New York Times article about the book McMafia. The book looks at globalization and organized crime.
Brief excerpt: The collapse of the Soviet Union, for one thing, disgorged thousands of less than savory state employees onto the labor market.
“All manner of operatives lost their jobs: secret police, counterintelligence officers, special-forces commandos and border guards, as well as homicide detectives and traffic cops,” Mr. Glenny writes. “Their skills included surveillance, smuggling, killing people, establishing networks and blackmail.”
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