Having worked in countries such as Vietnam, Serbia and Georgia, I’ve long been interested in the effect of conflict on a country’s economy and the role of “super frontier markets” those places which are highly unstable but offer potentially large… Read More ›
Victor Bout
My top five films and books about trade, smuggling and international crime
During the Christmas period I spent a lot of time watching mainly terrible movies, and reading some amazing books. It also got me thinking about which films and books cover the same ground as my blog, the results are below,… Read More ›
How the DEA caught Victor Bout “The Merchant of death”: Africa, Russia and arms smuggling.
Last month a New York court heard testimony from former associates of Victor Bout, they described how the Soviet born aviator had smuggled arms which had fuelled conflict across central Africa and beyond, most notably the two Congo wars of… Read More ›
