An economic history of organized crime [electronic resource] : a national and transnational approach / Dennis M.P. McCarthy.
Series: Routledge studies in crime and economics ; 4.Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.Description: xi, 323 pISBN:- 9780203814253
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-314) and index.
1. The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- 2. Italian mafias -- 3. Russian mafias --4. Vignette : the Albanian mafia -- 5. US mafia -- 6. The Mexican drug cartels -- 7. Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- 8. The Colombian drug cartels -- 9. Gangs of the Caribbean -- 10. Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- 11. Resource wars -- 12. Somali piracy -- 13. Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- 14. Triads -- 15. Yakuza -- 16. Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.