An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach

Dennis M.P. McCarthy

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 concentrate o

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	McCarthy, Dennis M. P.
Publisher:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge
Subject:	Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history \| Organisierte Kriminalität \| Organized crime \| Welt \| World
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xi, 323 p)
Series:	Routledge studies in crime and economics ; v. 4
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Front Cover; An Economic History of Organized Crime; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime: a national and transnational approach; Part I: Europe; 2. Italian mafias; 3. Russian mafia; 4. Vignette: the Albanian mafia; Part II: North America; 5. US mafia; 6. The Mexican drug cartels; 7. Vignette: organized crime in Canada; Part III: Central America, South America, and the Caribbean basin; 8. The Colombian drug cartels; 9. Gangs of the Caribbean; 10. Vignette: organized crime in Cuba; Part IV: Africa; 11. Resource wars 12. Somali piracy13. Vignette: international drugs trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa; Part V: Asia and the Western Pacific; 14. Triads; 15. Yakuza; 16. Vignette: international drugs trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in Afghanistan; Notes; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-0-415-48796-2 ; 978-1-136-70582-3 ; 978-1-283-43504-8 ; 0-203-81425-8 ; 978-0-203-81425-3 ; 978-0-415-48796-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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