In a groundbreaking indictment, the nation's foremost expert on international crime describes global crime organizations from Asia to South America, Europe to Africa, and shows why they are the single greatest threat to our nation's security.

This book provides a synthesis of significant developments in the nature, history, theories, understanding, and prevention of organized crime, together with the criminal justice response. It reports on important convictions of organized crime figures, new transnational links, new attention to human smuggling, Internet crimes, and other modern manifestations of organized criminal activity. This edition includes new tables and figures, including "Organized Crime at the Movies" boxes that tie to relevant content in the text, and a glossary.