Wages of crime
Subtitle: black markets, illegal finance, and the underworld economy
By: R.T. Naylor.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Crime -- Economic aspects; Organized crime -- Economic aspects; Informal sector (Economics); Black market; Money laundering
Description: "Wages of Crime takes the reader into the shadowy underworld of modern criminal business - arms trafficking, gold smuggling, money laundering, and terrorist financing. R.T. 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. An expanded and fully revised final chapter covering events since the book's initial publication in early 2002 brings Wages of Crime up to date."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Mafias, myths, and markets; title: The insurgent economy : black market operations of guerrilla groups; title: Loose cannons : covert commerce and underground finance in the modern arms black market; title: Treasure Island : offshore havens, bank secrecy, and money laundering; title: The underworld of gold; title: Washout : follow-the-money methods in crime control policy; title: Satanic purses : Osama bin Lāden and the numismatic jihad.