Organized Crime AN INSIDE GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY

by Lunde, Paul; Morton, James

• ISBN13: 9780789496485
• ISBN10: 0789496488
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-19
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

provides a fascinating and in-depth account of the criminal underworld and its inhabitants. From Al Capone and Pablo Escobar to the lesser-known Russian, Chinese, and Southeast-Asian crime figures, this is an insider's guide to each organization's origins, codes of conduct, and control of illegal markets-and the law-enforcement agencies and justice systems around the world that try to stop them.

Author Biography

Paul Lunde lived for many years in Italy and as a young man had long-standing connections with Chicago. He has long been interested in the structure and spread of organized crime, both in the pre-modern and contemporary world, and its relationship with power structures.

Lunde currently lives in Seville.

Table of Contents

What is Organized Crime?	p. 6
Defining Organized Crime	p. 8
Organized Crime Activities	p. 18
Exploiting the Human Condition	p. 20
Supplying the Illicit	p. 28
Extortion and Protection	p. 38
Manipulating Money	p. 44
Organized Crime Groups	p. 52
The Sicilian Mafia	p. 54
Other Italian Groups	p. 74
Organized Crime in Britain	p. 78
The Russian Mafiya	p. 84
Organized Crime in Albania	p. 92
The Yakuza	p. 94
The Triads and the Tongs	p. 106
The American Mafia	p. 118
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs	p. 172
The Mexican Cartels	p. 176
Yardies and Posses	p. 180
The Medellin and Cali Cartels	p. 182
Index	p. 188
Acknowledgments	p. 192
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