Description: Contents: Part 1 The Threat of Transnational Crime: Transnational organized crime versus the nation state, P.A. Lupsha; Transnational criminal organizations and international security, P. Williams; From Cold War to crime war: the search for a new 'national security' threat, R.T. Naylor. Part 2 Cross-Border Criminal Enterprises: Orb weavers - the global webs: the structure and activities of transnational ethnic Chinese criminal groups, W.H. Myers III; Bound for the golden mountain: the social organization of smuggling illegal immigrants, S.X. Zhang and M.S. Gaylord; The Rothchilds of the Mafia on Aruba, T. Blickman; Post-Soviet organized crime, L. Shelley; The real threat of nuclear smuggling, P. Williams and P.N. Woessner; The borders of crime, J. Vagg; Loose cannons: covert commerce and underground finance in the modern arms black market, R.T. Naylor. Part 3 Transnational Misconduct and Legitimate Organizations: The space between laws: the problem of corporate crime in a transnational context, R.J. Michaelowski and R.C. Kramer; Third World nations are down in the dumps; the exportation of hazardous waste, M. Critharis; European integration, protectionism and criminogenesis: a study on farm subsidy frauds, N. Passas; International art theft and illegal import and export of cultural property: a study of relevant values, legislation and solutions, P.L. Margules; Privatization in Argentina: the implications for corruption, R.P. Saba and L. Manzetti; The mirror of global evils: a review essay of the BCCI affair, N. Passas; The underworld of gold, R.T. Naylor. Part 4 Policy Issues: Global prohibition regimes: the evolution of norms in international society, E.A. Nadelmann; Promotion and maintenance of the rule of law and good governance: action against corruption, United Nations; Transnational regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, J. Braithwaite; Name index.

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