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Traditional Organized Crime in the Modern World
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| PAGES: 198  
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 | PUBLISHER: Springer                          GENRE: Criminology            |
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 | AUTHOR: Dina Siegel, Henk van de Bunt         
 | LANGUAGE: English   ISBN: 978-1-4614-3212-8                                |
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 : Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law      :
 : enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosperùeven          :
 : centuries-old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of mass        :
 : migration and multinational business and finance. From traditional gangland:
 : enterprises such as narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, the world's     :
 : mafias have moved into new sources of illegal income, including high-tech  :
 : arms smuggling, money laundering, and identity fraud. Traditional Crime in :
 : the Modern World tracks these organizationsùthe Italian and Mexican mafias,:
 : Columbian drug cartels, Chinese triads, and othersùacross five continents  :
 : as they adapt to change, and assesses their prospects in the short and long:
 : term. World events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 9/11   :
 : terror attacks are discussed in the context of contributing to emerging    :
 : markets for illicit goods and services, and to evolving partnerships among :
 : criminal entities.