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- catalog abstract "The New Ethnic Mobs tells the story of the blood-drenched 1980s when the crack wars introduced an anarchy that had not been seen in the underworld since before Prohibition. Jamaican gangs known as "posses" murdered 1,400 people in less than five years in their battle to control the crack trade in cities across the country. Kleinknecht details how the ethnic gang wars of the 1980s closely paralleled those of the 1920s, another era when several ethnic groups battled for criminal supremacy. He also explains the lucrative operations that the new ethnic crime groups conduct in the 1990s. While they still operate traditional rackets like gambling, loansharking, and extortion, they also commit sophisticated white-collar crimes that victimize an unsuspecting public. Credit card rates have been driven up by the multimillion-dollar frauds perpetrated by Chinese crime groups, while fuel-tax evasion schemes engineered by Russian mobs have cost federal taxpayers billions of dollars. Vietnamese gangs in California specialize in computer chip theft, Medicaid fraud, and other high-tech crimes. But this is also a book about the future. It marshals compelling evidence that the twenty-first century will confront a global crime syndicate in which overseas groups like the Colombian cartels, the Hong Kong triads, and the Russian and Sicilian Mafia will join in pillaging the United States and Europe.".
- catalog contributor b8983078.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-320) and index.".
- catalog description "The New Ethnic Mobs tells the story of the blood-drenched 1980s when the crack wars introduced an anarchy that had not been seen in the underworld since before Prohibition. Jamaican gangs known as "posses" murdered 1,400 people in less than five years in their battle to control the crack trade in cities across the country. Kleinknecht details how the ethnic gang wars of the 1980s closely paralleled those of the 1920s, another era when several ethnic groups battled for criminal supremacy. He also explains the lucrative operations that the new ethnic crime groups conduct in the 1990s. While they still operate traditional rackets like gambling, loansharking, and extortion, they also commit sophisticated white-collar crimes that victimize an unsuspecting public. Credit card rates have been driven up by the multimillion-dollar frauds perpetrated by Chinese crime groups, while fuel-tax evasion schemes engineered by Russian mobs have cost federal taxpayers billions of dollars.".
- catalog description "The criminal mosaic -- "All that is loathsome is here" -- Mr. Untouchable -- The rainbow -- A myriad of swords -- Big brothers -- Four seas, one brother -- Born to kill -- "Get down or lay down" -- The corporation -- The organizatsiya -- Mob 2000.".
- catalog description "Vietnamese gangs in California specialize in computer chip theft, Medicaid fraud, and other high-tech crimes. But this is also a book about the future. It marshals compelling evidence that the twenty-first century will confront a global crime syndicate in which overseas groups like the Colombian cartels, the Hong Kong triads, and the Russian and Sicilian Mafia will join in pillaging the United States and Europe.".
- catalog extent "viii, 328 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "New ethnic mobs.".
- catalog identifier "0684822946".
- catalog isFormatOf "New ethnic mobs.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "New ethnic mobs.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.1/06/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Ethnic groups United States.".
- catalog subject "HV6446 .K54 1996".
- catalog subject "Organized crime United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The criminal mosaic -- "All that is loathsome is here" -- Mr. Untouchable -- The rainbow -- A myriad of swords -- Big brothers -- Four seas, one brother -- Born to kill -- "Get down or lay down" -- The corporation -- The organizatsiya -- Mob 2000.".
- catalog title "The new ethnic mobs : the changing face of organized crime in America / William Kleinknecht.".
- catalog type "text".