The Encyclopedia Of International Organized Crime (Facts on File Crime Library)

Fortunately, I bought this book new, for 1/3 of the list price from an Amazon affiliate, which tempers my annoyance with the poor quality of this book. While I appreciate the honesty and avoidance of plagurism by listing the sources of the information, nearly every article in the encyclopedia is taken from the Internet. If you can use Google, you can find the exact same sources online. This might be a decent resource for a high school library, but not for anyone seriously interested in organized crime. "The Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime is a reference book that collects information gathered from sources around the globe and uses it to expose the insidious presence of criminal enterprises in every part of the world. Among the most notorious crime leaders, many not well known in the United States despite the long reach of their influence, are: Abdullah Catli, a Turkish crime lord whose corruption of high-ranking government officials created a crisis in Turkey; Monya Elson, reputed boss of Russian crime groups based in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, involved in counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and other crimes; Pablo Escobar, infamous Colombian drug lord, hunted down and killed after defying law-enforcement efforts by both the U.S. and Colombian governments; Dawood Ibrahim, based in Karachi, Pakistan, one of the most powerful crime lords on the Indian subcontinent and mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai (Bombay) bombings in India; and Kazuo Taoka, boss of the most powerful Yakuza family in Japan, the Yamaguchigumi, who died of a heart attack in 1981." "With more than 50 photographs, many depicting rarely seen criminals, and more than 400 entries, this volume is a must-have guide for crime buffs and law-enforcement officials alike."--Jacket Sure to entertain and inform, The Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime is the first comprehensive reference to organized crime in the global era and the world's most notorious crime syndicates. Whether their business is counterfeiting, prostituting, gambling, smuggling, extorting, or thieving, this book covers all the major criminal groups, their origins, their practices, and their place in the global underworld in more than 450 entries A comprehensive reference to organized crime in the global era and the world's most notorious crime syndicates. This book covers major criminal groups, their origins, their practices, and their place in the global underworld in more than 450 entries. It is useful for those interested in criminology and organized crime. Carlo Devito. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.