Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy - Couverture souple

Naim, Moises

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099484242 ISBN 13 : 9780099484240

Editeur : Arrow, 2007

Synopsis

Any newspaper anywhere in the world, any day, carries news about illegal migrants, drug busts, smuggled weapons, laundered money, or counterfeit goods The intense media coverage devoted to the war on terrorism has helped to obscure the other new wars of globalisation.Illicit international trade pits governments against agile, well-financed networks of highly dedicated individuals. Religious zeal or political goals drive terrorists, but profit is no less a motivator for murder, mayhem, and global insecurity than religious fanaticism.

Illicit is the first book to reveal the full scale of this dark underground. It uncovers the connections between illegal industries and shows how they join forces to breed new lines of business, feed off political instability, foster violence and enable terrorism. How do pirated movies or CD's find their way to illegal markets worldwide even before they are released? And how, in our free, modern world, have over 30 million women and children - in South East Asia alone - been trafficked in the past ten years?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

For the last six years, Moisés Naím has been editor and publisher of the influential journal Foreign Policy. Naím holds an MS and a PhD from MIT and was the minister of Trade and Industry in his native Venezuela, as well as an executive Director of the World Bank. Since 1989, he has been a forum fellow at the World Economic Forum and an advisor to its annual meeting in Davos. This is his first general trade book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099484242
• ISBN 13: 9780099484240
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible