Sakawa in Ghana: The Influence of Weak Ties on Economic Cybercrime Offender Networks
Sakawa in Ghana: The Influence of Weak Ties on Economic Cybercrime Offender Networks
Abubakari Yushawu K. Jaishankar a University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Polandb International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS), Bangalore, IndiaAbubakari Yushawu holds a PhD in sociology, with a focus on the sociology of cybercrime, from the University of Wroclaw, Poland. He is currently a fellow at the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences, India, and the African Center for Cyberlaw and Cybercrime Prevention (ACCP). Dr. Yushawu Abubakari has also held visiting scholar positions in the Department of Criminology and Security Studies at Macquarie University, Australia, and KU Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include digital sociology, cybercrime and online romance fraud, social inequalities, and deviance and crime studies.K. Jaishankar Professor the Founder / Principal Director and Professor of Criminology & Justice Sciences of the International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Before founding the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences (IIJPS) in 2022, Prof Jaishankar held several positions like Full Professor of Criminology, Dean, HOD, Syndicate Member, Professor of Criminology and Senior Assistant Professor of Criminology at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Raksha Shakti University (Now Rashtriya Raksha University) in India. He was awarded the NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award, 2012 – Social Sciences. He is the founder of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC). He was awarded the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship, 2009-10 tenable at UK, University of Leeds from October 2009 – March 2010.