalated drug use and disorders."
"Drug trade funds non-state armed and insurgency groups."