Russian Organized Crime

ISBN-13: 9780714647630 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 270 str.

Phil Williams

Opis

The development of Russian organized crime over the last few years has been nothing short of spectacular. Russian criminal organizations have become a major factor in Russia's evolution towards democracy and a free market, although the exact nature of their impact is still poorly understood. They have infiltrated the banking system, taken control of many businesses, and have engaged in a wide variety of criminal activities ranging from extortion, control of prostitution and drug-trafficking, to trafficking in nuclear material. For all the concern and publicity it has generated, Russian organized crime is not well understood, which makes this volume all the more timely.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: How Serious a Threat is Russian Organized Crime?, Phil Williams; Chapter 2 Russian Organized Crime: A Brief History, Patricia Rawlinson; Chapter 3 The Emerging Criminal State: Economic and Political Aspects of Organized Crime in Russia, Yuriy A. Voronin; Chapter 4 Major Mafia Gangs in Russia, Guy Dunn; Chapter 5 Threats to the Foreign Business Community in Moscow, Joseph D. Serio; Chapter 6 Recent Trends in Nuclear Smuggling, Rensselaer Lee; Chapter 7 Post-Soviet Organized Crime: A New Form of Authoritarianism, Louise I. Shelley; Chapter 8 Russian Emigré Crime in the United States: Organized Crime or Crime that is Organized?, James Finckenauer, Elin Waring; Chapter 9 On the Origins of Fuel Racketeering: The Americans and the ‘Russians’ in New York, Alan A. Block; Chapter 10 Documentation An Analysis of Russian Emigré Crime in the Tri-State Region; Chapter 11 Recent Developments;

O autorze

Authored by Williams, Phil