Major Crime Unit

Major Crime Unit
Author: John Chadwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-07-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781478256496

Major Crime Unit - Operation Casablanca is inspired by the true story of a young Hispanic vice cop from Santa Ana, California, who is recruited into an elite unit to investigate the drug money-laundering scheme of two powerful cartels.The undercover agents infiltrated both Mexican and Colombia drug cartels, transporting millions of dollars for them in sting to bust banks around the world that were laundering drug money. The ultimate bust was successful beyond expectation and carried off in a manner right out of a movie. The agents convinced drug cartel bankers that they were buying a hotel and casino in order to trick them into entering the U.S. to capture them. Although the sting was a success, Mexican and U.S. politicians condemned the tactics carried out by the agents and for not informing them of the operation.

Destination Casablanca

Destination Casablanca
Author: Meredith Hindley
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781541762718

This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany--and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender." Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city--memorialized in the classic film that was rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that was unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.

Inevitable Partnership

Inevitable Partnership
Author: Clint E. Smith
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781555878733

Smith (economic policy, Stanford U.) looks at some of the tough questions facing the North American neighbors in light of such often forgotten facts as that by 1853 one-half of what used to be Mexico had become one-third of what is now the US. Looking at the increasing interdependence at many levels, he predicts that drug trafficking is likely to continue and the illegal immigration likely to increase. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Hotel Ritz--comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes

Hotel Ritz--comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes
Author: David J. Bellis
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN: 9780789017765

This unique book draws on nearly two hundred face-to-face interviews that the author conducted on the streets with heroin-addicted street prostitutes in Southern California and their counterparts in four large Mexican cities. It illustrates the significantand surprisingdifferences in the risk of exposure to HIV and other STDs that exist between street prostitutes in the two countries; differences arising from the legality, sociology, and economics of sex work in each country. Helpful tables and an appendix containing the author's survey questions make the data in this well-referenced book easily understandable.

Issues in Transnational Policing

Issues in Transnational Policing
Author: James Sheptycki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134738463

Globalisation, the wired planet, the global village, these are a few of the terms associated with the social and political changes that are said to describe the world at the beginning of the new millennium. One of the most important institutions of the social ordering has been that of policing, but very little has been written on how the practices of social control are affected by the processes of transnationalisation. This book brings together contributions by experts on policing that focus on some of the newly emergent policing issues connected with these changes: *the global private security industry *cross national networking between police *the establishment of an international criminal court *money laundering *policing cyberspace *the drug war Issues in Transnational Policing crosses the boundaries between criminology, international relations and international law to provide a thought-provoking picture of the complex issues surrounding the politics of policing in the future.

The United States and Mexico

The United States and Mexico
Author: Jorge I. Domínguez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2009-05-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113585100X

By sharing one of the longest land borders in the world, the United States and Mexico will always have a special relationship. In the early twenty-first century, they are as important to one another as ever before with a vital trade partnership and often-tense migration positions. The ideal introduction to U.S.-Mexican relations, this book moves from conflicts all through the nineteenth century up to contemporary democratic elections in Mexico. Domínguez and Fernández de Castro deftly trace the path of the relationship between these North American neighbors from bloody conflicts to (wary) partnership. By covering immigration, drug trafficking, NAFTA, democracy, environmental problems, and economic instability, the second edition of The United States and Mexico provides a thorough look back and an informed vision of the future.

Trends in Money Laundering

Trends in Money Laundering
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Bad Neighbor Policy

Bad Neighbor Policy
Author: Ted Galen Carpenter
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-01-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1466889373

The domestic phase of Washington's war on drugs has received considerable criticism over the years from a variety of individuals. Until recently, however, most critics have not stressed the damage that the international phase of the drug war has done to our Latin American neighbors. That lack of attention has begun to change and Ted Carpenter chronicles our disenchantment with the hemispheric drug war. Some prominent Latin American political leaders have finally dared to criticize Washington while at the same time, the U.S. government seems determined to perpetuate, if not intensify, the antidrug crusade. Spending on federal antidrug measures also continues to increase, and the tactics employed by drug war bureaucracy, both here and abroad, bring the inflammatory "drug war" metaphor closer to reality. Ending the prohibitionist system would produce numerous benefits for both Latin American societies and the United States. In a book deriving from his work at the CATO Institute, Ted Carpenter paints a picture of this ongoing fiasco.