1st Edition
Criminal Prosperity Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War
By Guilhem Fabre
Copyright 2003
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
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Drug trafficking is the most visible part of the profits of organized crime, which have grown considerably since the end of the cold war. The mirror of history shows us the impact of the drug trade in the colonization of Asia. The post cold war geopolitical context reproduces elements of the past, with new opportunities for drug trafficking in the globalization process, as can be seen in the... Read more
Introduction 1 The Mirror of History Opium and colonization 2 Drugs and Post-Communism: The Chinese Case The rise of drug trafficking and consumption in China The new drugs war The expansion and diversification of drugs supplies Yunnan: Drugs and geopolitics in Sino-Burmese relations 3 The Socio-economic Stakes of Drug Trafficking The laundering matter The role of offshore banking 4 Japan: The Yakuza Recession Lessons from the Japanese crisis 5 Crisis and Laundering in Mexico: From the 'Tequila Effect' to the 'Cocaine Effect' 6 Crisis and Laundering in Thailand: The Provincial Godfathers' Launch on Bangkok
Biography
Guilhem Fabre is a sinologist and socio-economist, and a professor at the Faculte des Affaires Internationales at the University of Le Havre (France).
