Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organised crime at sea

@article{Bueger2020BlueCC,
  title={Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organised crime at sea},
  author={Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds},
  journal={Marine Policy},
  year={2020},
  volume={119},
  pages={104067}
}
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