Global Organized Crime and International Security
Global Organized Crime and International Security

Author: Emilio C. Viano

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-21

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0429843984

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Published in 1999, this book focuses on organized crime as a worldwide phenomenon that has taken great advantage of enabling technology in banking, communications and transportation to build what is probably the first true 'virtual' corporation in the world. It looks at organized crime as a threat to national and international security ironically stemming, in part, from the collapse of the Soviet empire that provided an already thriving, ruthless and well-organized system of graft, corruption and crime with a new lease of life and also unleashed it on to the world scene. Organized crime is also seen as a system of transnational alliances with the potential to destabilize democratic values and institutions; distort regional, if not worldwide, economies; and subvert the international order by allying itself with terrorist organizations, rogue states and developing countries in search of rapid industrialization and market dominance.

Busting the Mob
Busting the Mob

Author: James B. Jacobs

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1996-10

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0814742300

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She may have had a soap opera private life, which included a very public marriage and breakup with George Jones, among other things, but Tammy Wynette still managed to turn out 17 number one singles during the late '60s and early '70s, the classics "Stand by Your Man," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," and "Bedtime Story" being just three of them, each of which is compiled in this two-disc set of essential tracks. ~ Steve Leggett

Russian Organized Corruption Networks and their International Trajectories
Russian Organized Corruption Networks and their International Trajectories

Author: Serguei Cheloukhine

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-03-29

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1441909907

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Countries undergoing major social and legal transitions typically experience a light, but relatively insignificant, increase in crime. However, in the past decade, many transitional countries in Eastern Europe, and Russia in particular, have experienced a surge in criminal activities that came about through the collaboration of diverse players—such as criminals, state officials, businesspersons, and law enforcement—into organized networks aimed to obtain financial and economic gains.