Now a major television series starring James Norton (War & Peace, Happy Valley) and created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and film director Hossein Amini (Drive) and James Watkins (The Woman in Black), co-produced by BBC, AMC, and Cuba Pictures.
In this powerful and groundbreaking work, award-winning author and journalist Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organized crime. Tracing the history of the shadow economy, Glenny exposes the nexus of crime, politics, and money that has come to shape and inform the post–Cold War era. From gun runners in the Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, cyber criminals in Brazil, and racketeers in Japan, McMafia builds a breathtaking picture of a secret and bloody business. This edition features a new chapter reflecting on the expansion of McMafia culture in the past decade and its infiltration of major institutions of the global elite — including the most powerful centres of government — brought to light by revelations such as WikiLeaks and the Panama Papers.
Now a major television series starring James Norton (War & Peace, Happy Valley) and created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and film director Hossein Amini (Drive) and James Watkins (The Woman in Black), co-produced by BBC, AMC, and Cuba Pictures.
In this powerful and groundbreaking work, award-winning author and journalist Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organized crime. Tracing the history of the shadow economy, Glenny exposes the nexus of crime, politics, and money that has come to shape and inform the post–Cold War era. From gun runners in the Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, cyber criminals in Brazil, and racketeers in Japan, McMafia builds a breathtaking picture of a secret and bloody business. This edition features a new chapter reflecting on the expansion of McMafia culture in the past decade and its infiltration of major institutions of the global elite — including the most powerful centres of government — brought to light by revelations such as WikiLeaks and the Panama Papers.
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — May 1, 2008 |
| Specifications | 400 pages | 6 in x 9.25 in |
| Keywords | Globalization; Criminology; Wiki Leaks; Cyber Crime; organized crime; international crime; crime; money; crime syndicate; economics; non fiction; geopolitics; social issues; free trade; globalization; global; international; communism; Indian mafia; mafia; drugs; war on drugs; cocaine; marijuana; corruption; yakusa; Russia; Balkans; South Africa; Nigeria; Nigerian email scams; email scam; online banking; Nigerian prince; Brazil; China; Japan; |
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| Written By | Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist and scholar. He lives in London, England. Visit Misha Glenny's website: http://www.darkmarketinsider.com Follow Misha Glenny on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mishaglenny |
| Written By |
| Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist and scholar. He lives in London, England. Visit Misha Glenny's website: http://www.darkmarketinsider.com Follow Misha Glenny on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mishaglenny |
“Glenny sets a fast pace as he races from one criminal hot spot to another, riding with marijuana traffickers in British Columbia, walking into pachinko parlours in Tokyo, visiting brothels in Tel Aviv, and scoping out sex clubs in Dubai. For sheer enterprise, he is hard to beat.” —New York Times
“Immensely informative and more than slightly scary.” —Washington Post
“A vividly recounted journey through a dozen of the world’s most potent gangs, cartels, and transnational mafias.” —Wall Street Journal
“Gripping.” —The Economist
“Glenny has extended his research worldwide. He describes gang operations in Bombay, sex slavery and money-laundering in Israel, the Canadian marijuana trade, Nigerian investment scams, Brazilian cyber-crime, and much else. . . . He tells a grisly story very well.” —Sunday Times
“For anyone who wants to understand the twenty-first century, this illuminating and page-turning book is essential reading.” —Emma Thompson
“‘Behind every great fortune,’ said Balzac, ‘there lies a great crime.’ Misha Glenny has updated this aperçu for our own time.” —Christopher Hitchens
“In this well-researched and riveting account, Misha Glenny dissects the international criminal organizations that run much of the world’s economy and explains how the criminal underworld has benefited from and contributed to globalization.” —Joseph E. Stiglitz