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While reading Misha Berry's fascinating book 'McMafia' on the globalisation of crime since the early Eighties, I discovered that Nigerian 419 scammers have their very own anthem 'I go chop your dollar' about the joys of conning rich suckers out of untold quantities of cash, most spectacularly Nelson Sakaguchi of a major Brazilian bank to the tune of $245 million dollars.
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While reading Misha Berry's fascinating book 'McMafia' on the globalisation of crime since the early Eighties, I discovered that Nigerian 419 scammers have their very own anthem 'I go chop your dollar' about the joys of conning rich suckers out of untold quantities of cash, most spectacularly Nelson Sakaguchi of a major Brazilian bank to the tune of $245 million dollars.
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Gang warfare has subsided in recent years As Misha Glenny shows in "McMafia," a vividly recounted journey through a dozen of the world's most potent gangs, cartels and transnational mafias, there is hardly any society or economic subculture that is not affected by global criminal networks.
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The steel plant's exploitation by ex-wrestler turned billionaire Ilya Pavlov, who was assassinated in 2003, provides the starting point of a book about organized crime published this year, "McMafia" by Balkans expert Misha Glenny.
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Or create a series of shell companies registered behind a brass plate in faraway Vanuatu or the Solomon Islands, one owning another owning another, financial Russian dolls that "exhaust and bamboozle investigators", according to Misha Glenny, whose book "McMafia" is the go-to guide to this new realm of international, multibillion-dollar crime.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'McMafia' Profiles World's Globalized Criminals: NPR
OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'McMafia' Profiles World's Globalized Criminals : NPR 2008
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'McMafia' Profiles World's Globalized Criminals: NPR
OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'McMafia' Profiles World's Globalized Criminals : NPR 2008
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Or create a series of shell companies registered behind a brass plate in faraway Vanuatu or the Solomon Islands, one owning another owning another, financial Russian dolls that "exhaust and bamboozle investigators", according to Misha Glenny, whose book McMafia is the go-to guide to this new realm of international, multibillion-dollar crime.
An economy kept afloat by mafia cash is not just the stuff of Le Carré thrillers 2010
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William Grimes on McMafia by Misha Glenny: Mr. Glenny sets a fast pace as he races from one criminal hot spot to another, riding with marijuana traffickers in British Columbia, walking into pachinko parlors in Tokyo, visiting brothels in Tel Aviv and scoping out the sex clubs in Dubai.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '\'McMafia\' Profiles World\'s Globalized Criminals: NPR '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Journalist Misha Glenny points out that while globalization may have given the world new opportunities for trade and investments, it also gave rise to global black markets and made it easier for criminal networks to do business. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'McMafia' Profiles World's Globalized Criminals : NPR 2008
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