transnational crime

"A propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, taking once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence and holding them up to the light black markets have always thrived in the shadows of society. Increasingly, these enterprises--drug dealing, money laundering, human trafficking, terrorist funding--have found their shadows online. Digital crime lords inhabiting lawless corners of the internet have operated more freely than their analog counterparts could have ever dreamed of. At the heart of their massive conspiracies: cryptocurrency. By transacting not in dollars or pounds but in Bitcoin--a currency with anonymous ledgers, overseen by no government, beholden to no bankers--black marketeers robbed law enforcement for years of their chief method of cracking down on criminal markets, namely, following the money"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries related to aspects of international organized crime, including notorious crime leaders, crime groups, and countries with crime enterprises. Includes photographs.

Examines the global sex trade, exposing how women and girls from all over Eastern Europe are being sold for sex by networks of organized crime that rose to prominence after the fall of communism.

Examines the history and working methods of the world of policing including the FBI, New Scotland Yard, and other international police forces, and explores the cooperation between them.

A collection of articles, personal accounts, and case studies that discuss how organized crime threatens society.

Examines the sale and use of illegal drugs around the world, discussing the scale of the global drug trade, identifying some of the most widely known and used drugs, exploring the source and production of drugs, and looking at ways to reduce demand.