Organized Crime

When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones--iconic actors and characters who give shady dealing...

¡LA INMINENTE INVASIÓN DE LA GUERRA DE LA DROGA DE MÉXICO!Tras haber observado los carteles mexicanos de la droga durante años, la experta en segur...

How do you catch a killer when no one is willing to talk?When a homeless man is found murdered in picturesque Lincoln the police are met by a wall ...

‘Unique and engaging characters woven into the fabric of a fantastic plot. Jason Dean is one to watch’ Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling aut...

'Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The BelieverReyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him...

Shortlisted for the Book of the Year and Audiobook of the Year at the 2023 True Crime AwardsStreet kid turned undercover cop. 'This time he wasn't ...

Keeping secrets comes at a deadly priceAfter a scandal forces DI Kelly Porter out of the Met, she returns home to the Lake District. There she begi...

Typically, other reference works on organized crime in the United States focus primarily on the Mafia and La Cosa Nostra, and neglect the many new ...

A single breakthrough could change the world forever.Having just completed a complex recovery assignment, covert salvage specialist Korso is in no ...

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, "The Gang" is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originall...

In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. The subject of innumerab...

From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour exploitation, European citizens continue to be confron...

'Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The BelieverReyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him...

Financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In fact, there are four. A vet...

An undercover detective is a buyer, and their commodity is intelligence. But what is the real price of justice?'A compelling and powerful account f...

'If you are a fan of British police procedurals, add Shame the Devil to your must-read list.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader ReviewSometimes catching a killer means ...

_______The shocking, gripping autobiography from one of the UK's most infamous criminals and gang leaders, and one half of the legendary Kray Twins...

_____________________________At Ronnie Kray's funeral, London crime expert John Pearson saw a man he didn't recognise - but who all the notorious c...

Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York and The Gangs of Chicago, turns his attention to chronicle the seedy underworld of San Francisco, f...

The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognisable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence centred around the infamous slum of Five...

Here is the whole story of the world of drugs—from the infamous Opium Wars to the legal availability of narcotics in the United States during the p...

Has Africa moved on from 'classical corruption? What are the political and economic origins of official implication in crime? What are the new fron...

In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial t...

Organised crime makes good copy. Gangsters, shoot-outs and mob meetings are a staple of TV shows and media reports tend to glamorise the criminal u...

Deepfake technology can create video evidence of just about anything: Hollywood superstar Margot Robbie in an orgy.Chinese president Xi Jinping dec...

In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - ...

Many cities, towns, and municipalities across the United States have criminal organizations operating within their jurisdictions. This book gives t...