The book provides a complex, socio-anthropological analysis of organized crime operating in the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic and its international implications. Currently, there are about 4 million people of Vietnamese descent living in this diaspora and many other countries, looking for an opportunity to improve their lives. This book draws upon original and primary research including interviews, participant observation, and documentary analysis to trace the migration and history of the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic. It highlights the influence of crime, criminality and Vietnamese organized crime on the social organization and everyday life of the diaspora. It examines the whole range of organized crime activities that they engage in and argues that they develop contemporary diasporic Asian crime networks which are shaped by the social environment of the host countries. This book contributes to the discourse on the changing identities of the migrants and analyses this crime in a comparative perspective, particularly focussing on Central Europe, to provides insights on migration and crime for a wider international audience.

Autorentext
Miroslav Noina is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic. He is specialized in social anthropology/cultural criminology and Southeast Asian Studies. His recent research focuses on Vietnamese organized crime, geopolitics of drugs and wildlife crime.
Filip Kraus is Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is a former policeman who was responsible for combating Vietnamese organized crime at the National Centre Against Organised Crime of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service, Police of the Czech Republic. He has published number of books, articles and lectures on these issues.

Inhalt
Series Editor Introduction
Preface
Abbreviations
1.Chapter 1: Theoretical Background, Research Methods And Information Sources1.1.Theoretical Background1.2.Research Methods And Informational Sources
2.Chapter 2: Vietnamese Migration To The Czech Republic And The Appearance Of Vietnamese Criminal Networks2.1.Introduction2.2. Vietnamese Migration To The Cr In Communist Time2.3.Push And Pull Factors Of Vietnamese Migration To The Cr After The Democratic Changes In 19892.3.1.Vietnam: Doi Moi And The New Waves Of Economic Migration Abroad2.3.2.The Situation In The Czech Republic2.4. Migration Regimes And Migration Patterns After 19892.4.1. The Legal Migration2.4.2. The Semi-Legal Transfers2.4.3. The Llegal Migration

3. Chapter 3: The World Of The Vietnamese Diaspora In The Czech Republic3.1. Introduction3.2. The Legal Component Of The Diaspora3.2.1. Vietnamese Migrants3.3. The Illegal Component Of The Diaspora3.3.1. A Vietnamese Criminal Boss And His Assistants3.3.2. Gangs, The Small Groups Of Vietnamese Organized Crime3.3.3. Middle Size Formations Of Vietnamese Organized Crime3.3.4 Large Groups Of Vietnamese Organised Crime
   4.Chapter 4: Vietnamese Criminal Activities In The Czech Republic4.1.Introduction4.2.Economic Crime4.2.1.Customs And Tax Evasion4.2.2.Illegal Transfers Of Money Or Money Laundering?4.2.3.Production Of Fake Trademark Commodities And Other Violations Of Intellectual Property4.3.Violent Crime4.4.Usury4.5.Stealing Of Goods4.6.Trade In People, Prostitution4.7.Counterfeiting Activities (Payment Cards, Legal Documents And Passports)4.8.Trafficking In Weapons4.9.Production And Trafficking In Drugs4.10.Wildlife Trade
4. Chapter 5: Conclusions
   Bibliography
   Index