Drugs and Money Managing the Drug Trade and Crime Money in Europe

"Drugs and Money" covers a diverse range of subjects, starting with an analysis of the policy of fear in which law enforcement is haunted by drug money. In this intriguing book, Petrus C. van Duyne and Michael Levi introduce the reader to an ever-unfolding series of problems: mind control, mind-influencing substances, the complications of international drug regulation, and the interaction between markets and actors, with the consequent amassing of huge amounts of crime-money. The social and economic aspects of crime-money are reconsidered and described in terms of the threat they pose to the legitimate economy.

The phenomenon of psycho-active drugs, and our reactions to them, is one of the most fascinating topics of the social history of mankind. Starting with an analysis of the 'policy of fear' in which law enforcement is 'haunted' by drug money, Drugs and Money offers a radical reconsideration of this highly contentious issue.In this intriguing book, Petrus C. van Duyne and Michael Levi expose an ever-unfolding series of problems: the proliferation of mind-influencing substances the complications of international drug regulation the interaction between markets and economic actors, with the consequent amassing of huge amounts of crime-money. The social, cultural and economic aspects of this crime-money are explored, alongside the ongoing threat it poses to the legitimate economy and the state.

1. The Mind, Drugs and the Policy of Fear 2. Enfolding of Illegal Drugs Markets in Europe 3. Commerce, Constraints and Enterprise Features 4. Drug Markets in Action 5. The Volume of Drug-Money and Money Management 6. The Craft of Laundering and the Counter Reaction 7. Haunted: By Drugs or Money?