On 13th May, an article in Police Oracle reports on a research paper from a University of Cambridge researcher examines the possibility that criminals are using the black market to buy flights for drug mules, to smuggle contraband and traffic people. Her research found that while a small proportion of those using the tickets were “victim travellers”, and a “thriving” black market in compromised credit card data and rogue travel industry employees are facilitating money laundering, smuggling and trafficking.
The report is available at –
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10611-018-9777-8.pdf
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