Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World Book

Acknowledgments     xi
Preface     xv
National
The War Orphan     3
The Bombed-Out Shop     11
Coconuts and Cigarettes: Some Definitions     19
The Gov'nor's Red Tractors     27
Military Takeovers (Or, How to Own a Country)     37
The Untold Story of the Amputees     47
Robber Barons     57
International
The Border Post - a Billion-Dollar Truck Stop (Going International)     71
Romancing the Stone: Borders and Businesspeople     83
The Washing Machine: Laundering, Part One     93
Global
Diamonds and Fish: Going Global     105
Ports     115
Drugs     129
The Cultures of Criminals     139
The Cultures of Cops     149
The World-Port     157
The Investment Machine: Laundering, Part Two     167
Human Cargo     181
Home
Post-Terror: Creating (the Illusion of) Security     191
Conclusion     205
Notes     211
References     221
Index     225