In this ground-breaking book, Antonio Nicaso, an internationally renowned expert on organized crime groups, and Lee Lamothe, a veteran investigative journalist specializing in criminal conspiracies, present solid evidence of how established organized crime groups — such as the Mafia and the Triads — have changed their tactics and allegiances to protect their interests against the rise of violent and power-hungry gangs from Albania, Mexico, and Russia. Angels, Mobsters, & Narco-Terrorists reveals how, due to their shared border, the USA and Canada have become prime targets for criminal groups that engage in money laundering and prostitution rings, and trafficking in human cargo, narcotics, and arms. On the international scene, state-sanctioned crime is thriving on heroin profits and cyber crime is emerging as a very lucrative and baffling activity to investigate and shut down.
Dive inside the world of organized crime and discover how far it has penetrated our lives.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments. Introduction.
PART ONE: ITALIAN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS.
'Ndrangeta
Sicilian Mafia.
La Costa Nostra.
Camorra.
Sacra Corona Unita.
PART TWO: ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME.
Structure.
Triads.
Tongs.
Operation Candy Box.
The 125 Organization.
Japanese/Korean Crime Groups.
Yakuza.
Korean Organized Crime.
The North Korean Government.
Myanmar.
PART THREE: RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS.
Crime and Emigration.
Vory v Zakone.
"Yaponchik".
Brighton Beach.
Project Osada.
Semion Mogilevich and the YBM Scandal.
PART FOUR: ISRAELI ORGANIZED CRIME.
The Estasy Connection.
The Rosenstein-Aberjil War.
PART FIVE: ALBANIAN ORGANIZED CRIME.
The Balkan Connection.
"The Corporation".
A Terrorist Connection?
PART SIX: COLOMBIAN AND MEXICAN CARTELS.
The Border Economy.
Colombian Cartels.
The Rise and Fall of Cartels.
Mexico.
International Criminal Networks.
MS-13.
PART SEVEN: OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS.
Businessmen in Biker Attire.
Hells Angels.
PART EIGHT: AFRICAN ORGANIZED CRIME.
The Black Hole.
PART NINE: NARCO-TERRORISM.
Brothers in Arms and Drugs.
Cyber Crime.
PART TEN: CANADA: THE TRIPLE-THREAT COMPANY.
Haven, Transit and Source.
Bibliography.
Index.
