ABSTRACT Drug trafficking is frequently argued to be the leading driver of other serious and organised crime, but the interrelationships between such activities remain poorly understood. This paper uses open source law enforcement data to explore interrelationships in Australia. A database was compiled of all reported criminal incidents of high-level drug trafficking between 2011 and 2017 and any concurrent charges for other serious and organised crime (SOC), sourced from official reports and press releases of Australian federal law enforcement and criminal intelligence agencies. Over the seven-years period 24.4% drug trafficking cases involved concurrent SOC charges. Logistic regressions showed characteristics associated with any concurrent SOC charge included the type of drug trafficked, network size, network nationality and OMCG ties. But characteristics differed according to which SOC was cited in connection with the drug trafficking offence e.g. firearms offences versus corruption/fraud. We discuss the implications for research, policy and practice.

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探索高级别毒品贩运与其他严重和有组织犯罪之间的相互关系：一项澳大利亚研究

摘要经常有人认为贩毒是其他严重和有组织犯罪的主要诱因，但人们对此类活动之间的相互关系仍然知之甚少。本文使用开源执法数据来探讨澳大利亚的相互关系。根据澳大利亚联邦执法和刑事情报机构的官方报告和新闻稿，收集了一个数据库，该数据库包含2011年至2017年期间所有报告的高级别毒品贩运犯罪事件以及其他同时发生的其他严重和有组织犯罪（SOC）指控。在过去的七年中，有24.4％的毒品贩运案件同时涉及SOC收费。Logistic回归显示与任何并发SOC收费相关的特征包括贩运毒品的类型，网络规模，网络国籍和OMCG联系。但是，根据针对毒品贩运罪引用的SOC的特征不同，例如枪支罪与腐败/欺诈。我们讨论了对研究，政策和实践的影响。