NCJ Number
177537
Editor(s)
J D Torr
Date Published
1999
Length
192 pages
Annotation
These 22 articles present varied perspectives on organized crime in the United States and Russia, as well as analyses of transnational organized crime.
Abstract
Chapters on La Cosa Nostra include an overview by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the criminal operations of the Gambino crime family, the decline of the Mafia in the United States as a result of increased pressure from law enforcement and other organized crime groups, and cooperation between La Cosa Nostra and other groups. Additional chapters on organized crime in the United States focus on La Cosa Nostra's successors, Asian organized crime, the Russian Mafia, Mexico and the drug trade, and the future of organized crime in the United States. Chapters on organized crime in Russia present varying perspectives on the Russian Mafia, organized crime's role in the Russian economy, and the nuclear threat. The final three chapters discuss international criminal organizations, efforts to address transnational organized crime, international money laundering, and the threat that organized crime poses to world order. Glossary, chapter reference list, index, annotated list of resource organizations, and 36 references