MISHA GLENNY
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the deregulation of international financial markets, few foresaw that one of the greatest successes of globalization would be the limitless expansion of organized crime. Yet current estimates suggest that illegal trade now accounts for twenty percent of global GDP. In his new book, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Knopf), British journalist Misha Glenny traces organized crime's phenomenal growth, showing how it and terror are fueled by an identical source: the material affluence of the West and the poverty of the developing world. Misha Glenny's award-winning books include The Rebirth of History, The Fall of Yugoslavia, and The Balkans, 1804-1999. $5 at the door (no advance tickets), with preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (entry downstairs on Seneca Street). For more information, please see www.townhallseattle.org, or call (Town Hall) (206) 652-4255, or Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600.

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