How similar are modern criminal syndicates to traditional mafias?

Five organizations exemplify organized crime organizations, or “mafias”: the American and Sicilian Cosa Nostras, the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Chinese triads, and Japanese yakuza. Newer syndicates have emerged that are often called organized crime organizations but most importantly differ from the exem...

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Main Author: Reuter, Peter (Author)
Contributors: Paoli, Letizia
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Crime and justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Pages: 223-287
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