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Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World

Responses to Socioeconomic Change

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Editors:
  1. Dina Siegel

    1. Willem Pompe Institute, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

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  2. Henk van de Bunt

    1. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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  • Describes the influence of the worldwide financial crisis on global organized crime
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of how mafia-like structures function today
  • Covers historical and current international issues

Part of the book series: Studies of Organized Crime (SOOC, volume 11)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  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

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Dina Siegel

  • Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Henk van de Bunt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World

  • Book Subtitle: Responses to Socioeconomic Change

  • Editors: Dina Siegel, Henk van de Bunt

  • Series Title: Studies of Organized Crime

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3212-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3211-1Published: 23 March 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8753-2Published: 13 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3212-8Published: 20 March 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1571-5493

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 196

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

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