Abstract
China proposed the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative in 2013 to further connect countries in the region and encourage factors of collaboration, including policy, trade, and financing between them, while increasing the speed of each country's economic development. However, this ambitious project is not without consequences, as the intensifying connections between these countries may facilitate the movement of illegal goods and services and create a new network of criminals. The issue that arises here is whether the launch of OBOR and its potential to attract international criminogenic flows of capital will contribute to a heightened amount of organized crimes in newly linked regions and how law enforcement agencies respond to them. This chapter introduces the background of OBOR and the concept of "OBORization" that guides our discussion throughout each chapter.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Organized Crime and Corruption Across Borders: Exploring the Belt and Road Initiative |
| Editors | T. Wing Lo, Dina Siegel, Sharon I. Kwok |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 3-14 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429031045 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367142766 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- organized crime
- transnational crime
- criminology
- crime prevention
- China
