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Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosper-even centuries-old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of mass migration and multinational business and finance.
From traditional gangland enterprises such as narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, the world´s mafias have moved into new sources of illegal income, including high-tech arms smuggling, money laundering, and identity fraud.
Traditional Crime in the Modern World tracks these organizations-the Italian and Mexican mafias, Columbian drug cartels, Chinese triads, and others-across five continents as they adapt to change, and assesses their prospects in the short and long term. World events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 9/11 terror attacks are discussed in the context of contributing to emerging markets for illicit goods and services, and to evolving partnerships among criminal entities. This timely volume:

- Provides a comprehensive overview of how mafia-like structures function today.
- Analyzes in depth national crime situations with global implications.
- Examines the migration of organized crime groups and their operations in their new countries.
- Gauges the influence of digital and other technologies on organized crime.
- Where applicable, notes the links between organized crime and national political institutions.
- Describes the impact of the global financial crisis on crime organizations.

Concise, compelling, and deeply documented, Traditional Crime in the Modern World is an eye-opening resource for researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with an interest in organized crime and trafficking, as well as related topics of Demography, Political Science, and International Relations.

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Introduction.- Part 1: Organized crime in Europe.- Italian Mafias´ Asymmetries.- Vory v zakone - Russian Mafia.- Turkish Organized Crime: from Tradition to Business.- Part 2: Organized crime in de United States.- Traditional Crime in the Modern World: How Triad Societies respond to Socioeconomic Change.- Part 3: Organized crime in Asia.- The Cosa Nostra in the U.S.-Adapting to Changes in the Social, Economic and Political Environment after a 25-year Prosecution Effort.- Chinatown Tongs in America: Continuity and Opportunities.- Part 4: Organized crime in Latin American.- Colombian Organized Crime: From Drug Trafficking to Parastatal Bands and Wide-spread Corruption.- México: Organized crime politics and insecurity.

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