Thieves World Review
In Claire Sterling's Thieves' World, new light is shed on the current status of organized crime in the world today. The days of crime families battling it out in the streets is a thing of the past. The fall of communism in Soviet Russia and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in Germany opened the doors to a land of endless wealth and opportunity that all the major crime syndicates have taken advantage of. Sterling suggests that the early 90's was the beginning of a convergence of all great crime syndicates. "The Sicilians, Russians, Chinese Triads, Japanese Yakusa, and many other smaller groups began moving toward an agreement to avoid conflict, devise common strategies, and work the planet peaceably together." This is referred to as a broader pax mafiosa. With this agreement now in place, the Italians and Colombians combined forces and moved in on the western half of the Europe and flooded it with supplies of cocaine. Since the Italians no longer had quite the stronghold in the United States that they used to have and because Europe was their home turf, it only made sense for them t
o supply the country with cocaine from the Colombians. Any amount of money can be sent from anywhere in the world. "It's like the old Texas oil-boom towns, a constant parade of con men, promoters, and shady customers. With the rapid pace at which technology is moving, it is becoming increasingly easier to gather information of some type on everyone. The money was used to buy Rubles and then reinvested into real estate and other ventures in Russia. The Hispanics, Asians, Mexicans, black street gangs, such as the Crips and the Bloods, as well as motorcycles gangs like the Hell's Angel and Pagans are it's "working partners". This partnership between the two most importantly strengthened bonds between the two criminal giants and provided a greater opportunity to take advantage of the newly spawned opportunities in ex-communist Russia. It is paramount, suggests the author, that governments provide the means necessary for obtaining this information, especially to those agencies that are charged with fighting organized crime today. Ambassador to Moscow Robert Strauss. This was especially true when it came to laundering dirty money.
Common topics in this essay:
Cosa Nostra,
United Europe,
Boris Yeltsin,
Yakusa Russian,
Wall Germany,
Thieves' World,
Japanese Yakusa,
Strauss America,
It's Texas,
Italians Colombians,
organized crime,
italian crime,
crime families,
sterling suggests,
cosa nostra,
money money,
crime syndicates,
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