Misha glenny s groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an 8part amc crime drama starring james norton war and peace, juliet rylance, and david strathairn. Glenny was born in kensington, london, the son of juliet mary crum and michael glenny, a russian studies academic. Misha glennys mcmafia takes a riveting, original and comprehensive look at international crime and the dark side of globalisation. Read mcmafia by misha glenny available from rakuten kobo. That tells you what you need to know about the approach that he takes to the topic of globalised organised crime in this book. Elsewhere, the book occasionally reads like a whistlestop tour of global crime. His ideas, although optimistic do not seem very realistic given the political divisions of the world. I was working in yugoslavia during the wars of the 1990s and the early 2000s. A journey through the global criminal underworld reprint by glenny, misha isbn.
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