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Heya! Great questions:

1. I haven't actually seen Traffic! It's like one of the few drug war movies that's slipped through my fingers. Gotta get it moved up on the list, along with El Infierno and Cartel Land. Always more research to do! So... I think Traffic influenced the game, but probably through secondary vectors (like Sicario).
   
   
2. I mean... Sicario is a great example. Josh Brolin's character (El Güero) doesn't care about justice; Emily Blunt's character (La Esperanzada) is in way over her head. Similar dynamic between Ruben Blades and Johnny Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
   
   I'm excited about these playbooks because they seem like natural allies...but they are probably more opposed than most of the playbooks in the game! It will be neat to see what happens when they both show up in the same session.
   
   
3. I do hope that people take away some understanding of the nature of the drug war from the game. All of the people who are affected are in a terrible position because we (Americans) don't want to take our addictions seriously. We're hoping we can legislate them away or pretend they don't exist. Nothing will stop the murders and the pain and the suffering short of some sort of legalization or decriminalization.
   
   As for books/resources, I would recommend El Narco:
   
   https://www.amazon.com/El-Narco-Mexicos-Criminal-Insurgency/dp/1608194019
   
   It's a fantastic resource, written with a real sense of the style of Mexico and the absurd irony of the whole situation. I think it's a great read.
   
   And thank you! Excited that you're excited!

Speaking as another noob, so this may be wrong, but my general impression is that a lot of hackers get caught because they're turned in by fellow hackers. I just read this interesting book mostly about people running carding sites. It seemed like most of the story wasn't so much law enforcement vs. the hackers, as hackers vs. hackers, and FBI vs. CIA. Even the cleverest hackers are still only human, so there occur rivalries, jealousies, all kinds of disagreements, and next thing you know someone you've worked with and trusted is doxing you. Also a clever (and sufficiently funded) investigator can pose as a hacker for a long time and gain trust in the community.

As far as LulzSec, there were a few chat logs leaked by members of the group. I don't know what role that played in the arrests, but it sure didn't help them.

Also anyone making public statements can potentially be identified by unique phrasings in their writing. With enough writing samples, investigators might be able to associate the hacker's writing with something written under the person's own name.

And I think sometimes people forget about physical evidence. Maybe they're behind 7 proxies, but have incriminating evidence on their computer which gets seized for something else, or get caught on security camera doing something incriminating.

I find this topic very interesting just from a human psychology standpoint. Probably some hackers want to get caught for one reason or another, and keep taking more risks until that happens.

Have you read the book DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You? It details the rise in carding starting in Russia and later in the West includes some biographies of the more prolific carder. If so, how accurate was the book and what did you think?

Were you or anyone you knew ever involved in skimming gas station pumps?

What was the community like as far as person to person interaction? Did you guys all know each other or was it pretty anonymous?

What was the most expensive thing you ever purchased thanks to your carding?

What do you think is the best solution to the problem of identity theft? Like to stop the practice as a whole.

Did you have any interaction with JiLsi, Matrix00, Iceman, Master Splynter or Lord Cyric?

Did you ever go on Dark Market (I think it may have existed after you quit).

Have you ever worked with LEOs or the FBI and between those two and the secret service who was the most competent?

Dark Market talks about how Washington Mutual just simply did not give a fuck about security because they were so cheap. Was this your eexperience? What banks/credit companies were the easiest to scam?

Ric Burns 8-part documentary, New York is excellent, albeit long, if you seek history.

The Alienist is a thrilling historical novel.

The Westies is a nonfiction book about the Irish mob in Hell's Kitchen in the 70s and 80s. Fascinating, grizzly, and psychopathic.

Some favorite movies for their unique look at NYC: The Naked City (1948), The French Connection (1971), Panic in Needle Park (1971--not great, butNeedle Park is 72nd and Bway), Death Wish (1974), Mean Streets (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Cruising (1980--Pacino infiltrates the gay scene), and a host of Woody Allen movies like Annie hall, Manhattan, Broadway Danny Rose, Hannah and Her Sisters, he has a couple dozen set in NYC form the early 70s through the present.

The guy that wrote that blog post has a good book called Spam Nation that talks about his deep dive investigation into Russian cybercrime gangs. It's incredibly good, and he's one of the best reporters on the cyber underground.

I'd also look for the coverage of Stuxnet. There's a really good documentary about it called zer0days, and since you specifically asked about books you could do Countdown to Zero though I haven't read it so I don't know how good it is. If you haven't heard about Stuxnet it's a fascinating story about just how advanced US cyber warfare capability is.

