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An economic history of organized crime
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This book is a comparative study of organized crime groups from five different parts of the world: Europe; North America; Central America/South America/Caribbean basin; Africa; and Asia/Western Pacific. Each part contains two case studies and a shorter essay, a vignette. From Europe the case studies focus on the Italian mafias and the Russian mafia; the vignette, on the Albanian mafia. From North America the case studies highlight the US Mafia and the Mexican drug cartels; the vignette, organized crime in Canada. From Central America/South America/Caribbean basin the case studies concentrat
| Title |
An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / Dennis M.P. McCarthy. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge |
| Creation Date |
2011 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- Europe -- Italian mafias -- Russian mafias --Vignette : Albanian mafia -- North America -- US mafia -- Mexican drug cartels -- Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin -- Colombian drug cartels -- Gangs of the Caribbean -- Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- Africsoa -- Resource wars -- Somali piracy -- Vignette : international trugs, trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- Asia and Western Pacific -- Triads -- Yakuza -- Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan. |
| Series |
Routledge studies in crime and economics v. 4 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010717034905171 |
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