TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varese,Federico
TI  - Mafias on the move: how organized crime conquers new territories 
SN  - 9781400836727 (ebook)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton, N.J., Woodstock
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mafia
KW  - History
KW  - Transnational crime
KW  - Crime and globalization
KW  - Crime
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Migration, immigration & emigration
KW  - thema
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Crime & criminology
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Originally published: 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780691158013; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - Organised crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. This book argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonise the territories; Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is more complicated. Varese has spent years researching mafia groups in Italy, Russia, the United States, and China, and argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonize new territories. Once there, they do not always succeed in establishing themselves. Varese spells out the conditions that lead to their long-term success, namely sudden market expansion that is neither exploited by local rivals nor blocked by authorities. Ultimately the inability of the state to govern economic transformations gives mafias their opportunity. In a series of matched comparisons, Varese charts the attempts of the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta to move to the north of Italy, and shows how the Sicilian mafia expanded to early twentieth-century New York, but failed around the same time to find a niche in Argentina. He explains why the Russian mafia failed to penetrate Rome but succeeded in Hungary. In a pioneering chapter on China, he examines the challenges that triads from Taiwan and Hong Kong find in branching out to the mainland. Based on ground-breaking field work and filled with dramatic stories, this book is both a compelling read and a sober assessment of the risks posed by globalization and immigration for the spread of mafias
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