false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186145647m/1633932.jpg 1633932 1 <div>Everyone knows what organized crime is. Each year dozens of feature films, hundreds of books, and thousands of news stories explain to an eager public that organized crime is what gangsters do. Closely knit, ethnically distinct, and ruthlessly efficient, these mafias control the drugs trade, people trafficking and other serious crimes. If only states would take the threat seriously and recognize the global nature of modern organized crime, the FBI's success against the Italian mafia could be replicated throughout the world. The wicked trade in addictive drugs could be brought to a halt.<br><br>The trouble is, as Woodiwiss demonstrates in shocking and surprising detail, what everyone knows about organized crime is pretty much completely wrong. In reality the most important figures in organized crime are employees of multinational companies, politicians and bureaucrats. Gangsters are certainly a problem, but much of their strength comes from attempts to prohibit the market for certain drugs. Even here they are minor players when compared with the intelligence and law enforcement agencies that selectively enforce prohibition and profit from it. Woodiwiss shows how respectable businessmen and revered statesmen have seized these opportunities in an orgy of fraud and illegal violence </div> 1628126 13 10 2005 Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Globalization of Organized Crime total:3|5:2|3:1| 3 13 13 0 0 0 false false Fri Dec 04 07:04:01 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 07:04:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 08 13:24:38 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:24:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 20:29:16 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 20:29:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 02 12:49:05 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:49:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 01 08:14:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:14:44 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 11 10:29:49 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 10:29:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 30 11:49:39 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 11:49:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 11:12:36 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 27 15:30:28 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 06 11:12:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 18 10:57:41 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 10:57:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 16 12:15:45 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 12:15:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 16 08:33:55 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 07:28:12 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jun 03 09:36:17 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 07:39:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 09:36:17 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 23 12:44:53 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:11:44 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:44:53 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1633932