“Simply superb!” –– Leslie Holmes, The University of Melbourne, Australia
“Clear, precise, accessible.... I read it with great pleasure.” –– André Bossard, Secretary General (ret.), Interpol, France
“Serio provides a road map to the Russian criminal mind set. Required reading for ALL law enforcement” –– Detective Douglas Fell, Vancouver B.C. Police Department, Canada; Co-Founder Western Association of Eastern European Organized Crime Investigators
“Since the 1980s, Joseph Serio has not so much been watching Russia as living it.... Very accessible...and deserves to be read widely and not only by those with a specific interest in ‘mafias’.” — Gavin Slade, Oxford University, United Kingdom
“This book is peppered with fascinating first-hand anecdotes from the undersides of countless Russian rocks…and offers a rich history of Russian criminal life. Required reading.” — Paul E. Richardson, Russian Life
“Investigating the Russian Mafia should be bought, read, reread, and then placed on a shelf with those works you know you will refer to in the future.” — Richard Allan, Brooklyn Law School
“While there have been a number of books written about and on the Russian mafia, few are as illuminating and ground-breaking as that of Joseph Serio’s book.” — John Winterdyk, Mount Royal College, Canada
“This is an important book, not only because it tells us something about the state of affairs in Russia, but also because it gives insight into things popular history is content to pass over…. As comprehensive as this book is, it is very readable.” — John Lehman, BookReview.com
“Serio offers us privileged insights from his extraordinary vantage point…. His analysis of Russian organized crime is multi-faceted and interdisciplinary – providing criminological, historical, economic, political, sociological, and psychological perspectives on the subject.” — Dorothy McClellan, Texas A&M University
“This book is one of the finest examples of contextualizing the content and embodiment of the Russian Mafia available. It belongs on the desk of every dedicated analyst, researcher, and critical essayist studying the gut and underbelly of organized crime in the context of our post-modern times.” — Jess Maghan, co-author, Illicit Trafficking
“This book is a must-read to see a broader picture of the complexity inherent in Russia’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy and from a planned to a market economy.” — Joel H. Samuels, University of South Carolina School of Law
“The author of this original and instructive treatment of the global phenomenon of Russian organized crime can convincingly claim a base of experience and insight that have been available to few Western scholars…. More than just an examination or description of organized crime, the book provides a deeper historical and cultural context for understanding contemporary criminal developments in the age of Putin and the still-pertinent legacy of traditional Russian and Soviet criminal groups and leadership." –– Graham H. Turbiville, Jr., Senior Fellow and Consultant, Department of Defense military and intelligence programs, Editor of Global Dimensions of High Intensity Crime and Low Intensity Conflict
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