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New Markets Expanding for Dirty Businesses Print Email
Fall 2008
Written by Michael Mosettig   

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When journalist and author Misha Glenny was attending Bristol University in the 1970’s, little could he realize that his generation’s motto of Drugs, Sex and Rock & Roll would, along with Russian oil, provide the foundation for a global shadow economy that now accounts for 15 to 20 percent of all economic transactions worldwide.

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The Dark Side of Globalization: Transnational Crime in Europe Print Email
August 2008
08/06/08

In textbooks, globalization may have its good sides and less-good sides, but there are no redeeming features to the dark side of globalization - organized crime with global reach.

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