Misha Glenny: McMafia, Kartoniert / Broschiert
McMafia
- A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 04/2009
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781400095124
- Item number:
- 11809056
- Volume:
- 416 Pages
- Weight:
- 432 g
- Format:
- 203 x 131 mm
- Thickness:
- 32 mm
- Release date:
- 7.4.2009
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
Misha Glenny's groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an 8-part AMC crime drama starring James Norton (War and Peace), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP.
In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld--police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide.
Biography
Misha Glenny, geboren 1958, ist ein britischer Journalist und Spezialist für Mittel- und Südosteuropa sowie für das internationale organisierte Verbrechen. Er arbeitete zunächst für den Guardian , später dann für die BBC, wo er sich zur Zeit der Jugoslawienkrise als Balkan-Korrespondent einen Namen machte. Er erhielt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen und wird regelmäßig von europäischen Regierungen zu Rate gezogen.
