One of the world's oldest industries - and certainly its biggest moneymaker -
organized crime came of age in the 20th century. Today, with transformations in the global economy and huge technological advances, organized crime groups are adapting and widening their lucrative illegal operations even further.

GLOBAL CRIMINAL ALLIANCES
Organized Crime reveals how the traditional Italian and American mafias have forged links with Colombia's drugs cartels, Russia's "Mafiya", China's triads, Japan's yakuza, and other highly organized and sophisticated crime syndicates
around the world, to create a formidable international web of crime.

THE CHANGING FACE OF ORGANIZED CRIME
The book traces the evolution of organized criminal activity from piracy and secret societies to the emergence of today's urban "businessmen".
Each of the major crime groups is profiled, detailing their origins and structure, methods, territories, codes of behaviour, and rites and rituals, and revealing just how far their tentacles reach into legitimate business and government.

CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
The authors also lift the lid on the murky underworld economy, with an overview of the wide spectrum of organized criminal activity, which includes crimes against people - from migrant-smuggling through prostitution to slavery - and economic crimes such as money-laundering and fraud scams.