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Organized crime : an inside guide to the world's most successful industry
Provides an overview of organized crime and examines the characteristics, resources, strategies, and history of the criminal underworld from a social, political, and economic context, as well as the efforts of law enforcement.
What is organized crime?
Defining organized crime
Organized crime activities
Exploiting the human condition
Supplying the illicit
Extortion and protection
Manipulating money
Organized crime groups
The Sicilian Mafia
Other Italian groups
Organized crime in Britain
The Russian Mafiya
Organized crime in Albania
The Yakuza
The Triads and the Tongs
The American Mafia
Outlaw motorcycle gangs
The Mexican cartels
Yardies and posses
The Medellín and Cali cartels.
Defining organized crime
Organized crime activities
Exploiting the human condition
Supplying the illicit
Extortion and protection
Manipulating money
Organized crime groups
The Sicilian Mafia
Other Italian groups
Organized crime in Britain
The Russian Mafiya
Organized crime in Albania
The Yakuza
The Triads and the Tongs
The American Mafia
Outlaw motorcycle gangs
The Mexican cartels
Yardies and posses
The Medellín and Cali cartels.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780760786246
- ISBN: 0760786240
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Physical Description:
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192 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. - Publisher: New York : Barnes & Noble, 2007, c2004.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is organized crime? Defining organized crime Organized crime activities Exploiting the human condition Supplying the illicit Extortion and protection Manipulating money Organized crime groups The Sicilian Mafia Other Italian groups Organized crime in Britain The Russian Mafiya Organized crime in Albania The Yakuza The Triads and the Tongs The American Mafia Outlaw motorcycle gangs The Mexican cartels Yardies and posses The Medellín and Cali cartels. |
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