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Criminality, Smuggling, Counterfeit and Trafficking: A Review of Different Types of Criminal Activities in Diaspora Networks

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Diaspora Networks in International Business

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This chapter offers a narrative review of diaspora networks and their possible negative impacts on the economy and society. The negative impact on the society and the economy is less researched area in the previous diaspora research. This chapter reviews different disciplines that have discussed the diaspora networks and their criminal activities. Besides the criminal activities, this chapter discusses the other activities considered to have a negative impact on the society or the economy in the country of origin (COO), in the country of residence (COR) or internationally. This research advocates that new conceptual tools to understand the motivation and mechanism behind the illegal activities in the diaspora networks and activities causing negative impact on the society and economy is needed. This chapter presents two frameworks to understand the above-mentioned topics.

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  1. School of Management, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

    Arla Juntunen

  2. Muskegon, MI, USA

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  1. School of Economics, Belt & Road, Institute of International Business, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

    Maria Elo

  2. Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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  3. Migration Institute of Finland, Turku, Finland

    Maria Elo

  4. Mona School of Business and Management, The University of West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

    Indianna Minto-Coy

  5. International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    Indianna Minto-Coy

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Juntunen, A. (2019). Criminality, Smuggling, Counterfeit and Trafficking: A Review of Different Types of Criminal Activities in Diaspora Networks. In: Elo, M., Minto-Coy, I. (eds) Diaspora Networks in International Business. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91095-6_10

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