Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security

This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout human history and provides recommendations to governments. Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of the state and its institutions through corruption and violence. Criminal networks now organize under cyber-infrastructure, what we call the Deep or Dark Web. The authors analyze how illicit markets come together, issues of destabilization and international security, the effect of legitimate enterprises crowded out of developing countries, and ultimately, illicit markets' cost to human life.

Provides a comprehensive study of illicit markets in the contexts of international security and economic development Examines both historical attempts at laws of prohibition and current attempts in the twenty-first century, particularly in regards to reliance on the Internet Underscores the significance of illicit markets in regards to corruption, injustice, and the formulation of weak and fragile states

Autorentext
Hanna Samir Kassab is Visiting Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University, USA.
Jonathan D. Rosen is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Holy Family University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Illicit Markets: A Short Historical Summary.- 3. Illicit Superstructures: Banking, Middlemen, and Transport.- 4. Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Americas: Trends and Challenges.- 5. General Trends in Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime on a Global Scale.- 6. Human and Organ Trafficking.- 7. Arms Trafficking: Small Arms and WMDs.- 8. Illicit Markets and the Internet Age.- 9. Conclusion.