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An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / / Dennis M.P. McCarthy



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Autore: McCarthy Dennis M. P. <1944-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / / Dennis M.P. McCarthy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
Disciplina: 364.106
Soggetto topico: Organized crime - History
Mafia - History
Transnational crime - History
Crime - Economic aspects
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: An economic history of organized crime  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-70581-3
1-283-43504-7
9786613435040
1-136-70582-1
0-203-81425-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789430203321
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Serie: Routledge studies in crime and economics ; ; v. 4.