For you football (soccer) fans, there's a really good book about the match fixing that goes on in our beloved sport. It's called The Fix by Declan Hill. It's an amazing book and completely worth the read.

I don't really like "your sister died in the street last week", because as far as I know my sister didn't die in the street last week. It should be "his" sister or "her" or "somebody's" sister died in the street last week, because that would be true and you should never, ever lie in a song. Or so I've heard. Other than that it's the best thing I've heard lately.

I should listen to it again but I don't remember a coda or bridge or solo, that stuff is important.

You're a good singer and I think this is a keeper song, my recommendation is to read Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 and write a few more verses. more is always better, throw em out later

chorus is good.

If this is something you're interested in, you should check out The Red Market by Scott Carney. It's about all aspects of the trade in human flesh, including organs, blood, hair, eggs, etc. It's really fascinating, and I love the analysis the author provides.

For those interested, I recommend spending $2 and buying Lifted by Evan Ratliff. Tells the story of this robbery, and let me tell you, it is pretty epic. And he's a great writer. Check it out.

(and no, I'm not affiliated with Ratliff in any way. This ain't no commercial)

I did a rather thorough research on corruption in soccer for the past year. If you want to read about corruption, Declan Hill's "The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime" is very interesting and presents the issue in a way that's easy to grasp for anyone. There are other reads, but most of them are academic or deal with corruption within sports in general so I don't think you'd be as interested. Be cautious though, it's a dark path. Ever since I started my research I have lost all faith in the authenticity of any soccer match. I continue supporting my club, but I always have one thing in mind.

Here's how I like to think of it: In Tibetan Buddhism there are two types of Bodhisattvas, the capital "B"-Bodhisattvas which have ascended to god-like status, and the lower-case "b"-bodhisattvas who I think of as ordinary people who do good works or teach others valuable life lessons. I cannot speak to the existence or lack there of existence of Bodhiattvas, any more than I can to the actions of angels on earth. But I can say that the world is full of small-b bodhisattvas. And the community of people who came together to help bring her body back to America (I wrote about them a little in my first book http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Market-Brokers-Traffickers/dp/0061936464) taught me a lot about what it means to be a member of society and the value of life and death.

I think Emily was delusional because even if she had achieved some sort of spiritual ascendance, her action caused great pain to her family and friends. By being so caught up in her own personal quest, she forgot her position in society.

The book "Gangs of New York" by Herbert Asbury that the movie was loosely based on is an awesome pseudo/folk history that I think she'd enjoy if she's into fantasy. Other than that, I don't know. There isn't any sort of universal NYC thing my friends here all seem to have. I don't really have anything with New York on it aside from my mountain of Rangers gear. Definitely don't get like, a skyline photo or something like that. That's an NYU freshman move.

And if someone wants more on Russia in general, this one was excellent, this Putin bio was pretty good and Putin's Kleptocracy is turning out promising.

And here's the Red Notice amazon page too, in case someone wants to read some reviews.

I'm not sure if this will help you, but consider grabbing the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City. I found that learning the actual history that the show is based on was fascinating, and helped me to enjoy the show that much more.

If you're interested in card and dice hustlers theres a good few books on that. Titanic Thompson and Fast Jack are two great places to start

I agree Bea, he was in love with Perry.

Try Public Enemies it's a really interesting look at the bank robbers of the 1920s.

There is a book that the show was based on, but I was largely disappointed because the era the show takes place in was only one or two chapters.

This is the book:

Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966674863/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_5pqwub1CSBS85


This is a book about Lucky Luciano that I especially liked. It's mostly about his life but talks about his association with Meyer Lansky too, as that was a big part of his life. (In paperback it was called Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano)

Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312601824/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Wnqwub0C9QY5P


This is a book about Arnold Rothstein that I really enjoyed too.

Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465029388/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_quqwub0XWB3GD


I haven't read any books about Capone- yet. I read a book about Frank Nitti that talks a lot about Capone though. I can look it up if you're interested.

Unfortunately I haven't found a book about everybody involved in the show. I wish that somebody would write a couple of novels about the seven years between season four and season five. Even though they'd be largely fictional due to Nucky's life being fictional in the show they could be VERY interesting, I think.

Martin Scorcese read the 1927 book Gangs of New York in 1970.

