Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Organized Crime in Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Italian Mafias’ Asymmetries

      • Ernesto U. Savona

      Pages 3-25

   3. Vory v zakone: Russian Organized Crime

      • Dina Siegel

      Pages 27-47

   4. Turkish Organised Crime: From Tradition to Business

      • Mark Galeotti

      Pages 49-64

3. Organized Crime in the Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World: How Triad Societies Respond to Socioeconomic Change

      • T. Wing Lo, Sharon Ingrid Kwok

      Pages 67-89

4. Organized Crime in the United States

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. The Cosa Nostra in the U.S. Adapting to Changes in the Social, Economic, and Political Environment After a 25-Year Prosecution Effort

      • Jay S. Albanese

      Pages 93-108

   3. China Tongs in America: Continuity and Opportunities

      • Sheldon Zhang

      Pages 109-128

5. Organized Crime in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Colombian Organized Crime: From Drug Trafficking to Parastatal Bands and Widespread Corruption

      • Francisco E. Thoumi

      Pages 131-148

   3. México: Organized Crime Politics and Insecurity

      • Luis Astorga

      Pages 149-166

6. Organized Crime in Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Organized Crime in Nigeria

      • Obi N. I. Ebbe

      Pages 169-188

7. Back Matter

   Pages 189-196

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Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosper—even centuries-old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of mass migration and multinational business and finance. From traditional gangland enterprises such as narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, the world’s mafias have moved into new sources of illegal income, including high-tech arms smuggling, money laundering, and identity fraud. Traditional Crime in the Modern World tracks these organizations—the Italian and Mexican mafias, Columbian drug cartels, Chinese triads, and others—across five continents as they adapt to change, and assesses their prospects in the short and long term. World events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 9/11 terror attacks are discussed in the context of contributing to emerging markets for illicit goods and services, and to evolving partnerships among criminal entities. This timely volume: • Provides a comprehensive overview of how mafia-like structures function today. • Analyzes in depth national crime situations with global implications. • Examines the migration of organized crime groups and their operations in their new countries. • Gauges the influence of digital and other technologies on organized crime. • Where applicable, notes the links between organized crime and national political institutions. • Describes the impact of the global financial crisis on crime organizations. Concise, compelling, and deeply documented, Traditional Crime in the Modern World is an eye-opening resource for researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with an interest in organized crime and trafficking, as well as related topics of Demography, Political Science, and International Relations.

• Developmental Economics
• Global Financial Crisis
• Mafia
• Organized Crime
• Technology and Crime

• Willem Pompe Institute, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

  Dina Siegel

• Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

  Henk van de Bunt

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