Organized Crime [2 Volumes]: From Trafficking to Terrorism

by James D. Ciment, Patit Paban Mishra, Frank G. Shanty

Despite its impact on international security and the world economy, organized crime is an unusual topic for a reference book. Difficult to research, the high-profit, high-risk subculture of drug lords, diamond smugglers, and sex slavers is rarely investigated by scholars. Organized Crime: An International Encyclopedia ventures behind the scenes into this hazardous territory.

In the first volume, expert contributors offer a global...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576073378
• ISBN13: 9781576073377
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 856 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 8.7" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 19 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher