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McMafia by Misha Glenny
Hardback
3 April 2008

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To celebrate the publication of McMafia The Bodley Head is offering five lucky readers the chance to win some seriously good non-fiction. Brush up on your illicit general knowledge using our interactive crime map and complete the McMafia quiz below. Score full marks for the chance to enter the competition.

1) Although gambling is strictly illegal in Japan, Pachinko (slot machines) have an annual turnover of how much?
$30bn – the annual turnover of
        Gazprom, the Russian gas company
$300bn – somewhere in the region of the
        total global narcotics market
$300tn – possible amount of Arab capital
        moved from the US to Dubai in the wake
        of the 9/11 attacks

2) Which country has the largest refugee population in the southern hemisphere?
Colombia
India
Indonesia

3) How much do banks lose, on average, every year, through cyber crime?
$400m
$1bn
$3bn

4) In Britain, what percentage of crime, estimated by the UN, is to be associated with drugs?
75%
50%
25%

5) After the fall of communism, security services and Russia and Eastern Europe collapsed for about ten years, during which time ‘private security firms’ – mafias – facilitated negotiations. How much would one of these groups charge to take out a rival?
between $7k and $15k
between $2k and $5k
between $15 and $30k

6) How much does the black market in untaxed and counterfeit cigarettes cost the EU each year in lost income tax revenue?
$8bn
$50m
$400m

7) Between 1987 and 1994 the US government filed 77 million reports in an effort to prosecute money-laundering cases in Dubai. Of that, it was able to prosecute 3,000 money-laundering cases, roughly one case for every 2,500 forms. Approximately how many tons of paper did the US government go through in this period?
5 tons
62 tons
23 tons

8) How many Russian Jews immigrated to Israel between 1999 and 2000?
200,000
1,000,000
550,000

9) Which country is the biggest supplier of cannabis to the United Kingdom?
Colombia
South Africa
Ghana

10) How much money does the average drug addict in the United Kingdom need to support their habit for a year?
£10,000
£7,500
£43,000

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Competions Terms

Closing Date: Monday 19 May 2008

Entrants must be at least 16 years of age.

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