The Real McMafia: How drug lords cash in on global conflicts

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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