McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime

Informationen zum Autor Misha Glenny is a distinguished journalist and historian. As the Central Europe Correspondent first for the Guardian and then for the BBC, he chronicled the collapse of communism and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He won the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting. The author of five books, including the acclaimed McMafia and Dark Market , he has been regularly consulted by the US and European governments on major policy issues and ran an NGO for three years, assisting with the reconstruction of Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo. He now lives in London. website: www.darkmarketinsider.com Klappentext In this powerful and groundbreaking book, Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organised crime. For three years, he has been recording the stories of gun runners in Ukraine, money launderers in Dubai, drug syndicates in Canada, cyber criminals in Brazil, racketeers in Japan and many more. MCMAFIA unpicks the nexus of crime, politics and money worldwide which have become entangled and interdependent. It argues that conventional policing methods are no longer appropriate to deal with a problem whose roots lie in global poverty and the ever widening divisions between rich and poor. Zusammenfassung Organised crime is part of all our worlds - often without us even knowing. This title tells a journey through the world of international organised crime, from gunrunners in Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, by way of drug syndicates in Canada and cyber criminals in Brazil.

Product details

• Authors: Misha Glenny
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 0
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.02.2009
• EAN: 9780099481256
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948125-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Globalization, True Crime, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history