Criminal prosperity : drug trafficking, money laundering and financial crises after the Cold War /

Criminal prosperity : drug trafficking, money laundering and financial crises after the Cold War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fabre, G. (Guilhem)
Uniform title:	Prospérites du crime. English
Imprint:	London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 172 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Drug traffic -- Economic aspects. Organized crime -- Economic aspects. Financial crises. Money laundering. Drug traffic -- Economic aspects. Financial crises. Money laundering. Organized crime -- Economic aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11302575

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Other authors / contributors:	MOST (Program : Unesco)
ISBN:	9781136125706 1136125701 9780203037348 0203037340 0700714987 9780700714988
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	"MOST." Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Drug trafficking is the most visible part of the profits of organized crime, which have grown considerably since the end of the cold war. The mirror of history shows us the impact of the drug trade in the colonization of Asia. The post cold war geopolitical context reproduces elements of the past, with new opportunities for drug trafficking in the globalization process, as can be seen in the example of China, and the lasting impunity in terms of money laundering. With the growing role of offshore locations in the global financial system, criminal prosperity has even affected the economic stabi.
Other form:	Print version: Fabre, G. (Guilhem). Prospérites du crime. English. Criminal prosperity. London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0700714987

Table of Contents:

ch. 1. The mirror of history
ch. 2. Drugs and post-communism : the Chinese case
ch. 3. The socio-economic stakes of drug trafficking
ch. 4. Japan : the Yakuza recession
ch. 5. Crisis and laundering in Mexico : from the "tequila effect" to the "cocaine effect"
ch. 6. Crisis and laundering in Thailand : the provincial godfathers' launch on Bangkok.