McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers
by Misha Glenny

* In this powerful and groundbreaking book, Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organised crime. * For three years, he has been recording the stories of gun runners in Ukraine, money launderers in Dubai, drug syndicates in Canada, cyber criminals in Brazil, racketeers in Japan and many more.* During his investigation of the dark side, he has spoken to countless gangsters, policemen and victims of organised crime while also exploring the ferocious consumer demand for drugs, trafficked women, illegal labour and arms across five continents.* The journey begins with an appalling and inexplicable murder in England’s stockbroker belt and continues with stories that are often horrifying, sometimes inspiring, usually bizarre and occasionally funny. But together they build a breathtaking picture of the shadow economy that may now account for up to 20% of the world's GDP.* Usually the preserve of sensationalist reporting in the tabloid press, organised crime has seeped into our lives in so many ways and often without our knowledge. * This consistently riveting account unveils the nature of crime in today's world but it also offers profound insights into the pitfalls of a globalisation where the rules dividing the legal from the illegal are often far from clear. * It also argues that conventional policing methods are no longer appropriate to deal with a problem whose roots lie in global poverty and the ever widening divisions between rich and poor.

Reviews

The most important non-fiction book of the year.
 (Mail on Sunday)

In this well-researched and riveting account, Glenny does for crime what he did for the Balkans. He dissects the international criminal organizations that run much of the world’s economy and explains ho the criminal underworld has both benefitted from and contributed to globalization.
Joseph Stiglitz 

For anyone who wants to understand the 21st century, this illuminating and page-turning book is essential reading.
 (Emma Thompson)

‘Behind every great fortune,', said Balzac, 'there lies a great crime'. Misha Glenny has updated this apercu for our own time.’
 (Christopher Hitchens)

One of the essential non-fiction works of our time... terrific.
 (GQ)

Thrilling
 (Esquire)

Required reading.
 (The Times)

Compelling
 (Observer)

Organised crime's version of Fast Food Nation
 (Mail on Sunday)

McMafia sets a debate in which we all need to join
 (Daily Mail)