2015, EAN: 1611764394

[SR: 2378979], Audio CD, [EAN: 9781611764390], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2015-07-14, Penguin Audiobooks, From the auth… Mehr…

[SR: 2378979], Audio CD, [EAN: 9781611764390], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2015-07-14, Penguin Audiobooks, From the author of the #1 international bestseller "Gomorrah" comes anelectrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as viciousas it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy In many countries, 000 flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable like the purest, highest qualitygrade of cocaine. "ZeroZeroZero" is also the title of RobertoSaviano s unforgettable, internationally bestsellingexploration of the inner workings of the globalcocaine trade its rules and armies, and the truedepth of its reach into the world economy and, byextension, its grasp on us all. "Gomorrah," Saviano s explosive account of theNeapolitan mob, the Camorra, was a worldwidepublishing sensation. It struck such a nerve withthe Camorra that Saviano has had to live undertwenty-four-hour police protection for morethan eight years. During this time he has cometo know law enforcement agencies and officialsaround the world. With their cooperation, Savianohas broadened his perspective to take in the entireglobal corporate entity that is the drug trade andthe complex money-laundering operations thatallow it to function, often with the complicity ofthe world s biggest banks. The result is a truly harrowing andgroundbreaking synthesis of intimate literarynarrative and geopolitical analysis of one of themost powerful dark forces in our economy.Saviano tracks the shift in the cocaine trade s axis ofpower, from Colombia to Mexico, and relates howthe Latin American cartels and gangs have forgedalliances, first with the Italian crime syndicates, then with the Russians, Africans, and others. Onthe one hand, he charts a remarkable increase insophistication as these criminal entities diversifyinto many other products and markets. On theother, he reveals the astonishing increase in theseverity of violence as they have fought to protectand extend their power.Saviano is a writer and journalist of rarecourage and a thinker of impressiv, 496778, Mafia & Organised Crime, 759224, True Crime, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276314, Drugs, 496748, Issues, 276303, Law & Disorder, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

2015, EAN: 1611764394

[SR: 2378979], Audio CD, [EAN: 9781611764390], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2015-07-14, Penguin Audiobooks, From the auth… Mehr…

[SR: 2378979], Audio CD, [EAN: 9781611764390], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2015-07-14, Penguin Audiobooks, From the author of the #1 international bestseller "Gomorrah" comes anelectrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as viciousas it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy In many countries, 000 flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable like the purest, highest qualitygrade of cocaine. "ZeroZeroZero" is also the title of RobertoSaviano s unforgettable, internationally bestsellingexploration of the inner workings of the globalcocaine trade its rules and armies, and the truedepth of its reach into the world economy and, byextension, its grasp on us all. "Gomorrah," Saviano s explosive account of theNeapolitan mob, the Camorra, was a worldwidepublishing sensation. It struck such a nerve withthe Camorra that Saviano has had to live undertwenty-four-hour police protection for morethan eight years. During this time he has cometo know law enforcement agencies and officialsaround the world. With their cooperation, Savianohas broadened his perspective to take in the entireglobal corporate entity that is the drug trade andthe complex money-laundering operations thatallow it to function, often with the complicity ofthe world s biggest banks. The result is a truly harrowing andgroundbreaking synthesis of intimate literarynarrative and geopolitical analysis of one of themost powerful dark forces in our economy.Saviano tracks the shift in the cocaine trade s axis ofpower, from Colombia to Mexico, and relates howthe Latin American cartels and gangs have forgedalliances, first with the Italian crime syndicates, then with the Russians, Africans, and others. Onthe one hand, he charts a remarkable increase insophistication as these criminal entities diversifyinto many other products and markets. On theother, he reveals the astonishing increase in theseverity of violence as they have fought to protectand extend their power.Saviano is a writer and journalist of rarecourage and a thinker of impressiv, 496778, Mafia & Organised Crime, 759224, True Crime, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276314, Drugs, 496748, Issues, 276303, Law & Disorder, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

2015, ISBN: 9781611764390

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