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linked in many areas, and both use information and communication technolo-
gies to gain competitive advantages and be effective (Figure 4.2).
The pursuit of pro ts and the exploitation of the opportunities offered by
markets, globalization and the Internet motivate economic and organized crime
in the same way. In fact, organized crime invests a lot of money in technologi-
cal innovations in order to use information and communication infrastructures
to enhance their strategies, to be more productive for business-to-business
exchanges, and for supply chain management, for example. Monitoring trans-
actions, corporate espionage contributes ...