I would highly recommend the book McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers by Misha Glenny

I would highly recommend the book McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers by Misha Glenny
Bodley Head £20, pp426

It is about international organized crime but it foreshadows some of the political, financial, national security and energy crisis that we now face.

Although is not the direct cause of the explosion of organized crime, the Republican Conservative Deregulation Agenda promoted by Bush, Rove and McCain has an unintentional effect on the rapid spread of international organized crime.

Much of the explosion of international organized crime is due the break up of the Soviet Union. International organized crime is now the primary industry of several countries and a high percentage of the economy of many others.

Our financial institutions had not begun to fail when McMafia was published in 2006 but the seeds for failure are evident. The manipulation of our financial institutions by organized crime syndicates when no one was watching is a major cause of our economic crisis.

It is now impossible to lead a normal life in the USA and not be touched in some manner by international organized crime in your daily living.
Jim