Global organized crime and international security / edited by Emilio C. Viano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Viano, Emilio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime.

Transnational crime.

Security, International.

Organized crime--Case studies.

Transnational crime--Case studies.

Physical Description:

230 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot : Ashgate, 1999.

Contents:

Part I Transnational Organized Crime: The Globalization of Crime

1 The Evolution of Espionage Networks and the Crisis of International Terrorism and Global Organized Crime / Joseph L. Albini, R.E. Rogers, Julie Anderson 3

2 The European Union and Organized Crime: Fighting a New Enemy with Many Tentacles / Monica Den Boer 13

3 Confronting Transnational Crime / Peter B. Martin 25

4 The Infiltration of Organized Crime in the Emilia-Romagna Region: Possible Interpretations for a New Social Defence / Augusto Balloni, Roberta Bisi, Andrea Forlivesi, Flavio Mazzucato, Raffaella Sette 33

5 Transnational Organized Crime in Spain: Structural Factors Explaining its Penetration / Carlos Resa-Nestares 47

6 Global Organized Crime in Latvia and the Baltics / Andrejs Vilks, Dainis Bergmanis 63

7 Opening and Closing the 49th Parallel: Responses to Free Trade and to Trans-Border Crime in Canada since 1989 / Ian Taylor 71

8 "Contested Jurisdiction Border Communities" and Cross-Border Crime: The Case of the Akwesasne / Ruth Jamieson 85

9 The Use of the "Shining Path" Myth in the Context of the All-Out War Against the "Narco-Guerilla" / Rodolfo Mendoza Nakamura 99

10 Organized Crime in Russia: Domestic and International Problems / Yakov Gilinskiy 117

11 Regionalization and Expansion: The Growth of Organized Crime in East Siberia / Anna L. Repetskaya 123

12 Alienation and Female Criminality: The Case of Puerto Rico / Zuleika Vidal Rodriguez 129

Part III Public Policy and Interventions

13 Criminal Financial Investigations: A Strategic and Tactical Approach in the European Dimension / Petrus C. Van Duyne, Mike Levi 139

14 Mafia-Type Organizations: The Restoration of Rights as a Preventive Policy / Maria Luisa Cesoni 157

15 Repeal Drug Prohibition and End the Financing of International Crime / Arthur Berney 173

16 The Criminal Justice System Facing the Challenges of Organized Crime / Emilio C. Viano 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1840149590

OCLC:

40646437