Vietnamese Organized Crime in the Czech Republic

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Miroslav Nožina, Filip Kraus

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3. Theoretical Background, Research Methods and Information Sources

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4. Vietnamese Migration to the Czech Republic and the Appearance of Vietnamese Criminal Networks

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5. The World of the Vietnamese Diaspora in the CR

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6. Vietnamese Criminal Activities in the Czech Republic

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7. Conclusions

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8. Back Matter

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This book provides a complex, socio-anthropological analysis of organized crime operating in the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic, and its international implications. Currently, there are about four million people of Vietnamese descent living in this diaspora and many other countries, looking for an opportunity to improve their lives. This book draws upon original and primary research including interviews, participant observation and documentary analysis to trace the migration and history of the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic. It highlights the influence of crime, criminality and Vietnamese organized crime on the social organization and everyday life of the diaspora. It also examines the whole range of organized crime activities that they engage in and argues that they develop contemporary diasporic Asian crime networks which are shaped by the social environment of the host countries. This unique book contributes to the discourse on the changing identitiesof the migrants and analyses this crime in a comparative perspective - particularly focusing on Central Europe - to provide insights on migration and crime for a wider international audience.

• migration
• organised crime
• trafficking
• violent crime
• countefeit
• stealing
• gangs
• prostitution
• economic crime
• trafficking drugs
• trafficking wildlife
• asian crminology

“The book is well written. … Overall, this book combines rich new data with a unique investigation by the CR’s criminologists and offers a beneficial review of the existing literature in terms of Vietnamese diasporic communities in general and VOC in particular. It makes a significant addition to the criminological approach in the Global South and is also a helpful resource for understanding VOC in Central Europe.” (Hai Thanh Luong, Trends in Organized Crime, Vol. 24, 2021)

• Institute of International Relations, Praha, Czech Republic

  Miroslav Nožina

• Sinophone Borderlands - Interaction at the Edges, Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

  Filip Kraus

Miroslav Nožina is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic. He is specialized in social anthropology/cultural criminology and Southeast Asian Studies. His recent research focuses on Vietnamese organized crime, geopolitics of drugs and wildlife crime. 


Filip Kraus is Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is a former policeman who was responsible for combating Vietnamese organized crime at the National Centre Against Organised Crime of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service, Police of the Czech Republic. He has published number of books, articles and lectures on these issues. 

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