Tried to get it made through the 70's and it came out in 2002.


32 years after he read the book

> The odyssey began on January 1, 1970, when Scorsese, staying at a friend's house, ran across a copy of The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury's 1928 history of Five Points. Scorsese immediately called a friend, screenwriter Jay Cocks. "Marty said, 'Think of it like a Western in outer space,' " Cocks recalls with a laugh. It was all very "seventies."

I'm pretty awesomely adept at Greek mythology and literature.

Some of my favorite literature:

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[The Stranger] (http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Albert-Camus/dp/0679720200/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368735498&sr=1-1&keywords=the+stranger+by+albert+camus) by Albert Camus

[Shades of Grey] (http://www.amazon.com/Shades-Grey-Novel-Jasper-Fforde/dp/0143118587) by Jasper Fforde

[The Diamond as Big as the Ritz] (http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Big-Ritz-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/1603551050/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368735594&sr=1-2&keywords=diamond+as+big+as+the+ritz) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A couple I've enjoyed lately:

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers -

They're both enjoyable reads, not especially boring or academic.

I also second /u/Createx's Freakonomics recommendation. That book was great. Along the same cause and effect theme is The Tipping Point.

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here's a tip of an iceberg. it's only one example of cancer growing inside the US government.

crucial follow up reading would be public enemies. shame they made it into such a terrible movie. life gives you the greatest script and hollywood fucking changes it.

the rabbit hole is deep. might be better off not jumping in, but the truth is out there if you care enough to find it.

Dude ask google not reddit. But a lot of it is America's fault (I know, how original), because we buy most of their drugs and sell them most of their guns.

This seems like a good book on the subject, reading is always the best option.

http://www.amazon.com/El-Narco-Mexicos-Criminal-Insurgency/dp/1608194019/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0A0HGXZ779GP1XD5TS7X

Great Book if you're interested -
https://www.amazon.com/Outlaws-Inc-Market-Dangerous-Smugglers/dp/1608195309

Check out Outlaws Inc.
focuses on ex-soviet IL-76 crews in Africa, their day-to-day, the shady carriers they work for, and the economic symbiosis of legit ngo aid runs and illicit embargo-busting. Fun read, much more exciting than this vice bit..

Arms and the Dudes. Pretty fascinating so far.

Here are the best historical Mafia books that I can recall off the top of my head:

Boss of Bosses - About the killing of one of the last true old school mafia bosses

Wiseguy - The book that Goodfellas is based on.

The Westies - About the Irish New York Mob

The Valachi Papers - from the 60's. One of the first to expose the mafia and its tropes to the greater public

You should be good. This The Black Hand is an adaptation of this novel: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Hand-Brilliant-Detective-Deadliest/dp/0544633385

I host Atlanta's Beer Guys Radio and this week's show (Saturday at 1PM on AM920, or catch the podcast) focuses on Georgia breweriana and history. Ken Jones has been collecting and researching Georgia breweries for over 40 years and he joined us (along with Lee Dickson) to chat and share some of his collection.

There's a lot of history tied to alcohol in Georgia, and a lot of crazy stories. If the subject interests you check out the books Atlanta Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Hub of the South and Prohibition in Atlanta. Both are great reads for beer or history buffs, there are a lot more pics of Ken's collection in the books.

Check out The Mob Museum gift shop, they have tons of selections. I picked up When The Mob Ran Vegas (https://www.amazon.com/When-Mob-Ran-Vegas-Stories/dp/0977065804) there and it was a really interesting read.

There's a whole book that covers this and other nefarious involvement in football called The Fix by Declan Hill. I haven't read it in years but I really enjoyed it.

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Arms and Dudes

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If anyone wants to read more about AN-12/ IL-76s like this. Pick up Outlaws Inc. Very good read.

Would you have sought the book out if I had just sent you the Amazon link? It is a real book written by scholar of Russian studies. You asked for concrete evidence. Now you have it. You can read it or not but you can't ever claim that nobody ever gave you evidence. I made it extremely easy for you to find out what Putin and his history are about.

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

You could try this book. I haven't read it, but I know a few people you enjoyed it.

The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

I've heard it said that the best way to fix corruption in FIFA is to ditch Addidas for Puma. Actually, he said it was probably the only way. The author of ... hang a sec ... Declan Hill

Boardwalk Empire is exactly the book you're looking for. It's about the history of Atlantic City and its gangster past. It's the inspiration for the top notch HBO show.

