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Insight with Misha Glenny: McMafia and Organized Crime Across the World
By: Frontline
Posted: Sep 26 08
Witnessed: 1205 times
Regions: Global
Issues: Poverty
Tags: armed conflict, cybercrime, Frontline Club, Glenny, humanitarian, journalism, Organized Crime, terror
McMafia is a fearless, encompassing, wholly authoritative investigation of the now proven ability of organized crime worldwide to find and service markets driven by a seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares. Whether discussing the Russian mafia, Colombian drug cartels, or Chinese labor smugglers, Misha Glenny makes clear how organized crime feeds off the poverty of the developing world, how it exploits new technology in the forms of cybercrime and identity theft, and how both global crime and terror are fueled by an identical source: the triumphant material affluence of the West.
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