Mafias on the move [electronic resource] : how organized crime conquers new territories / Federico Varese.

Mafias on the move [electronic resource] : how organized crime conquers new territories / Federico Varese.

9781400836727 (electronic bk.)
9780691128559
0691128553

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps

HV6441 .V37 2011eb

364.106

Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is more complicated. Varese has spent years researching mafia groups in Italy, Russia, the United States, and China, and argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonize new territories.

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