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Organized Crime

Organized Crime. Defining organized crime Organized Crime Groups Organized Crime Activities Challenges controlling organized crime. What is organized crime?.

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Organized Crime

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  1. Organized Crime • Defining organized crime • Organized Crime Groups • Organized Crime Activities • Challenges controlling organized crime

  2. What is organized crime? • Police: “…organized crime occurs when two or more persons consort together on a continuing basis to participate in illegal activities, either directly or indirectly, for gain.”

  3. Organized Crime Groups • Italian Mafia • Russian Mafiya • Chinese Triads • Japanese Yakuza • Hell’s Angels

  4. Traits of organized crime • Hierarchical & specialized division of labour • Strict codes of conduct • Communication secretive • Organization is self-perpetuating • Membership is restrictive • Profit primary motive • Use extortion & corruption

  5. Crime Activities • Tactical crime – violence, blackmail & corruption • Illegitimate business esp. gambling, racketeering, loan sharking • Prostitution • Drugs • Legal business

  6. Costs of Organized Crime • 1983 - $10 billion worldwide • Distrust in govts which are corrupted • Legitimate businesses bankrupted • Consumers & employees are indirect victims • Higher taxes for policing • Accidental victims • Threat of terrorism

  7. Syndicate Assumes Italians still in charge “Commission” oversees all families Clear Hierarchy Omerta code Confederate Diverse ethnic groups involved Groups may cooperate at times Power shared; turfs are divided 2 Perspectives on Organized Crime

  8. Theory of Organized Crime • Queer Ladder & Ethnic Succession

  9. Challenges controlling organized crime • Difficult to penetrate • Limitations of Canadian criminal law (mens rea) • Police forces not adequately trained • Public not keen on police interventions (electronic surveillance)

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