McMafia : seriously organised crime
Misha Glenny (Author)
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 globalisation of organised 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 organised crime worldwide to find and service markets driven by a seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares
ix, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
9781784706746, 1784706744
1021212613
Originally published: The Bodley Head, 2008