McMafia

McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld is the dark, riveting journey through the panoply of criminal organizations flourishing in an increasingly globalized world, reaching from the sex trade in Bulgaria and internet fraud in Nigeria to the ‘caviar mafia’ in Central Asia and marijuana markets in British Columbia.

In this discussion, moderated by New America's Peter Bergen, Misha Glenny, the BBC's Balkans correspondent during the 1990s, held forth on his book and the global criminal underground's illicit economy, which may account for some 20 percent of the world’s GDP.

A full recording of this event is not available, due to technical difficulties; we apologize for the inconvenience. Video of a Glenny's opening remarks, however, will be posted shortly.

Participants

Misha Glenny
Former BBC Central Europe Correspondent
Author, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underground and
The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War

Moderator
Peter Bergen
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation