Organized Crime

Organized Crime, 11th Edition, by Howard Abadinsky, is a textbook published by Cengage Learning that examines illicit enterprises and the methods used to counter them. It surveys how criminal syndicates operate globally alongside the institutional mechanisms designed to suppress them.

The volume explores the organizational structure of international criminal groups and the widening range of their business activities. It also addresses the legal frameworks, enforcement agencies, and investigative techniques employed to combat illicit networks.

In addition, the text traces major shifts in organized crime, discussing how successful prosecutions reduced the relative prominence of the American Mafia while other international syndicates became increasingly sophisticated and threatening.