FWIW: Boardwalk Empire is loosely based on real people as are many of the themes in the series. Of course, vast theatrical liberties are taken to make the story work in a modern venue, but "Nucky" and many of the other characters actually created a boardwalk empire in Atlantic City.

It's pretty accurate.

Read that if you want to know more.

i dont know if this would fit under gangs and drugs but it would fit under criminal underworld. The book is about the trade of organs,children,skeletons and much much more. The Red Market
.I'm reading this right now and i'm enjoying it.

This is a pretty good question. There are a handful of books here in Mexico but I don't know if they have been translated or if an english speaker has written a book about it.

EDIT: http://www.amazon.com/El-Narco-Mexicos-Criminal-Insurgency/dp/1608194019/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413387728&sr=1-14&keywords=mexico

Existentialism and Human Emotions, by Sartre, is only 96 pages and quite an easy read. {ISBN-13: 978-0806509020} Existentialism and the Philosophical Tradition, [Raymond], gives a broad selection of thinkers throughout history, but it is pricey. {ISBN-13: 978-0132957755} Another approach would be texts that are not strictly philosophical yet present some existential points such as: The Plague, The Stranger, and The Rebel, all by Camus, Nausea by Sartre, Notes From Underground, by Dostoevsky, or Waiting For Godot by Beckett

There's a Kindle Single called "Lifted" that tells the full story of this heist. Good, short read and well worth the $2.

Arms and Dudes. The skies belong to us. One of us. And, though not really true crime in the sense of these others, I highly recommend Evicted.

Hi there. I'm older than you. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Nationalism wasn't a thing then because of the war in Viet Nam. My relatives lived in communist countries. I have studied Russian and Russian history and visited the USSR.

You can google Aleksandr Dugin. He is most famous for writing a book on how to destroy America from within. I firmly believe that this has been happening and is not "fake news." You would have to be familiar with the history of Russia to understand why this is going on. A good (but slow) book to read is Putin's Kleptocracy by Karen Dawisha.

I've gone through some hardships. I know I'm not going to retire as well as my parents have. This weekend I was watching the McCain funeral (on TV and online) and was stunned at some of the online comments, but then I remembered Dugin, who I believe has inspired Putin to attack the United States from within to bring out the worst in people.

Yes, the United States has problems. I've come to believe that old saying where the man lives his life wanting to change the world and comes to realize he needs to change his area of the world first. I suggest reading Brene Brown's Braving the Wilderness. Yes, this period in America's history is disheartening. Yes, it's bringing out the worst in people. There have always been problems with bias in the news (even though it's probably worse now). There are definitely things I wish were in the U.S. that are available in other countries. I am also glad to be here.

I remember when people wanted to move out when Obama was elected. I'm trying to understand where they are coming from. Some people have told me that they think we're living in a socialist country. As a student of Russian history and as someone who has an British ex, I find that opinion laughable, but I listen to them and talk with them. I have friends whose families were involved in the political arena (read: DC) in the 1970s and who have remembrances of the past where politics was politics and our elected representatives would go the parties and hang out when the day was done, no matter what their political affiliation.

Do your research. Spend some time in the country you think you want to live in. Every country has their faults. In the meantime, don't forget to vote in every election.

Edit: grammar.

lol https://www.amazon.com/Spam-Nation-Organized-Cybercrime_from-Epidemic/dp/1501210424

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Market-Brokers-Theives-Traffickers/dp/0061936464

They keep you "alive" as long as they can and literally start "harvesting" non-essential organs one at a time till they finally get to the part where they have to stop vital stuff to take it. It's a fucking sadistic process and I think in China it was used more like "This General drank his liver out and this political prisoner is going to be shot in the morning so why not?" At that point it becomes a science project to see how many organs you can take before the guy dies.

Yes

Read this... which includes a fixed match at the 2006 World Cup.

https://www.amazon.ca/Fix-Soccer-Organized-Crime/dp/077104139X

I'd recommend El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan grillo. It covers in depth all of the queries you seem to be interested in. Read this last year and it's top notch.

Oh cool, written by Ron and Mary, too!

https://www.amazon.com/Prohibition-Atlanta-American-Ron-Smith/dp/1626196060

If anyone wants to see into the future, I recommend Putin's Kleptocracy.

Sounds like it could be this one: https://www.amazon.com/Outlaws-Inc-Market-Dangerous-Smugglers/dp/1608195309

I wanna get this: https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Jack-Last-Hustler-Farrell/dp/1491236728

Add it in please?

