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McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime [Paperback]

Misha Glenny (Author)
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Publication Date: 5 Feb 2009

Have you ever bought a pirate DVD? Taken drugs? Fallen for a phishing scam?

Organised crime is part of all our worlds - often without us even knowing. McMafia is a journey through the new world of international organised crime, from gunrunners in Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, by way of drug syndicates in Canada and cyber criminals in Brazil.

During his investigation into the dark side Misha Glenny speaks to countless gangsters, policemen and victims of organized crime, and also explores the ferocious consumer demands for drugs, trafficked women, illegal labour and arms across five continents.

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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099481251
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099481256
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.8 x 19.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 24,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Like a journalistic Indiana Jones he has travelled the world in search of his prey, displaying impressive stamina, intellectual chutzpah and physical bravery on the way.... This is the most important non-fiction book of the year so far - organised crime's version of Fast Food Nation" (Mail on Sunday )

"To be regarded as one of the essential non-fiction works of our time. Exhaustively researched and reported, it's sobering in the extreme, but also riveting, filled with exotic locations, staggering facts, acts of incredible brutality and colourful, if deadly, characters.... Anyone with even the smallest interest in how the world really works should read this book" (GQ )

"The great merit of Glenny's book is that it does not just chronicle the foul deeds of international crime syndicates. It probes the imbalances and injustices that propel people and nations towards criminal behaviour... This, racy, well-researched and highly entertaining book should be essential reading for law reformers everywhere" (Irish Times )

"His message is that the global marketplace has empowered criminals on a huge and terrifying scale.... He tells a grisly story very well... A pacey, riveting, eye-opening account" (Sunday Times )

"This is a big, noble book by a proper reporter who travels the world and gives the Mr Bigs of global crime a poke in the eye... uncomfortable but compelling reading... You must read it" (Literary Review )

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'a chilling world tour of organised crime.'
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book - Truly awful cover! 12 Mar 2009
By Big Jim TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I can't think what the publishers were thinking by putting such a garish, tasteless cover on this book. Are they trying to fool those who buy trashy crime novels? Anyone caught out in this way will possibly find the going a bit tough, even though this is an exteremely accessible book to those with half a brain (I modestly include myself in this category!)

The problem though is that possibly like me, anyone with said half a brain will be instantly put off by the cover and not give it a go.

Well let me assure you; This book is a must read if you have any interest at all in current world events, real crime or just great journalism.

This is scary stuff and serves to make the point that just about everything you touch nowadays is tainted somewhere along the line by death and corruption.

Although written before the current credit crunch, mauch of the content here is uncannily prescient about where the world was going and may yet go.

And there are some great stories in here for those "watercooler moments". Outdo those going on about "The Wire" with some real life horror stories out of this book.

I am giving this book 6 stars but it has to lose one for THAT cover so see how I get to give this a 5 star review?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Title, Pity About the Cover 22 Dec 2009
By D. Collier
Format:Paperback
As other reviewers have pointed out, the cover is awful, must qualify for the accolade of Worst Cover of the Decade. One reason why it's so bad is because it gives a very poor picture of what the book is about. Whereas in contrast the title gives a concise and snappy description of exactly what the book is about, which is essentially the internationalisation and branding of high-level crime in the first decade of the 21st century - a McDonalds-ing of Mafia-ism, very clever.
You really need to read the book to get an idea of precisely what this means and how it has come about.
I found Glenny's writing a bit disjointed and his grammar in need of some good copy-editing in places, so this is not an elegant or satisfying read, but he makes his points compellingly, it is journalistic information above all else.
Whether his facts are thoroughly accurate, how am I to know? But whether they are are not, there's lots here to learn and ponder over.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Educational and sometimes entertaining - frequently shocking. 9 Oct 2009
By DaisyBelle
Format:Paperback
Took on holiday and read it far more quickly than I usually do a non-fiction book.
It was well written and researched (although it did seem to be partisan in approach, that didn't bother me too much - it wasn't a doctoral thesis after all). The subject matter was gritty and well explained and the links between the sections were well thought out and moved the narrative on in a logical fashion.
However, the sections seemed quite disparate and none of the groups or activities looked at really seemed to have been investigated in a great deal of depth. It left me wanting more - which is a good thing. Don't read it for encyclopeadic knowledge on international crime. Do read it to get an over-view and a well-argued view-point.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Forget the cover, you don't buy the book based on that....
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