Selling stolen goods on the online markets: an explorative study

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serval:BIB_B9E725558748
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Selling stolen goods on the online markets: an explorative study
Journal
Global Crime
Author(s)
Aniello Sara, Caneppele Stefano
ISSN
1744-0572
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2018
Volume
19
Number
1
Pages
42-62
Language
english
Abstract
Historically, criminologists studied theft from different perspectives, but only a few focused their attention on the reselling of stolen items. The advent of the Internet has boosted stolen good markets by facilitating interactions between vendors (thieves and receivers) and buyers. This study, based on 227 cases reported by news sites in 2015 and 2016, focuses on the markets and methods used to sell stolen goods online. The results suggest that the online selling methods are quite independent from existing offline methods. The findings innovate with respect to the typology provided by Sutton. The online markets for stolen goods are rather a new environment where perpetrators may choose among several methods of disposal. The results reflect a preference for resale through classified ads sites (44.24%), auction sale sites (28.11%) and social media (19.35%). In the light of this study, more research is needed to understand online stolen goods markets and their mechanisms.
Keywords
cybercrimes, handling stolen goods, hot products, Online markets
Create date
01/02/2018 14:13
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29/11/2019 7:17
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