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Crime and deviance
Globalisation, Global Criminal Networks and Crime
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What is the estimated annual worth of global crime?
Several
trillion
dollars
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Name one type of global crime.
Drug trade
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What does Misha Glenny's "McMafia" explore?
The
global
criminal economy
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What do global criminal networks exploit according to Glenny?
Weak governance
and
consumer demand
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What are the main types of global crime mentioned?
Drug trade
Human trafficking
Cybercrime
International terrorism
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What percentage of global trade does the global criminal economy account for?
15%
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What is the estimated percentage of world trade attributed to drug trafficking?
8%
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How many people are trafficked each year according to the text?
4-5 million
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What is the estimated profit from human trafficking?
Up to
US$9.5 billion
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What types of goods do global criminal networks trade in?
Weapons
, pharmaceuticals, and
stolen
cars
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What illicit services do these networks control?
Gambling
and
prostitution
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In which areas are organized criminal gangs especially influential?
Weak
rule of law
and high
corruption
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Which country is identified as a hub for organized crime in Europe?
Bulgaria
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What significant impact does the Bulgarian Mafia have?
Shipping
drugs
and providing
prostitution
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What drives global crime according to the text?
Consumer demand
in rich countries
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What term did Glenny coin to describe organized criminal networks?
McMafia
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How do Eastern European criminal networks operate according to Glenny?
Like a
franchise system
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How do Dick Hobbs and Colin Dunningham view organized crime's dominance?
They suggest a
glocal
system operates
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What is a key feature of the glocal system in organized crime?
Local
connections
feeding a
global
network
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What drama was based on Glenny's work?
The Night Manager
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What is a limitation of Glenny's research?
It hasn't been
peer-reviewed
by
sociologists
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How might the relevance of Glenny's work change due to current events?
Disruption of
criminal supply chains
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What is the focus of Hobbs and Dunningham's ethnographic study?
Expansion of
organized crime
through
globalization
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How do local growers contribute to global crime networks?
By supplying
products
to global
users
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