Criminal Prosperity: Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War

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Guilhem Fabre

Criminal Prosperity

Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War

Guilhem Fabre

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Routledge
10 April 2015

Organised crime; International finance

Drug trafficking is the most visible part of the profits of organized crime, which have grown considerably since the end of the cold war. The mirror of history shows us the impact of the drug trade in the colonization of Asia. The post cold war geopolitical context reproduces elements of the past, with new opportunities for drug trafficking in the globalization process, as can be seen in the example of China, and the lasting impunity in terms of money laundering. With the growing role of offshore locations in the global financial system, criminal prosperity has even affected the economic stability of some countries. This book presents a new and heterodox interpretation of the post cold war financial crisis, by focusing on the unexplored dimension of illicit actors.

The Mexican crisis of 1994 and its 'tequila effect' is analyzed as a model of a 'cocaine effect' from the local laundering of profits from the sale of drugs in the US. The Japanese crisis of the 1990s is put in relation to the economic influence of the Yakuza on the real estate bubble, which had the effect of postponing necessary market adjustments. And the Thai crisis of 1997 is analyzed in the light of massive money laundering of institutional and criminal networks, whose undeclared profits represent about 10% of GDP.

By: Guilhem Fabre
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 226g
ISBN: 9781138878914
ISBN 10: 113887891X
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 10 April 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 The Mirror of History Opium and colonization 2 Drugs and Post-Communism: The Chinese Case The rise of drug trafficking and consumption in China The new drugs war The expansion and diversification of drugs supplies Yunnan: Drugs and geopolitics in Sino-Burmese relations 3 The Socio-economic Stakes of Drug Trafficking The laundering matter The role of offshore banking 4 Japan: The Yakuza Recession Lessons from the Japanese crisis 5 Crisis and Laundering in Mexico: From the 'Tequila Effect' to the 'Cocaine Effect' 6 Crisis and Laundering in Thailand: The Provincial Godfathers' Launch on Bangkok

Guilhem Fabre is a sinologist and socio-economist, and a professor at the Faculte des Affaires Internationales at the University of Le Havre (France).