The State and Organized Crime
Publisher: Hekate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Athens, Greece
Description: All major international criminal organizations are described with an emphasis on their present status and network design. Specifically the following crime organizations are presented: Triads, Cartels of Colombia, Cartels of Mexico (Gulf), Nigerian groups, Russian Mafia, Cosa Nostra, American Syndicate, Vietnamese groups, The Big Circle Boys (China), Yakouza and others. Terrorist organizations incorporating criminal tactics with links to international drug trafficking which were also included, but not limited to: the Taliban, the Lebanese and Syrian groups, the UCK (Albanian Kossovars) and others. Corrupt banking was also described with an emphasis, for the purpose of a case study, on the BCCI and the Banco Ambrosianno cases. Names and personality charts are given for primary “players” in putting together a profile for the cartels of Colombia and Mexico. The synergy between certain corrupt governments and organised crime is described in an effort to produce useful evidence on how corruption in a state level sustains certain forms of trans-national criminal activity. Human trafficking, illegal arms trade, money laundering and drug production are some of the issues also commented upon.