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Policing the Flow of Goods: A Criminological Study on Customs book cover

1st Edition

Policing the Flow of Goods A Criminological Study on Customs

By Femke Lenjou Copyright 2027
336 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the often-overlooked role of customs authorities in today’s pluralised security landscape. Drawing on four years of fieldwork within the Belgian customs administration, the book explores how customs officers police the movement of illicit goods, from undervaluation fraud and illegal tobacco trade to drug trafficking. Through observations, interviews, and documentary research,... Read more

Introduction Part I Preface: A pluralised policing landscape: typologies and dimensions 1. Navigating transforming, shifting and expanding mandates 2. Policing the illicit flows of goods 3. A jungle of powers and an island of powers 4. Policing in a multi-level playing field 5. Down by the seaside, at the airside and beyond borders 6. Temporal notions in a customs context Part II Preface: Constructing a framework on customs partnerships 7. Partnerships in the customs environment 8. Customs’ partnerships with the broader policing landscapeConclusion

Biography

 Femke Lenjou is affiliated with the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Faculty of Law & Criminology, Ghent University. In 2025 she obtained her PhD in Criminology on the role of the customs services in the current security landscape.

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