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Working Paper 35: Social network analysis applied to illegal wildlife trade between East Africa and Southeast Asia
Get PDFThis report presents the findings of a novel application of social network analysis (SNA) to study a criminal network surrounding an East Africa-based wildlife trafficker. This technique focuses on understanding structural, functional and sociometric characteristics of networks by mapping social interactions between individuals and groups.
Particularly, the research studies how wildlife trafficking happens, and, in doing so, offers several promising avenues to curb it. SNA makes it possible to deconstruct the criminal network in question and identity its key individuals, operative functions and flows of goods, information and money. In turn, this can sustain the activities of investigators and prosecutors to discover new leads and suspects, or to better understand the meaning of financial and information flows.
The research has been conducted under a project of PMI Impact aimed at stopping corruption from fuelling illegal wildlife trade (IWT) between East Africa and Southeast Asia. The results show that by combining SNA (a primarily quantitative method) with network ethnography (a qualitative method), we can gain important new insights into the structures, functions and mechanisms of crime networks engaged in IWT.
This paper is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper Series, ISSN: 2624-9650.
This report was funded by PMI IMPACT, a grant award initiative of Philip Morris International (PMI). In the performance of their research, the authors maintained full independence from PMI. The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of PMI. Neither PMI, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.This report presents the findings of a novel application of social network analysis (SNA) to study a criminal network surrounding an East Africa-based wildlife trafficker. This technique focuses on understanding structural, functional and sociometric characteristics of networks by mapping social interactions between individuals and groups.
Particularly, the research studies how wildlife trafficking happens, and, in doing so, offers several promising avenues to curb it. SNA makes it possible to deconstruct the criminal network in question and identity its key individuals, operative functions and flows of goods, information and money. In turn, this can sustain the activities of investigators and prosecutors to discover new leads and suspects, or to better understand the meaning of financial and information flows.
The research has been conducted under a project of PMI Impact aimed at stopping corruption from fuelling illegal wildlife trade (IWT) between East Africa and Southeast Asia. The results show that by combining SNA (a primarily quantitative method) with network ethnography (a qualitative method), we can gain important new insights into the structures, functions and mechanisms of crime networks engaged in IWT.
This paper is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Working Paper Series, ISSN: 2624-9650. See also the abridged version.
This report was funded by PMI IMPACT, a grant award initiative of Philip Morris International (PMI). In the performance of their research, the authors maintained full independence from PMI. The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of PMI. Neither PMI, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein
Kochen und Essen: auf dem Weg von der Kulturtechnik zu einer individuellen Ausdrucks und Erlebnisform
Get PDFPolicy Brief 8: It takes a network to defeat a network – What Collective Action practitioners can learn from research into corrupt networks
Get PDFThis Policy Brief distils recommendations for Collective Action practitioners based on empirical insights on certain forms of corruption involving private-sector actors.
Field research carried out in Tanzania and Uganda produced detailed case studies that show how informal networks link private and public sector actors to pursue common illicit goals, such as gaining an unfair business advantage, avoiding a sanction, decreasing taxes owed or jumping the queue at the point of delivery of public services. Corruption, most often bribery, is the currency that works to cement and nurture those networks.
This Policy Brief is based on that research and a series of in-depth interviews with Collective Action practitioners working in Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The goal is to extract insights from what we have learned about the networks that fuel corruption and discuss implications for anti-corruption Collective Action initiatives. 
Tätigkeitsbericht des Kantonsarchäologen für das Jahr 1994
No full textDer erste Teil des Jahresberichts umfasst den Tätigkeitsbericht des Kantonsarchäologen, der die im Berichtsjahr erfolgten Aktivitäten des Amtes vorstellt und kommentiert, sowie eine Fundchronik mit einem Kurzbeschrieb sämtlicher im Laufe eines Jahres registrierter Fundstellen
City ID Cards and their Potential for Irregular Migrants Affected by Domestic Violence
Get PDFAlthough migrants without regular status are entitled to numerous rights, they are rarely able to assert them in practice. This paper analyzes the challenges that irregular migrants face when enforcing their rights in Switzerland, while focusing on situations of domestic violence and the right to victim support. Furthermore, the paper discusses a potential remedy to the limited access to the respective support services: the introduction of a city ID card. The paper focuses on the city of Bern and follows a multidisciplinary approach, combining the disciplines of law and sociology. The analysis draws on a literature review and five semi-structured expert interviews. The results show that many irregular migrants refrain from claiming the protections they are legally entitled to, and while the interviewees consider a city ID card as a valuable remedy, much of its potential seems to depend on whether third parties would officially recognize the card.Although migrants without regular status are entitled to numerous rights, they are rarely able to assert them in practice. This paper analyzes the challenges that irregular migrants face when enforcing their rights in Switzerland, while focusing on situations of domestic violence and the right to victim support. Furthermore, the paper discusses a potential remedy to the limited access to the respective support services: the introduction of a city ID card. The paper focuses on the city of Bern and follows a multidisciplinary approach, combining the disciplines of law and sociology. The analysis draws on a literature review and five semi-structured expert interviews. The results show that many irregular migrants refrain from claiming the protections they are legally entitled to, and while the interviewees consider a city ID card as a valuable remedy, much of its potential seems to depend on whether third parties would officially recognize the card
Das westlichste Teilstück der Burkhardschen Stadtmauer am Leonhardsgraben: Spalenberg 59 / Leonhardsgraben 9 (1994/18)
Get PDFBei den beim Umbauprojekt freigelegten Mauern handelt es sich um die sog. Burkhardsche Stadtmauer, die von Bischof Burkhard von Fenis am Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts erbaute älteste mittelalterliche Basler Stadtmauer, sowie - in kleinerem Umfang - um die Innere Stadtmauer
Riehen, Auf der Bischoffhöhe 13, 1994/12
Get PDFWährend der routinemässigen Baustellenüberwachung konnten im Aushub für einen Einfamilienhaus-Neubau zwei Silexartefakte geborgen werden.
