What we know about “pig-butchering scams" (romance fraud) in China

According to one of the studies shared in today’s Crime Research Update

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Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It's an experimental directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor.

Today's directory contains links to studies published online in the last few days, including this one:

An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives

Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: victim, police, police officer
First author: Bing Han (University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK) [+1 other author]

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You’ll find today’s new research below, sorted by two broad categories: crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage. Research that doesn’t get sorted into those categories follows under “Unsorted Research.”