Deadly Bonds

Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia

Sergey Maidukov (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781538187036 (ISBN)

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An insider’s view of gangland during the domination of the Mafia in Ukraine at the end of the twentieth century.

He thought the nightmare was over, but nearly twenty years later, “the most terrible Mafioso in Ukraine” was back.
This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an “exciting business offer” from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as “president” of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.
Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.

Sergey Maidukov is a Ukrainian writer who has sold tens of thousands of copies of his published books in the countries of the former USSR, such as Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and the Baltics. Widely recognized in Western Europe for his intimate knowledge of the criminal world, he worked for twenty-two years as a commissioned writer for the largest publishing houses in Ukraine. His first book for the Rowman & Littlefield, Life on the Run, received praise in the esteemed Kirkus Reviews, and Marcel H. Van Herpen, a security specialist in the post-Soviet states, endorsed it as well. Maidukov’s political articles have been published in various US magazines, including Newsweek.

Acknowledgments
A Notes to the Reader
Part I: Setup
Chapter 1: The Open Wound
Chapter 2: Everything (and Everyone) Is for Sale
Chapter 3: Chasing the American Dream
Chapter 4: A Bullet to Remember
Chapter 5: Money Can’t Be Funny
Chapter 6: Behind the Broken Doors
Part II: Confrontation
Chapter 7: Manners in the Monkey House
Chapter 8: The Road to Hell
Chapter 9: Dances with Wolves
Chapter 10: In the Laps of the Criminal Gods
Chapter 11: Wicked Business
Chapter 12: Family Ties
Chapter 13: A Failed Millionaire
Part III: Resolution
Chapter 14: Violence Virus
Chapter 15: An Inevitable Partnership
Chapter 16: Waiting for Judgment Day
Chapter 17: Crime and Punishment
Chapter 18: An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
Chapter 19: Between Three Fires
Chapter 20: The Last Chance
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2024
Zusatzinfo	10 BW Photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-13	9781538187036 / 9781538187036
Zustand	Neuware