Vigilante justice and informal policing in post-Euromaidan Ukraine

Zabyelina, Yuliya

doi:10.1080/1060586x.2019.1601460

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“…On the one hand, it could be argued that the lack of trust in financial and political institutions in these countries may foster financial outflows that, in turn, could generate a higher number of holding companies of foreign nationality (Howard, 2002; Mishler and Rose, 1997; Shlapentokh, 2006). On the other hand, the recent political turmoil in some of these areas (for example, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary) and the increase in power of non-state groups (Mulford, 2016; Zabyelina, 2019) and organized crime (Galeotti, 2017; Holmes, 2009) may have induced local entrepreneurs to secure their capital in foreign entities. In any case, there is evidence that corporates and financial institutions in some of these East European countries have been used as conduits to launder illicit proceeds originating from former Soviet countries.…”

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Who are our owners? Exploring the ownership links of businesses to identify illicit financial flows

Aziani

Ferwerda

Riccardi

2021

European Journal of Criminology

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This article investigates the patterns of business ownership in Europe, using a unique dataset on the nationality of 28.7 million shareholders of companies registered in 41 European countries. By means of an exploratory multivariate analysis, it tests whether ownership links between different countries are driven exclusively by social and macroeconomic variables – such as trade or geographical or cultural proximity – or are also related to measures of financial secrecy, corruption and lack of compliance with anti-money laundering regulations. The results indicate that factors other than licit economic incentives explain the international ownership structure of European companies. European firms have an abnormal number (that is, above the predicted value) of owners from tax havens and countries with poor financial transparency, which may suggest the use of holding companies for money laundering and tax evasion and to conceal illicit financial flows. However, ceteris paribus, the number of owners is abnormal in countries where rule of law and the control of corruption are more effective, suggesting that a high level of corruption may be a cost in money laundering activities. The findings contribute to the current international debate on illicit financial flows – as framed by United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16.4 – and can be used by public agencies and private actors to detect anomalies in business ownership and prevent potential financial crime schemes at corporate level.

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Who are our owners? Exploring the ownership links of businesses to identify illicit financial flows

Aziani

Ferwerda

Riccardi

2021

European Journal of Criminology

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“…Th en, the group spread transnationally (Kotonen 2019). Other groups such as the C14 (Sich) and the Right Sector in Ukraine emerged as violent nationalist paramilitaries in confl ict zones stemming from histories of entrenched ethnic and political divides; some of them, like the Azov Battalion, have been co-opted and armed by the state, but their base encompasses civilian structures such as nongovernmental organizations or political parties (Zabyelina 2019). In Greece, the far-right Golden Dawn and the state had historically intersecting common goals in their repression of left ist or anarchist groups and the control of migrants (Dalakoglou 2013).…”

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“The State Cannot Protect Us”

Ivasiuc

2022

Conflict and Society

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Informal policing has recently been on the rise in Europe: in several countries, “concerned citizens” have mobilized for the protection of their neighborhoods. This article examines the production and mobilization of vigilance in the negotiations around practices of informal policing in Italy and Germany and analyzes the relational way in which discourses and practices of vigilantism make and unmake the state. Grounded in research on practices of informal policing in Italy and Germany, the article argues that practices of vigilance manifested in informal policing are simultaneously and ambivalently state-(un)making practices. What is obtained in the process is an ambivalent regime of vigilance.

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“…In Venezuela, policing has experienced informalisation as some of the functions and powers of the police have been informally transferred to ordinary citizens and armed non‐state actors. Informalisation of policing refers to the de facto self‐organised taking over by citizens, or with the acquiescence of the government through an informal delegation, of core policing functions such as law enforcement, intelligence gathering, the prevention and management of crime, and the creation of formal social control (Gazit, 2014; Zabyelina, 2019). In the Venezuelan case, civilian participation in policing tasks ranges from ordinary citizens who voluntarily cooperate in intelligence gathering – the so‐called patriotas cooperantes (cooperating patriots) – to criminal gangs or self‐organised para‐police groups – the Colectivos.…”

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Policing and Autocratisation in Bolivarian Venezuela

Tremaria

2021

Bull Latin American Res

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This article aims to identify and analyse the mechanisms and manifestations through which the Venezuelan police have undergone a gradual and incremental counter‐reform in the scope of the autocratisation process of the political regime from Chávez to Maduro. It is argued that police counter‐reform has operated through three mechanisms: politicisation, militarisation and informalisation of policing, whose manifestations have become more pronounced when a deepening of autocratisation has taken place

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Vigilante justice and informal policing in post-Euromaidan Ukraine

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Who are our owners? Exploring the ownership links of businesses to identify illicit financial flows

Who are our owners? Exploring the ownership links of businesses to identify illicit financial flows

“The State Cannot Protect Us”

Policing and Autocratisation in Bolivarian Venezuela

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