The Vory - Russia's Super Mafia

Authority on Russian organised crime Mark Galeotti reveals the history of the much feared Vor v Zakone, drawing on twenty years of on-the-ground research.

About the author

Mark Galeotti is a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations, Prague. An expert and prolific author on transnational crime and Russian security affairs, he has also advised the British Foreign Office and many government and law enforcement agencies in Europe and North America.

Summary

The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone

Product details

• Authors: Mark Galeotti, Galeotti Mark
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780300243208
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24320-8
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Strafrecht, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Europäische Geschichte, Gangster, Russia, True Crime, Strafrecht, allgemein, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Verbrechen / Kriminalfälle, Kriminalgeschichte - Kriminalgeschichten, Verbrechen / Organisiertes Verbrechen, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Sowjetunion / Erinnerung, Tagebuch, Organized crime, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Russia / General