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020 $a9781409077916 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
037 $bOverDrive, Inc.$nhttp://www.overdrive.com
100 1 $aGlenny, Misha $q(Misha Glenny).
245 10 $aMcMafia$h[electronic resource].
260 $aLondon :$bRandom House Publishing Group,$c2009.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aPremium eBook featuring video and interactive map. Additional material such as audio and video can be viewed only in Adobe℗ʼ Digital Editions on Mac or PC. A riveting, original and comprehensive account of international crime and a brilliant critique of globalisation's dark side.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.During his investigation of the dark side, he has spoken to countless gangsters, policemen and victims of organised crime while also exploring the ferocious consumer demand for drugs, trafficked women, illegal labour and arms across five continents.The journey begins with an appalling and inexplicable murder in England's stockbroker belt and continues with stories that are often horrifying, sometimes inspiring, usually bizarre and occasionally funny. But together they build a breathtaking picture of the shadow economy that has grown so fast that it may now account for about 20% of the world's GDP.Usually the preserve of sensationalist reporting in the tabloid press, organised crime has seeped into our lives in so many ways and often without our knowledge. This consistently riveting account unveils the nature of crime in today's world but it also offers profound insights into the pitfalls of a globalisation where the rules dividing the legal from the illegal are often far from clear. McMafia unpicks the nexus of crime, politics and money worldwide which have become entangled and interdependent in entirely novel forms since the 1980s. 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.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bLondon :$cRandom House Publishing Group,$d2009.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 60429 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 60429 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aTrue Crime
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