Table of Contents

Recent trends in cocaine trafficking in the Netherlands and Spain.- Ecstasy in Israel and abroad.- The war against drugs and the interests of governments.- Illicit drugs in the Andes five years after UNGASS-98.- Organized crime in former Yugoslavia.- The transnational Russian mafia.- The Russian and Polish mafia in central Europe.- Natashas and Turkish men: new trends in women trafficking and prostitution.- Trafficking in human beings: an international perspective.- The social organisation of human trafficking.- Smuggling aliens toward the Netherlands: the role of human smugglers and transnational networks.- Organising financial crimes: breaking the economic power oforganised crime groups?.- Quicksand; the ‘proceeds-of-crime-approach’.- The effects of terrorism on crime patterns in society: the case of Israel.- Financial controls of terrorism and informal value transfer methods.- ‘The ties that bind’: uncovering the relationship between organised crime and terrorism.- About the authors.- References.