After reading this I would not be surprised if sports-fixing does take place. When considering the sheer amount of money involved the likelihood that all of the games and all of the players are 100% clean ethically (or medically) is almost nil.

That being said, I do not have anything to prove corruption among the officials or the NFL administrators. If something were to come to light it would not surprise me in the least though.

His next film is about Joseph Petrosino and his war against the Black Hand. I highly recommend reading the book the film will be based on, which was just released back in April.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Hand-Brilliant-Detective-Deadliest/dp/0544633385

Steve Fischer's book ("When the Mob Ran Vegas") is not academic and does not purport to be. I'm curious as to whether you consider it inaccurate or exaggerated.

https://www.amazon.com/When-Mob-Ran-Vegas-Stories/dp/0977065804

Read my other comment. Don't be gullible; just because you don't know it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Read "The Fix" for further info.

Do you mean other than Gangs of New York?

The non-fiction version of The Gangs of New York that the movie is based on.

I have about 30 pages left in Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History by Guy Lawson.

After that I will be starting The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka.


http://www.amazon.com/Arms-Dudes-Stoners-Unlikely-Gunrunners/dp/1451667590

http://www.amazon.com/The-Flicker-Men-A-Novel/dp/0805096191

The Red Market
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0061936464/

Interview with author:
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/10/136931615/blood-bones-and-organs-the-gruesome-red-market

Excerpt from Book:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/red-market-excerpt/

Currently in Europe:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kosovo-organ-trafficking-scandal-widens-8604567.html

Organ Trafficking In The US

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/nyregion/30organs.html?pagewanted=all

http://mobile.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2009/07/organ_failure.html

Etc etc.

Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

As title says, he authored The Fix.

Outlaws, Inc

Waiting for Godot

I have read this engaging book When the Mob Ran Vegas. It can have the feel of an old Uncle telling yarns. How would you rate it's accuracy and do you have any recommendations for similar or more historical sources.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Market-Brokers-Traffickers/dp/0061936464

I can't claim complete merit for the idea; I first came across the term in this book

El Narco

Narcoleaks

Narcoland

and

Drug War Mexico

There is also a good book about Juarez and the cartels also by Anabel Hernández, Los señores del narco, but I do not know if it is in Spanish.

[The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers by Scott Carney] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Market-Brokers-Traffickers/dp/0061936464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411113211&sr=8-1&keywords=red+market)

Everyone in this thread should go buy and read The Fix by Declan Hill. It's a great book (I'm only half-way through it), but he talks about corruption in soccer and how it relates and functions like organized crime.

Asia is by far the worst and is one of the most corrupt areas with many matches fixed and leagues in the dumps now. Yes, there are mentions of Italy, but like people in this thread talk about, your naive to think it's the only area this happens. It's huge in the former Yugoslavia-nations of Russia, Ukraine, etc.

History has shown that the same activities take place in England, in some cases, involving the biggest teams (ie. Man United, Liverpool, etc). Very likely not recently, but the author mentions ties in the past that big England teams were involved in so it's not rare to exclude them from the discussion.

Note: Reading this book will MESS up your mind. You'll never look at football the same again. Once you know every small way a game can be thrown (which the author discusses), and you can recognize odd patterns that are normally present in matches that are fixed (author analyzed statistics), you will definitely be affected. You've been warned.

No, no. It's rigged. The Brazil flameout came as a surprise to a lot of people. By the time you get to even the quarter finals a lot of the matches go to penalties simply because the teams are so evenly matched at that point. For Brazil to be beaten 7-1 is so outside the norm that something had to be going on. I can't figure out what, though. If you're really interested, read The Fix by Declan Hill.

A good book Herbert Asbury's classic "Gangs of New York", which comes with a dust jacket blurb from no less than Jorge Luis Borges:

“A univeral history of infamy, the history of the gangs of New York contains all the confusion and cruelty of the barbarian cosmologies.”
—Jorge Luis Borges

http://www.amazon.com/The-Gangs-New-York-Underworld/dp/0307388980/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333908321&sr=1-1

Jesus dude, you really are a retard.

Here ya go....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Russia

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/russia

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wet8Tfh3as

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9yZ_52w60w

Took me less than 5 minutes to find these, why don't you educate yourself?

Pay particular attention to the "CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2014: RESULTS"

I could on and on and on.....

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