I am pleased to announce the publication of Investigating the Russian Mafia: An Introduction for Students, Law Enforcement, and International Business, by Joe Serio. Joe was the only American to work in the Organized Crime Control Department of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs and spent a total of 7 years in the former Soviet Union between 1986 and 2000. He was Moscow Bureau Chief of a global corporate investigation and business intelligence firm. I know the readers of Johnson's Russia List will find this to be an invaluable addition to their reading lists. More on this book can be found at our website: http://www.cap-press.com/books/1720. Investigating the Russian Mafia will be out April 10; here is what the early reviews are saying:

"The style of writing, by its clarity and precision, makes it accessible not only to students and scholars but also to a large public. I read it with great pleasure." –– André Bossard, Secretary General (ret.), Interpol

"This superb book provides invaluable, new analysis of the development and character of organized crime in Russia." –– 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

"Serio's book combines years of experience and knowledge giving the investigator a road map to the Russian criminal mind set. Required reading for ALL law enforcement." –– Detective Douglas Fell, Vancouver B.C. Police Department, Co-Founder, Western Association of Eastern European Organized Crime Investigators

"Even though focused on the primary issue of organized crime, Serio weaves in many other broad themes of the post-Soviet era. The end result is a fantastic and unique depiction of organized crime in Russia. At a time when so many accounts in the West portray a one-sided and narrow view of the country, 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, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law

Best Wishes,
Keith Sipe, Ph.D
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
http://www.cap-press.com/.