How Criminal Organisations Work: Some Theoretical Perspectives / Vathek Publishing, 10 July 2008
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/pojo.2008.81.1.400
Police Journal 81(1): p.46-61
Petter Gottschalk
"Organised crime has received increased attention in recent years and criminal organisations are involved in a wide range of crimes (Chawla & Pietschmann, 2005). To fight organised crime, there is a need to understand the organisations behind it and organisational theories may be helpful in this process. The purpose of this article is to apply well-known theories such as agency theory, alliance theory, network theory, resource-based theory and other organisational theories in order to shed light on criminal organisations."
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Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime / Silicon.com, 23 June 2008
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39250349,00.htm
Tom Espiner
"As organised criminals move from more traditional crimes, such as armed robbery, towards e-crime, there is evidence that they are targeting university students, graduates and the tech savvy for recruitment, according to security experts and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca)."

The Historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime / World Bank, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsw
Buxton, Julia
"This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. The paper argues that the contemporary control model is ill-positioned to address the dynamic and rapidly changing nature of the global narcotics trade. The persistence of anachronistic guiding first principles, specifically the utopian idea of prohibition, is identified as the key impediment to the adoption of a more humane and effective policy approach. But while there is growing pressure for a revision of founding ideas, this is not supported by a host of powerful actors."