Wages of Crime
Subtitle: Black Markets, Illegal Finance, and the Underworld Economy
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780801439490
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Organized crime; Political control & influence; Economic aspects; Corporate Finance; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Informal sector (Economics); Criminology; Black market; Crime
First sentence: A new specter is haunting the West, the specter of "a Worldwide Mafia International, the first in history."
Description: "R. T. Naylor specializes in the study of smuggling, black markets, and international financial crime. Wages of Crime takes the reader into the shadowy underworld of modern criminal business - arms trafficking, gold smuggling, money laundering, and terrorist financing. Naylor dissects the schemes by which illegal entrepreneurs disguise their acts, manage their take, and eventually enjoy the loot.

The author asserts that much of what police, press, politicians, and the public understand about international crime is based on myth and misrepresentation.".

"Wages of Crime also outlines Naylor's claim that some of the most popular modern law-enforcement fads are inefficient or useless and can do massive damage in eroding civil liberties. In the wake of recent tragedies, Naylor's criticisms of contemporary anticrime policies and the confounding of criminal and national security issues have a sharper resonance."--BOOK JACKET.