| Description |
x, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Italian Organized Crime Groups 7 -- 'Ndrangeta 9 -- Sicilian Mafia 33 -- La Costa Nostra 48 -- Camorra 63 -- Sacra Corona Unita 70 -- Part Two: Asian Organized Crime 79 -- Structure 81 -- Triads 81 -- Tongs 86 -- Operation Candy Box 91 -- The 125 Organization 103 -- Japanese/Korean Crime Groups 108 -- Yakuza 109 -- Korean Organized Crime 112 -- The North Korean Government 116 -- Myanmar 125 -- PartThree: Russian Organized Crime Groups 135 -- Crime and Emigration 137 -- Vory v Zakone 138 -- "Yaponchik" 142 -- Brighton Beach 145 -- Project Osada 150 -- Semion Mogilevich and the YBM Scandal 157 -- Part Four: Israeli Organized Crime 167 -- The Ecstasy Connection 169 -- The Rosenstein-Aberjil War 172 -- Part Five: Albanian Organized Crime 181 -- The Balkan Connection 183 -- "The Corporation" 184 -- A Terrorist Connection? 188 -- Part Six: Colombian and Mexican Cartels 193 -- The Border Economy 195 -- Colombian Cartels 196 -- The Rise and Fall of Cartels 200 -- Mexico 203 -- International Criminal Networks 210 -- MS-13 210 -- Part Seven: Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 215 -- Businessmen in Biker Attire 217 -- Hells Angels 219 -- Part Eight: African Organized Crime 235 -- The Black Hole 237 -- Part Nine: Narco-Terrorism 243 -- Brothers in Arms and Drugs 245 -- Cyber Crime 253 -- Part Ten: Canada: The Triple-Threat Country 259 -- Haven, Transit and Source 261 |
| Summary |
"In their book, Antonio Nicaso, an internationally renowned expert on organized crime groups, and Lee Lamothe, a veteran investigative journalist specializing in criminal conspiracies and human smuggling, present solid evidence of how established organized crime groups - such as the Mafia and Triads - have changed tactics to face the challenges of a changing underworld - a world that is seeing the rise of violent and power-hungry gangs from Albania, Mexico and Russia." "Angels, Mobsters and Narco-Terrorists offers a brutally realistic look at how the United States and Canada, due to their shared border, have become prime targets for criminal empires that routinely engage in money laundering and traffic in human cargo, narcotics, arms, and prostitution. On the international scene, the book reveals how state-sanctioned crime thrives on heroin profits and cyber crime is emerging as a very lucrative and baffling activity to investigate and shut down."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [275]) and index |
| Subject |
Organized crime.
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Terrorism.
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Transnational crime.
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| Author |
Lamothe, Lee, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2006373269 |
| ISBN |
0470835184 |
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