(Hardback)
By: George W. Grayson Professor Emeritus
ISBN: 9781440829864
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An up-to-date examination of Mexico's version of the "War on Drugs" that exposes the evolution of major cartels and their corruption of politicians, law-enforcement agencies, and the Army.
(Hardback)
By: Donald R. Liddick
ISBN: 9780275980740
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Primarily descriptive in purpose, this work provides an overview of transnational crime in the United State.
(Paperback)
By: Joachim Joesten
ISBN: 9780306805929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 1994
Publisher: Hachette Books
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"No gangster has ever been more powerful than Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897--1962). By the mid-1920s, he had taken over the New York bordellos and was making more than a million dollars a year. In 1931"
(Paperback)
By: Joe Farrell
ISBN: 9780719049002
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1997
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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An anthology of writings in Italian which examine the origins, nature and culture of the Sicilian mafia. The individual pieces come from a diverse range of sources, including newspapers, historical and sociological works. There is an introduction in English, as well as a full vocabulary.
(Paperback)
By: Bernard O'Mahoney
ISBN: 9781845963521
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2009
UK Publication Date: 8th January 2009
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that only one man has the honour of being titled 'Guv'nor' - and that man is Lew 'Wild Thing' Yates.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Galeotti
ISBN: 9781529148237
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2025
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Jeffrey Sussman
ISBN: 9798216368618
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Sin City Gangsters is a fast-paced account of how the mob created Las Vegas by building, buying, and controlling not only gambling casinos, but also many important politicians. They were visionaries who transformed Vegas into the entertainment capital of the world.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460764251
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: John Dickie
ISBN: 9780340935262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2007
UK Publication Date: 8th March 2007
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The truth is more chilling than fiction: COSA NOSTRA tells, for the first time, the true history of the Sicilian mafia - now revised and updated to include recent events.
(Paperback)
By: Reymundo Sanchez
ISBN: 9781556524271
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2000
Publisher: A Cappella Books
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By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460734407
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460734377
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460734414
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460734391
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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By: Mark Morri
ISBN: 9781460734384
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Nicola Tallant
ISBN: 9781804185995
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2024
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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Ireland's top crime journalist traces the flood of cocaine into Ireland and those behind its unprecedented growth. From the first smugglers and their adventures on the high seas to the modern-day Instagram-loving gangsters, COCAINE COWBOYS weaves an intricate tale where high society and the criminal underworld collide.
(Hardback)
By: Azam Ahmed
ISBN: 9780349726915
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The riveting true story of a vigilante mother in Mexico who fought back against the drug cartels to avenge the murder of her daughter, and a portrait of violence-wracked Mexico, from the New York Times Global Investigative Correspondent and former New York Times Mexico Bureau Chief.
(Paperback)
By: Tony Thompson
ISBN: 9780340830536
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2005
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The explosive follow-up to the bestselling expose GANGLAND BRITAIN by bestselling author Tony Thompson.
(Paperback)
By: Eamon Dillon
ISBN: 9781848271692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2013
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad.
Gypsy Empire delves into the heart of Traveller life, focusing on three aspects that have coloured perceptions of Travellers among the wider community: family feuds, bare-knuckle fights and trading.
(Hardback)
By: Mark Galeotti
ISBN: 9781529148220
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2025
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Paperback, Media tie-in)
By: Misha Glenny
ISBN: 9781784706746
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2018
UK Publication Date: 14th December 2017
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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McMafia is a journey through the new world of international organised crime, from gunrunners in Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, by way of drug syndicates in Canada and cyber criminals in Brazil.
This edition comes with a new introduction and epilogue from author Misha Glenny.
(Paperback)
By: Graham Johnson
ISBN: 9781840189254
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2005
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2005
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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The first gangster to fall foul of Grimes's change of heart was Curtis Warren, aka 'Cocky', the wealthiest and most successful criminal in British history. This work reveals the secrets behind one of the controversial episodes in British judicial history - how former Home Secretary Michael Howard was duped into granting John Haase a Royal Pardon.
(Paperback)
By: Graham Johnson
ISBN: 9781845961787
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2007
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2007
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Through 'taxing' the richest and most powerful crimelords in the UK, he netted over 20 million.
French was no ordinary criminal. The Devil also reveals French's complex relationship with Curtis Warren, the wealthiest criminal in British history.
(Paperback)
By: Alex Perry
ISBN: 9780008222130
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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You are born into it or marry in. Loyalty is absolute, bloodshed revered and you kill or go to your grave before betraying The Family. This code of omert is how the 'Ndrangheta became the worlds most powerful mafia. The Good Mothers is the story of the women who broke the silence.
