Questions for Chapter 13 - Yakuza

Here are the questions for the Yakuza chapter:

1. Why was Mr. Hatanaka killed? What is the larger point?
p. 287, 288, 289, 294, 295

2. The bubble economy and the relationship between the zaibatsu and the yakuza.
p.291-294

3. The story of Django and the idea of Mafia as a protection racket.
p.295-299

4. Why is Yakuza considered an integral part of Japanese society?
p.302-305

Chapter 12 on Brazil and cybercrime

Hello everyone,

Here are the questions for Chapter 12.

1. Describe Operation Pegasus.
p.264-68

2. Brazil as a center of cybercrime (why and how?)
p.273-75

3. Organized crime and Brazil and policing.
p.275-79

4. The Chinese Connection. Operation Shogun.
p.280-84

Thank You

questions for chapter 11 Colombia

Hello everybody,

Here are the questions for the chapter on Colombia.

1. A brief background on violence in Colombian history:
p.243-44-45

2. What happened after the meetings at La Margaritas. How did the cartels operate?
p.247-251

3. The story of the Castillos refugees and FARC.
p.253-258 (you might want to split this in two)

4. What is the role of paramilitaries inside Colombia?
p.258-261

Questions for Chapter 10

Chapter 10 - Buddies

This chapter is a little longer, so the number of pages goes up a bit.

1. Who is Dan Wheeler and what is his business?
p. 211-217

2. Marijuana in British Columbia and the US reaction.
p.218-223

3. What is the argument against prohibition? (argument against the war on drugs)
p.223-228

4. What do David Soares and Matthew Fogg have in common?
p.231-239

Good luck!

Questions for South Africa, Chapter 9

Hello everybody,

Here are the questions for Chapter 9.

1. What is the story of Lucy Tshabalala?
p.183-186, and a bit from 187

2. What did the police do in South Africa? What was their role?
p.192-194, and a bit of p. 195

3. Talk about Viktor Bout as an example of an international trader.
p.196-200

4. The trade in blood diamonds and coltan (show a bit from the movie Blood Diamond?)
p.200-204

Good luck!

Questions for the Nigeria Chapter

Hello everyone,

Here are the questions for the Nigeria chapter.

1. What was the Banco Noroeste scam?
p.161-164

2. What is '419'?
p.165,166,177,178

3. Why is Nigeria a Potemkin state?
p.169,170,171,172

4. Who are the Igbo?
p.174,175,176,177

Take care,

Prof. Cosmin

Questions for chapter 5

Hello,

Here are the questions for chapter 5:

1. What life did Russian Jews lead in Russia? p.111-114

2. How did Russians emigrate to Israel? What was their impact there?
p.101,102,103,115,114

3. What is the story of Ludmila? p.105,106,107,109

4. Talk about prostitution and consummerism. How are the two connected? p.104,105, 107, 108,109

Questions for Chapter 4

Questions for Chapter 4 in the book:

1. Who was Thomas Machacek? (p.71,72,73, 74 a bit)

2. What was ETG? what does the ETG scandal show? (p.77,78,79,80)

3. Who was Gongazde and what does his story show? (p.83,84,85)

4. What is FC Sheriff Tiraspol? (92,93,94,96) check out their website, and the wikipedia entry

Questions for chapter 3

Here are the questions for Chapter 3:

1. What is black gold? p.48-52
2. What is the story of Artyom Tarasov? p.53,54,55,59,60
3. What is the Solntsevo Brotherhood and how do they operate? p.63-66
4. How is the Russian mafia different from classic mob families? p.60-63

Questions for chapter 2

Hello everybody,

Here are the questions for Chapter 2:

1. Who is Milo Djukanovic? (pages 21,23-26)
2. Who is Vladimir 'Vanja' Bokan? (pages 29,30,31,34)
3. What was the effect of UN sanctions on Yugoslavia? (p.30-33)
4. What was the connection between Bulgaria and Colombia? (p.42-45)

Questions for Chapter 1

Hello everyone in the Mafia class,

Here are the questions for Chapter 1:

1. What was the DS, and what did they do? (pages 5,6,7)
2. What happened to Bulgaria after 1989? (pages 8-11)
3. Describe car theft and its significance. (p. 12,13,14,15)
4. What was the Highway of Shame? (p.16-19)