Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security

• Main Authors: Kassab, Hanna Samir (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rosen, Jonathan D. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political economy.; Legislative bodies.; Security, International.; Crime prevention.; Organized crime.; Development economics.; International Political Economy.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; International Security Studies.; Crime Prevention.; Organized Crime.; Development Economics.

This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout human history and provides recommendations to governments. Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of the state and its institutions through corruption...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Illicit Markets: A Short Historical Summary
• 3. Illicit Superstructures: Banking, Middlemen, and Transport
• 4. Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Americas: Trends and Challenges
• 5. General Trends in Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime on a Global Scale
• 6. Human and Organ Trafficking
• 7. Arms Trafficking: Small Arms and WMDs
• 8. Illicit Markets and the Internet Age
• 9. Conclusion.