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McCarthy, D. M. P. 1944-

An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / Dennis M.P. McCarthy. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2011. - xi, 232 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- Europe -- Italian mafias -- Russian mafias --Vignette : Albanian mafia -- North America -- US mafia -- Mexican drug cartels -- Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin -- Colombian drug cartels -- Gangs of the Caribbean -- Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- Africsoa -- Resource wars -- Somali piracy -- Vignette : international trugs, trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- Asia and Western Pacific -- Triads -- Yakuza -- Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan.

ISBN: 9780415487962 (hb)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Organized crime--History.
Mafia--History.
Transnational crime--History.
Crime--Economic aspects.

LC Class. No.: HV6441 / .M293 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 364.106 / M293