Research Catalog

Title

Angels, mobsters & narco-terrorists : the rising menace of global criminal empires / Antonio Nicaso & Lee Lamothe.

Author

Nicaso, Antonio.

Publication

Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2005.

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Additional Authors

Lamothe, Lee, 1948-

Description

x, 292 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In their book, Antonio Nicaso, an internationally renowned expert on organized crime groups, and Lee Lamothe, a veteran investigative journalist specializing in criminal conspiracies and human smuggling, present solid evidence of how established organized crime groups - such as the Mafia and Triads - have changed tactics to face the challenges of a changing underworld - a world that is seeing the rise of violent and power-hungry gangs from Albania, Mexico and Russia." "Angels, Mobsters and Narco-Terrorists offers a brutally realistic look at how the United States and Canada, due to their shared border, have become prime targets for criminal empires that routinely engage in money laundering and traffic in human cargo, narcotics, arms, and prostitution. On the international scene, the book reveals how state-sanctioned crime thrives on heroin profits and cyber crime is emerging as a very lucrative and baffling activity to investigate and shut down."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Organized crime
• Transnational crime
• Drug traffic
• Gangs
• Crime organisé
• Criminalité internationale
• Drogues > Trafic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Italian organized crime groups. 'Ndrangeta ; Sicilian Mafia ; La Cosa Nostra ; Camorra ; Sacra Corona Unita -- Asian organized crime. Structure ; Triads ; Tongs ; Operation Candy Box ; The 125 Organization ; Japanese/Korean crime groups ; Yakuza ; Korean organized crime ; The North Korean government ; Myanmar -- Russian organized crime groups. Crime and emigration ; Vory v Zakone ; "Yaponchik" ; Brighton Beach ; Project Osada ; Semion Mogilevich and the YBM scandal -- Israeli organized crime. The Ecstasy connection ; The Rosenstein-Aberjil war -- Albanian organized crime. The Balkan connection ; "The Corporation" ; A terrorist connection? -- Colombian and Mexican cartels. The border economy ; Colombian cartels ; The rise and fall of cartels ; Mexico ; International criminal networks ; MS-13 -- Outlaw motorcycle gangs. Businessmen in biker attire ; Hells Angels -- African organized crime. The black hole -- Narco-terrorism. Brothers in arms and drugs ; Cyber crime -- Canada : the triple-threat country. Haven, transit and source.

ISBN

• 0470835184 (bound)
• 9780470835180 (bound)

LCCN

• ^^2006373269
• 9780470835184

OCLC

• 60318990
• SCSB-12029071

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library