Diese beiden Fundstücke stehen im Zusammenhang mit der neolithischen Freilandstation unmittelbar neben der Baustelle
Geologisch-bodenkundliche Untersuchungen an den Niederterrassenfeldern bei Basel unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der spätlatènezeitlichen Fundstelle Basel-Gasfabrik
Get PDFIm ersten Teil des Aufsatzes werden quartärgeologisch-bodenkundliche Untersuchungsergebnisse an Aufschlüssen der linksrheinischen Niederterrasse bei Basel vorgelegt.
Im zweiten Teil werden Resultate mikromorphologischer Analysen an archäologischen Sedimenten der Fundstelle Basel-Gasfabrik diskutiert. Aufgrund der künstlich gekappten Bodenprofile steht fest. dass zu Beginn der latenezeitlichen Besiedlung ein beträchtlicher Abtrag von Bodenmaterial stattgefunden hat. An der Basis der archäologischen Schichtenfolge liess sich indessen mehrfach ein Stampflehmboden beobachten, der mit Hausstrukturen in Verbindung gestanden haben muss
Das 1994 abgebrochene Haus zum Bremgarten: Eckhaus an der Steinenvorstadt 2 vor dem Eselturm
Get PDFDer vorliegende Bericht behandelt das in städtebaulicher Hinsicht prominent gelegene Haus Steinenvorstadt 2/ Kohlenberg 1. In historischer Zeit war das Haus entsprechend der Lage des Hauseingangs zum Kohlenberg hin orientiert; die Adresse wurde erst in jüngster Zeit geändert
Leonhardi Euleri: Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam perturbationum pertinentes, volumen secundum
No full textDer vorliegende Band 26 der Series II von Eulers Opera Omnia enthält Abhandlungen zur Störungstheorie und bildet daher die inhaltliche Fortsetzung des von Max Schürer im Jahr 1960 herausgegebenen Bandes 25 derselben Reihe. Band 27 wird dann die verbleibenden Abhandlungen Eulers zu diesem Thema enthalten und diese inhaltlich verbundene Trilogie mit einer umfassenderen Einleitung abschliessen. In dieser werden Eulers Arbeiten zur Störungstheorie sowohl im wissenschaftlichen Kontext seiner Zeit als auch bezüglich seines umfangreichen Gesamtwerkes zur Himmelsmechanik umrissen und gewürdigt.
In den Abhandlungen des vorliegenden Bandes behandelt Euler folgende Teilgebiete der Himmelsmechanik:- Mondtheorie als Dreikörperproblem- Theorie der Erdrotation- Grosse Ungleichheit- Spezielle Störungstheorie- Eingeschränktes Dreikörperproblem- Mondtheorie, angewandt auf die Jupitermonde- Störungstheorie der Planetenbewegung- Sonnentheorie bzw. Erdbewegung
Die Kommentare zu den einzelnen Abhandlungen sollen einen raschen Überblick über die hier präsentierten Abhandlungen Eulers ermöglichen. Darin werden diese jeweils kurz zusammengefasst und in ihren historischen Kontext sowohl bezüglich der hierfür relevanten Werke Eulers als auch bezüglich der damaligen wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen gestellt. Für eine genaue inhaltliche und chronologische Verortung der behandelten Themen und den Entstehungsprozessen der einzelnen Abhandlungen sei auf [Verdun 2015] verwiesen. Dort finden sich auch deutsche Paraphrasierungen der hier in den Originalsprachen Latein und Französisch herausgegebenen Abhandlungen