caa a22 4500 445805722 CHVBK 20180317145155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9325-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9325-2 International crime in the interwar period: a view from the edge [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Knepper, Jacqueline Azzopardi] This article examines the issue of international crime in Malta during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, Malta was said to be at the centre of the international underworld, and in particular, a primary route for the white slave trade. Archival evidence in Malta and London reveals some concern over counterfeiting and smuggling, but little to support concerns about traffic in women or drugs. International crime did, however, represent a significant political issue. Owing to a rising national identity and interest in promoting tourism, politicians and the press in Malta resented allegations about the white slave trade. Accusations surrounding a bomb incident and assassination attempt invoked charges by pro-British and pro-independence voices. We conclude that the ‘myth of international crime', raised in the context of multi-national police cooperation, extended to the edge of Europe and figured into wider issues involving governance within the British Empire. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Knepper Paul Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK aut Azzopardi Jacqueline University of Malta, Institute of Criminology, Msida, Malta aut Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/4(2011-11-01), 407-419 0925-4994 56:4<407 2011 56 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9325-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9325-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Knepper Paul Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azzopardi Jacqueline University of Malta, Institute of Criminology, Msida, Malta aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/4(2011-11-01), 407-419 0925-4994 56:4<407 2011 56 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer