From the American Mafia to Triads, from Yardies to the Medellin Cartel, via the Yakuza and the Camorra, Organized Crime takes you on a fully illustrated underground tour of the world's most notorious crime syndicates, their operations, and their most famous cases. Organized crime is one of the world's oldest industries; born from traditional criminal bands, thieves guilds and secret societies in Europe and Asia and coming of age in the 20th century, following the First World War. Today highly organized and sophisticated crime agencies are adapting, diversifying, and forging links with each other to exploit these changes and extend their reach even further. With illustrated biographies of major figures, case studies and features documenting the most notorious crimes and busts, Organized Crime brings the workings of the criminal underworld dramatically to life. The first book to look at organized crime on a global scale, it is destined to become the definitive study on this subject.