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A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
Knopf
April 2008
On Sale: April 8, 2008
400 pages
ISBN: 1400044111
EAN: 9781400044115
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by forecasts of limitless expansion into newly open markets. No one would foresee that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the globalization of organized crime. Current estimates suggest that illegal trade accounts for nearly one-fifth of global GDP. McMafia is a fearless, encompassing, wholly authoritative investigation of the now proven ability of organized crime worldwide to find and service markets driven by a seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares. Whether discussing the Russian mafia, Colombian drug cartels, or Chinese labor smugglers, Misha Glenny makes clear how organized crime feeds off the poverty of the developing world, how it exploits new technology in the forms of cybercrime and identity theft, and how both global crime and terror are fueled by an identical source: the triumphant material affluence of the West. To trace the disparate strands of this hydra-like story, Glenny talked to police, victims, politicians, and members of the global underworld in eastern Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan, and India. The story of organized crimeβs phenomenal, often shocking growth is truly the central political story of our time. McMafia will change the way we look at the world.
 Media BuzzCharlie Rose - June 10, 2008
Talk of the Nation - April 17, 2008
Marketplace - PRI - April 9, 2008
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