Unveiling the Deceptive Minds: Understanding Scammers Psychological Tactics

An exploration of the psychology behind scammers and their manipulation techniques, including the tactics they use to exploit victims’ optimism bias and emotional vulnerability, and ways individuals can protect themselves from falling prey to scams. Introduction to Scammers’ Psychological Tactics Scammers are known for their ability to manipulate individuals by leveraging cognitive biases, one of…

Serious Organised Crime in Japan: The Yakuza

An overview of serious organised crime in Japan, focusing on the activities of criminal organisations like the Yakuza, their history, notable criminal organisations, government efforts to combat organised crime, challenges faced by the Yakuza, their criminal activities, influence on Japans criminal underworld, evolution of their criminal activities, societal impact of boryokudan gangs, and Japans efforts…

The Social and Financial Impact of Vehicle Offences

Each year, local authorities haemorrhage hundreds of thousands of pounds through vehicle offences. In February 2023, Intelligence Perspective conducted research to ascertain whether there is continued prevalence nationwide of vehicle offences and how those offences impact our local authorities (and communities), despite improvements to roads and transport, ticketing automation, CCTV, and parking availability and allowances.…