The gig mafia : how small networks and high-speed digital funds transfers have changed the face of organized crime /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shapiro, David M. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Business law and corporate risk management collection.
Subjects:	Organized crime. Transnational crime. Electronic funds transfers. Risk assessment. Organized economic crime. Transnational organized crime. Mafia. Gig economy. Global finance. Drug distribution. Firearms offenses. Five families. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: revisiting and revising organized crime
Chapter 2. Welcome to the gig (crime) economy
Chapter 3. Why smaller/more flexible cell-like nodes and networks?
Chapter 4. The criminogenic network and role of legitimate financial institutions
Chapter 5. Overview of the size of the problem
Chapter 6. Traditional organized crime (e.g., mafia)
Chapter 7. Historical overview: a few key concepts
Chapter 8. Japan (i.e., Yakuza)
Chapter 9. Italy (e.g., La Cosa Nostra)
Chapter 10. United States (e.g., Al Capone, the "five families")
Chapter 11. Notes on ontology of organized crime
Chapter 12. Event-based (i.e., the study of criminal events and collective action as the basis for conclusions)
Chapter 13. Epistemology and sources of knowledge
Chapter 14. Operations and functioning of organized crime groups
Chapter 15. Transformation of organized crime groups in theory and practice
Chapter 16. Organized crime and new participants
Chapter 17. Professions and the new organized crime: control
Chapter 18. The future of organized crime.