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I have derived these Requirement from an excellent book called McMafia, by Misha Glenny.
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Significant Seven, April 2008: In McMafia, Misha Glenny draws the dark map that lies on the other side of Tom
Friedman's bright flat world.
That connected globe not only brings software coders and supply-chain outsourcers closer together; it's also opened
the gates to a criminal network of unsettling vastness, complexity, and efficiency that represents a fifth of the
earth's economy, trading in everything from untaxed cigarettes and the usual narcotics to human lives and nuclear material.
Glenny's a Balkans expert, and he begins his story there, with the illicit--but often state-sponsored--underworld that
grew out of the post-Soviet chaos, but he soon follows the contraband everywhere from Mumbai and Johannesburg to rural
Colombia and the U.S. suburbs.
It's not just a hodgepodge of scare clips, though: Glenny reports from the ground but follows the leads as high as
they go, showing how the dark and bright sides of the flat world are more connected than we imagine. --Tom Nissley
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review.
Former BBC World correspondent Glenny (The Balkans, 1804–1999) presents a riveting and chilling journey through
the myriad criminal syndicates flourishing in our increasingly globalized world, which make up as much as 20% of global GNP.
Tracing the growth of organized crime—ranging from the burgeoning sex trade in volatile, postcommunist
Bulgaria to elaborate Internet frauds in Nigeria.
Glenny expertly combines interviews with key players, economic studies and sociological analysis.
He argues that the chaos and political upheaval following the demise of communism in Eastern Europe, along
with increasing demand in the West and the easy flow of money and people provided the perfect opportunity
for organized crime to gain a foothold on the dark side of the globalizing economy.
Glenny's achievement is in introducing readers to the less familiar aspects of global crime, from Kazakhstan's
caviar mafia to the flourishing marijuana trade in British Columbia.
Consequently, his interview subjects are equally varied: sex slaves in Tel Aviv, a co-conspirator in the
deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings and top Washington policy makers share the pages.
Readers yearning for a deeper understanding of the real-life, international counterparts to The Sopranos
need look no further than Glenny's engrossing study.
16 pages of photos; maps. 100,000 announced first printing. (Apr. 10)
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