Global Organized Crime

Global Organized Crime: A 21st Century Approach, 1st Edition is a criminological textbook designed for students and instructors engaged in the study of global and transnational organized crime. Written to examine the primary economic, social, and political forces shaping illegal enterprise in the modern era, the work provides a clear framework for analyzing criminal subcultures across international boundaries.

The thematic coverage tracks major regional syndicates alongside historical and geographical developments. The text details the global expansion of the Italian 'Ndrangheta, the historical roots of vice prohibition in America, the structural decentralization of Mexican drug cartels, opium production in Myanmar, and expanding criminal networks operating across Africa, Russia, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Additionally, the text investigates contemporary operational shifts, detailing how criminal organizations adapt to high-technology environments such as the Silk Road and the Dark Net. This detailed regional and institutional scope offers higher education criminology programs grounded material on international law enforcement challenges.