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Transnational organized crime : analyses of a global challenge to democracy / / edited by Regine Schönenberg
| Transnational organized crime : analyses of a global challenge to democracy / / edited by Regine Schönenberg |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106 |
| Collana | Edition Politik |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Organized crime Transnational crime - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Corruption
Democracy Globalization Human Trafficking International Relations Mafia Money Laundering Narcotics Political Science Politics Sociology of Crime Violence |
| ISBN | 3-8394-2495-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 I. Introduction 11 1. Money Laundering: Motives, Methods, Impact, and Countermeasures 17 2. What Do a Tax Evader and a Money Launderer have in Common? The Role of Secrecy in the Financial Sector 35 3. "People should not be punished for being honest!" 41 4. Organized Crime in Cyberspace 47 5. Judicial and Social Conditions for the Containment of Organized Crime: A Best Practice Account 61 1. INTRODUCTION 75 2.1 TWO SIDES OF A COIN? STATEBUILDING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORKS IN AFGHANISTAN 77 2.2 "MIRED IN DECEPTION" - NARCOTICS AND POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN 91 2.3 HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: A COMMUNITY PROJECT EXAMPLE 109 3.1 BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY 115 4.1 ORGANIZED AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN WEST AFRICA 127 5.1 FROM APARTHEID TO 2020: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA 145 6.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IN MEXICO 149 6.2 Extortion in Everyday Life in Mexico 161 6.3 CIVIL SOCIETY'S STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT GROWING INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO 169 7.1 VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF "MILITIAS" IN RIO DE JANEIRO 179 7.2 ROOTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMAZON 189 7.3 IF THE MPF WOULD NOT GO FOR IT, WHO WILL? 199 7.4 UNHOLY ALLIANCES OR CREATIVE PROCESSES? SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES POINT OUT NEW WAYS TOWARD LOCAL HARM REDUCTION 203 8.1 A "BLACK HOLE" IN EUROPE? THE SOCIAL AND DISCURSIVE REALITY OF CRIME IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S TACIT COMPLICITY 211 8.2 TRAFFICKING IN ORGANS, TISSUES, AND CELLS IS SOMETIMES PART OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 233 9.1 ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION - NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 239 10.1 CIVIL SOCIETY'S ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE 'NDRANGHETA 267 10.2 AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO COMBAT THE MAFIA: CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS 277 11.1 THE MAFIA AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN GERMANY 285 IV. Outlook 295 ABBREVIATIONS 297 Authors 299 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910265137503321 |
| Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transnational organized crime : analyses of a global challenge to democracy / / edited by Regine Schönenberg
| Transnational organized crime : analyses of a global challenge to democracy / / edited by Regine Schönenberg |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106 |
| Collana | Edition Politik |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Organized crime Transnational crime - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Corruption
Democracy Globalization Human Trafficking International Relations Mafia Money Laundering Narcotics Political Science Politics Sociology of Crime Violence |
| ISBN | 3-8394-2495-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 I. Introduction 11 1. Money Laundering: Motives, Methods, Impact, and Countermeasures 17 2. What Do a Tax Evader and a Money Launderer have in Common? The Role of Secrecy in the Financial Sector 35 3. "People should not be punished for being honest!" 41 4. Organized Crime in Cyberspace 47 5. Judicial and Social Conditions for the Containment of Organized Crime: A Best Practice Account 61 1. INTRODUCTION 75 2.1 TWO SIDES OF A COIN? STATEBUILDING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORKS IN AFGHANISTAN 77 2.2 "MIRED IN DECEPTION" - NARCOTICS AND POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN 91 2.3 HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: A COMMUNITY PROJECT EXAMPLE 109 3.1 BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY 115 4.1 ORGANIZED AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN WEST AFRICA 127 5.1 FROM APARTHEID TO 2020: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA 145 6.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IN MEXICO 149 6.2 Extortion in Everyday Life in Mexico 161 6.3 CIVIL SOCIETY'S STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT GROWING INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO 169 7.1 VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF "MILITIAS" IN RIO DE JANEIRO 179 7.2 ROOTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMAZON 189 7.3 IF THE MPF WOULD NOT GO FOR IT, WHO WILL? 199 7.4 UNHOLY ALLIANCES OR CREATIVE PROCESSES? SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES POINT OUT NEW WAYS TOWARD LOCAL HARM REDUCTION 203 8.1 A "BLACK HOLE" IN EUROPE? THE SOCIAL AND DISCURSIVE REALITY OF CRIME IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S TACIT COMPLICITY 211 8.2 TRAFFICKING IN ORGANS, TISSUES, AND CELLS IS SOMETIMES PART OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 233 9.1 ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION - NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 239 10.1 CIVIL SOCIETY'S ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE 'NDRANGHETA 267 10.2 AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO COMBAT THE MAFIA: CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS 277 11.1 THE MAFIA AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN GERMANY 285 IV. Outlook 295 ABBREVIATIONS 297 Authors 299 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996308779003316 |
| Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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