Description
McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers is a compelling work of investigative nonfiction and true crime that examines the rise of organised crime in an increasingly globalised world. Drawing on three years of reporting and interviews with criminals, police officers, victims, politicians and other key figures, Misha Glenny traces criminal networks across Eastern Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. From Russian mafias and Colombian drug cartels to human trafficking, money laundering, cybercrime and identity theft, he reveals how criminal enterprises have expanded alongside legitimate international trade and technology.
Glenny goes beyond individual gangs and criminal operations to explore the economic and political forces that allow organised crime to flourish, including the aftermath of the collapse of communism, globalisation, poverty, corruption and Western demand for illegal goods and services. The result is both a globe-spanning investigation into the criminal underworld and a broader examination of the relationship between wealth, inequality, technology and the illicit economy. The book was subsequently adapted into the BBC/AMC television crime drama McMafia.
This is a strong choice for readers interested in true crime, organised crime, international affairs and the darker side of globalisation.
