The experience of migrants crossing the Mediterranean has been represented as that passive components large-scale human flows driven by conflicts, migration policies and smuggling. This article proposes a reflection on advantages using social network lens to better understand these experiences at micro- meso-level, bringing fore personal relational dimensions. By examining narratives people who...

This is a primer review of international migration theory and from Bangladesh. We first present the migration. Regarding Bangladesh, we note that by middle 2020, about 7.4 million people Bangladesh origin were staying overseas, sixth-largest worldwide second-largest in South Asia. Yet there are concerns illegal human trafficking smuggling undocumented workers. Recently has been COVID-19 pandemi...

The purpose of the paper is to analyze reasons for persistence consumer smuggling in Soviet Russia / USSR during period New Economic Policy. study draws upon national and regional archives run by specific government departments as well statistical media sources. authors conclude that main reason trade was shortage goods, which caused a decrease imports reorientation manufacturing towards indust...

Problem of trafficking and people smuggling is very difficult to solve. Trafficking in China for instance, involve routes that are not easy track, managed by highly organized networks, long travel distances cover. Stakeholders searched found it find their mode transportation, which changes over time well planned. This research qualitative nature trying understand the situation subject. used a c...

IN THIS ISSUE In this issue of Physics & Society, we continue our series on the risks of nuclear weapons after the Cold War. In their article Illicit Trafficking of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Material: Facts and Uncertainties, Lyudmila Zaitseva and Friedrich Steinhausler have provided us with a very detailed look at what is known about the smuggling of fissile materials. They have also provided a r...

BACKGROUND Increases in taxation can contribute to smoking control. In the early 1990's, tobacco smuggling rates in Canada increased dramatically. Governments responded with a substantial reduction in taxes on tobacco products. This study examines the impact of these tax changes on smoking in youth in Canada. METHODS Data on smoking from three consecutive cycles of the Canadian Community Heal...

This paper focuses on the risk decision-making problem in customs targeting, whose major responsibility is to inspect the smuggling goods in import/export declarations. In this problem, the estimated smuggling probabilities of import/export goods, which can be obtained by applying statistical analysis to observations (samples), are needed for accurate inspection decision. A critical presumption...