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How and where do criminals operate? Using Google to track Mexican drug trafficking organizations
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Coscia, Michele Rios, Viridiana |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | How and where do criminals operate? Using Google to track Mexican drug trafficking organizations Michele Coscia ∗ CID, Harvard Kennedy School Viridiana Rios † Department of Government, Harvard University October 23, 2012 Abstract We develop a tool that uses Web content to obtain quantitative infor- mation about the mobility and modus operandi of criminal groups, infor- mation that would otherwise require the operation of large scale, expensive intelligence exercises to be obtained. Exploiting indexed reliable sources such as online newspapers and blogs, we use unambiguous query terms and Google’s search engine to identify the areas of operation of criminal organizations, and to extract information about the particularities of their mobility patters. We apply our tool to Mexican criminal organizations to identify their market strategies, their preferred areas of operation, and the way in which these have evolved over the last two decades. By extracting this knowledge, we provide crucial information for academics and policy makers increasingly interested in organized crime. Our findings provide evidence that criminal organizations are more strategic and operate in more differentiated ways than current academic literature had suggested |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://mfile.narotama.ac.id/files/Jurnal/Jurnal%202012-2013/How%20and%20where%20do%20criminals%20operate;%20Using%20Google%20to%20track%20Mexican%20drug%20trafficking%20organizations.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
