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McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime Paperback – 14 Dec. 2017

by Misha Glenny (Author)

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The extraordinary real stories that inspired the major BBC series

Have you ever illegally downloaded a 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.

This edition comes with a new introduction and epilogue from author Misha Glenny.

Author: Misha Glenny Biography

Glenny is a distinguished investigative journalist and historian. As the Central Europe Correspondent first for the Guardian and then for the BBC, Glenny chronicled the collapse of communism and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has won several major awards for his work, including the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting and is the author of five books, including the acclaimed McMafia and DarkMarket.

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14 Dec. 2017
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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

About the Author

Glenny is a distinguished investigative journalist and historian. As the Central Europe Correspondent first for the Guardian and then for the BBC, Glenny chronicled the collapse of communism and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has won several major awards for his work, including the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting and is the author of five books, including the acclaimed McMafia and DarkMarket.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; Media tie-in edition (14 Dec. 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1784706744
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1784706746
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

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N. D. Noble

It’s a crooked world!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2023

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Purchased as a Kindle ebook and I’m currently around half way through reading. it gives a very interesting insight into large scale criminality around the world and covers mainly the decades of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. You might expect it to be a rather “dry read” but you’d be wrong, as even though it runs to 550 pages, each chapter focuses on a different scam. A compelling and recommended read, even if it leaves you somewhat depressed at what really goes on in the shadowy underbelly of life.

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One of the best out there

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2023

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Misha has done what he does best, write brutally. One of the best books to come out on organised crime in recent times. Very informative and explosive.

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CN

Brilliant analysis of organised crime in every continent. Updated too.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2023

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The author spent years gaining the trust of and meeting a wide number of organised crime groups all around the world. Not only in Europe but also Japan, India, South America, Nigeria and the USA. He is a fluent linguist so was able to develop a wide range of sources. Very interesting and horrifying a the same time as so much of our lives are influenced and controlled by crime groups. Slavery and drugs are the major activities and it covers slave routes to the Middle East as well as elsewhere.

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Mrs. Sarah Crabtree

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2018

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Although I had been aware of this book when it was first published around eight or nine years ago, I didn’t buy it until I had seen the first couple of episodes of the TV adaptation starring James Norton as Alex Godman. It didn’t take long to figure out that the TV version is a fictional screenplay, whilst the book is based on investigative journalism.
There are always threads that link one story to another, and in a world where fake news is sometimes not as fake as we think, it is interesting to note that there is a lot going on underground which we don’t know about overground, and sometimes the two run along side by side, and occasionally cross over.
This book is a monster to read. There is so much information that I found it at times very heavy-going. In my effort to work through it, I admit that much of it went over my head. But there were some sections that leaped out at me. To quote: “Europe’s most vigorous criminal industry between 2002 and 2007 was ‘carousel fraud’.” This is defined as “gangs importing goods into the European Union, or between EU countries, and illegally claiming the VAT, or sales tax, on these items before re-exporting them.” Now contrast this with a recent TV documentary which reported on UK eBay sellers losing out to cheaper Far East sellers simply because the latter are not VAT registered and therefore can undercut them. Add the two together and you have money being made by fraud. The book goes on to state: “The EU reported in 2006…[it] estimated that the exchequers were losing at least $100 billion a year to these fraudulent schemes.” Could this be one of the reasons why Britain is being expected to pay so much money to the EU in order to leave it? If you can’t deal with Big Brother, you beat up the little brother instead? With Nigel Farage suggesting a second referendum over Brexit, what should the average citizen make of all this? Surely if it is felt that Britain needs another referendum to consolidate or not the decision to leave the EU, shouldn’t we also have a General Election at the same time to decide who the voter wants to take us to this next stage?

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C. J. SAVAGE

A compulsive if depressing read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2018

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When considering the extent and pervasive extent of organised crime as described in this book one is drawn to the thought that the author has exaggerated, but this is Misha Glenny a respected historian /journalist whose previous books I have found to be objective and well researched. The extent of the criminality is truly frightening and the violence and lack of humanity is chilling. The inability of our legal systems and law enforcement to deal with it is disturbing as is the overall conclusion that its probably going to get worse. A compulsive if very depressing read. I was left thinking why with our capability in genetic engineering we could not have generating a strain of poppy and coca plant that dies out after one crop rather than risking outnumbered and underfunded people with a futile rack.

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MHR

An eye-opener to the criminal world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2018

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This book was apparently the inspiration for a recent major BBC drama series (with an eponymous title), depicting Russian criminal gangs based in the UK and operating globally.

Whereas the drama focused on a certain Russian family, the book covers a wide range of organised criminal gangs worldwide, including Eastern Europe, Russia, Israel, India, Africa, etc. They are engaged in all sorts of illegal activities, including drug trafficking, human (women) trafficking, commodity smuggling, cyber crime, etc.

It is amazing how pervasive and profitable organised crime is. These criminals appear to be able to operate globally with impunity, affecting a large number of people. The author does not give any suggestion how to tackle the problems. One wonders how can authorities control them? My own impression is that there is not much they can do and are prepared to do about them.

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Brian Lait

An excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2018

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This is not the 'novel' of the TV series of the same name, and it is deceptive and wrong to have the 'cover' from the TV series on the front of the book.

Regardless, this is a more than interesting read about seriously organised crime around the globe. The book was written some years ago, so many of the statistics may well be out of date, but Glenny (who clearly carries out very extensive research for his book, with much travel involved) is an excellent writer who knows how to tell a good story.

The book covers crime in many countries ranging from Ukraine to Colombia and across to Nigeria, Japan and China.

Thank you Mr. Glenny for a very entertaining and scary read !

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Nancy Murphy

Pleased with purchase

Reviewed in Canada on 26 December 2020

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tony74

Super livre

Reviewed in France on 9 February 2020

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Super livre, très bien écrit. On comprend mieux l ampleur du crime organisé et ses ramifications dans nos vies de tout les jours. Lecture fortement recommandée

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Markus Abel Steppe

Great and insightful

Reviewed in Germany on 14 September 2019

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Fascinating, shocking, great and insightful. But, the size of the dark Economy is so huge, maybe the reason no one will stop this!

Anthony raikhel

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 13 February 2018

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Excellent book

vindhya sanjana

A must read

Reviewed in India on 7 May 2016

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This is a Hard hitting ,Eye opener of a book. It is all the more credible because of the journalistic background of the author. The break-up of the Soviet bloc has resulted in such an economic downturn ,that the dregs of society have floated up to the top, as is revealed in this book. An accurate commentary on the criminal demarcations to be found in the erstwhile communist states.

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