Financing Illegal Migration
ISBN: 9781137290908
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited
Subjects: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection;

This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks.

Linda Shuo Zhao is currently Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at University of the District of Columbia, USA. She received her PhD degree in Criminal Justice from Temple University and her research interests include criminology theory, transnational crime and the relationship between juvenile delinquency and structural and cultural context.

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