Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities
Based on empirical evidence, this research: highlights the timeline of changes in Ukrainian agricultural sector since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022 and the maritime blockade affecting exports; examines the relevant transformation of the illegal grain market amid these extraordinary turbule...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2025-06-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Economic Criminology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791425000363 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850145842946637824 |
|---|---|
| author | Tetiana Melnychuk |
| author_facet | Tetiana Melnychuk |
| author_sort | Tetiana Melnychuk |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Based on empirical evidence, this research: highlights the timeline of changes in Ukrainian agricultural sector since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022 and the maritime blockade affecting exports; examines the relevant transformation of the illegal grain market amid these extraordinary turbulent circumstances; describes the key components of the heterogeneous illegal grain market, which includes the export of ''black'' grain through the grain corridor and trade in grain as a looted commodity from the occupied territories; identifies the role of organized crime and corruption in illegal transactions of wartime, considering the pre-existing models of the shadow economy functioning. The findings of this research may serve as a theoretical and methodological framework for studying scenarios of illicit economies in the context of armed conflicts and other systemic crises at both national and transnational levels. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-e6c40c37e2c7408c8ab7e90fa116d0ea |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2949-7914 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-06-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Economic Criminology |
| spelling | doaj-art-e6c40c37e2c7408c8ab7e90fa116d0ea2025-08-20T02:28:00ZengElsevierJournal of Economic Criminology2949-79142025-06-01810016010.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100160Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunitiesTetiana Melnychuk0Department of Criminal Procedure, National University «Odesa Law Academy», Ukraine; Center for European and International Criminal Law Studies, Osnabrueck University, Germany; Correspondence to: Osnabrueck University, Heger-Tor-Wall 14, Osnabrueck 49074, Germany.Based on empirical evidence, this research: highlights the timeline of changes in Ukrainian agricultural sector since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022 and the maritime blockade affecting exports; examines the relevant transformation of the illegal grain market amid these extraordinary turbulent circumstances; describes the key components of the heterogeneous illegal grain market, which includes the export of ''black'' grain through the grain corridor and trade in grain as a looted commodity from the occupied territories; identifies the role of organized crime and corruption in illegal transactions of wartime, considering the pre-existing models of the shadow economy functioning. The findings of this research may serve as a theoretical and methodological framework for studying scenarios of illicit economies in the context of armed conflicts and other systemic crises at both national and transnational levels.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791425000363Organized crimeIllicit economiesBlack grainIllegal tradeShadow marketCorruption |
| spellingShingle | Tetiana Melnychuk Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities Journal of Economic Criminology Organized crime Illicit economies Black grain Illegal trade Shadow market Corruption |
| title | Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities |
| title_full | Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities |
| title_short | Illegal grain market in Ukraine: Harvesting war opportunities |
| title_sort | illegal grain market in ukraine harvesting war opportunities |
| topic | Organized crime Illicit economies Black grain Illegal trade Shadow market Corruption |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791425000363 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT tetianamelnychuk illegalgrainmarketinukraineharvestingwaropportunities |