The Real McMafia: How drug lords cash in on global conflicts
The Bunker – News without the nonsense
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Show Notes
Criminal gangs have gone global. How do they use international networks to increase their power and influence? Far from being underground, criminals now run state-backed organisations and even private armies.
Seth Thévoz is joined in The Bunker by investigative reporter for the FT Miles Johnson, author of Chasing Shadows: A true story of drugs, war and the secret world of international crime, to find out if established law enforcement can ever outpace the next generation of crime.
- “Sanctions lead to strange alliances between parties who aren't ideologically aligned.”
- “In criminal networks you'll see a lot of incompetence and egotism.”
- "In Syria, you have people who are actually in power, in a sovereign state who are engaging in organised criminal activity."
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Book Link
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/miles-johnson/chasing-shadows/9780349128641/
Written and presented by Seth Thévoz. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz and Liam Tait. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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