Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy An Analysis of Italian and Russian Organised Crime in the UK Real Estate Market Routledge Studies in Organised Crime Series

This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities. It identifies the drivers behind the criminal choices and modus operandi of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, and the factors causing their mobility abroad.

Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy broadens our knowledge on the relationship between criminal agency and criminogenic opportunity in a socio-economic and legal context. This book offers a critical insight into the criminal actors and operations of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, such as money laundering schemes in the real estate sector, whilst also exploring the role of crime facilitators. Drawing on interviews with prosecutors, law enforcement agents and investigative journalists, Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy explores how criminal investments adversely affect both law enforcement operations and socio-economic development in this area.

An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, law, organised crime, policymakers, and all those interested in how Italian and Russian organised crime operates in the UK real estate market.

Introduction 1.Understanding Italian and Russian organised crime modus operandi abroad: The UK real estate market 2.Criminogenic opportunities in the UK real estate market 3.Socio-economic consequences and response in detecting organised crime investments in the UK real estate market 4.Conclusion and recommendations

Emanuele Sclafani is an Associate Lecturer in the Bristol Law School at the University of the West of England.