Based upon extraordinary fieldwork including interviews with scores of informants--smugglers, victims, power elites, and profiteers who populate economic war zones in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the U.S.--this compelling investigation of crime, money, and power shows the sum total of extralegal activities as representing a significant part of the world's economy, and provides a new framework for understanding 21st century economics and economic power.

With a new preface placing Global Outlaws in the context of increasingly globalized crime, including Internet crime, author Carolyn...