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Prabhakar, Hitha, 1975-
Subjects
Black market.
Shoplifting.
Smuggling.
Money laundering.
Organized crime.
Terrorism -- Finance.
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Prabhakar, Hitha, 1975-
Black market.
Shoplifting.
Smuggling.
Money laundering.
Organized crime.
Terrorism -- Finance.
MARC Display
Black
market
billions
:
how
organized
retail
crime
funds
global
terrorists
/ Hitha Prabhakar.
by
Prabhakar, Hitha, 1975-
FT Press, 2012.
Call #:
363.325 P895b
Subjects
Black
market
.
Shoplifting.
Smuggling.
Money laundering.
Organized
crime
.
Terrorism -- Finance.
ISBN:
9780132180245 (hc.)
0132180243 (hc.)
Description:
xiv, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index.
Contents:
Organized
retail
crime
goes
global
-- When a deal isn't a deal -- The cost to the stores -- The money trail and the business of cross-border trade -- Profile of a booster and a fence -- Family ties -- Money laundering 2.0 -- The political agenda -- Strange bedfellows -- The failure of preventative measures -- Letting the bad guy get away.
Summary:
From piracy to counterfeiting to cargo theft,
organized
retail
crime
has exploded into a $38 billion industry. Synchronized
global
teams of thieves are pilfering immense volumes of high-value products, counterfeiting even more -- and using the profits to support the world's most vicious
terrorists
and criminal gangs. Business reporter Hitha Prabhakar follows the money deep into the world's fastest-growing criminal industry. You'll learn
how
buying something as innocent as a counterfeit handbag or discounted cigarettes actually
funds
terrorist groups from Al-Qaeda to Central America's drug lords.
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Sackville Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
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