Organized Crime has been witnessed to prosper with the infiltration on legitimate businesses in a way that they associate themselves in order to steal from the host. Organized crime organizations execute such activities in order to generate income, sweep profits, achieve more power, and launder wealth (Abadinsky, 2009).
The crimes that are committed by the individuals that are employed in the legitimate corporations are particularly known as white collar crimes. A white collar crime is another salient aspect of organized crime, which is constantly growing at an accelerated pace in the current times. Embezzlement, fraud, and theft are the key characteristics that define the white collar crime, usually executed by the employees working within the organization (Edwards & Gill, 2006).
However, it has also been monitored that nowadays the members of the organized crime enterprises embed themselves into multinational and giant corporations so that they can create substantial revenues through risking…...
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Abadinsky, H. (2009). Organized Crime. 9th Edition. USA: Cengage Learning.
Albanese, J.S. (2010). Organized Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. USA: Oxford University Press.
Beken, T. (2006). European Organised Crime Scenarios for 2015. USA and Canada: Maklu.
Bitzenis, a. (2009). The Balkans: Foreign Direct Investment and Eu Accession. Great Britain: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Organized Crime
Some of the most important aspects of organized crime will be taken into account in the paper. Its history, definitions and some of the main attributes of organized crime will be taken into account in the paper.
History of organized crime
At the time when J. Edgar was the director of the FBI in the 1970s, one of the main debates within the Americans was about the existence of organized crime. In these times, it was seen that American mafia was considered synonymous with organized crime. However, if the scope and nature of the organized crime are taken into account, it is seen that organized crime is insidious dynamics between those criminals who are known for using ruthless methods of crimes that include murder in order to increase profits and public who is hungry to purchase better and improved goods (Abadinsky, 2009, p. 11).
Definitions of organized crime
One of the main basis…...
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Abadinsky, H. (2009). Organized Crime. Edition 9. Cengage Learning.
Organized crime has been romanticized in American film and television media. Although some of the depictions are stereotyped and exaggerated, many of the core elements revealed in fictionalized accounts of organized crime are real. The history of organized crime in America is linked with important historical and political events including the prohibition of both drugs and alcohol.
According to the United States National Security Council (2013), organized crime is defined by the primary goal of economic or financial gains. Organized crime exists often because underclass groups seek a means of acquiring wealth and status, or bolstering opportunities for pursuing or achieving the American Dream. This fundamental feature distinguishes organized crime from, say, terrorist groups that might have a primary goal that is more political in nature such as the recognition of a new nation state of ethnic minority groups. Another definition of organized crime takes into account the more recent trans-national…...
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Dobovsek, B. (1996). Organized crime: Can we unify the definition? Retrieved online: https://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/org323.htm
Finckenauer, J.O. (n.d.). Problems of definition: What is organized crime? In Trends in Organized Crime 8(3): Spring, 2005.
United States National Security Council (2013). Strategy to Combat Transnational organized crime. Retrieved online: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/transnational-crime/definition
Organized Crime Fighting
Organized crime, and more specifically, international organized crime (IOC) present very serious and long lasting problems for law enforcement units in many ways. The manner in which the laws are constructed within the United States presents unique and specific problems that make this duty very difficult to perform. The purpose of this essay is to identify and explain in detail the law enforcement strategies, tools and Federal Statutes available for prosecuting and punishing ICO elements such as Los Zetas and other drug running foreign crime cabals. This essay will explain how these tools can be used effectively in an investigation and prosecution of this criminal enterprise and summarize the key aspects that apply to such an endeavor.
Situation
Los Zetas is a Mexican crime syndicate and is one of the most powerful and dangerous in the world and the fact that the group contains a sophisticated set of individuals makes…...
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Finklea, K. (2010). Organized Crime in the United States: Trends and Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service. 22 Dec 2010. Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40525.pdf
Nardini, W. (2006). The Prosecutor's Toolbox: Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime in the United States. Journal of International Criminal Justice 4(3), 2006. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1096951
The United States Department of Justice (2008). Overview of the Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime. April 2008. Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2008/ioc-strategy-public-overview.pdf
hen Gorbachev launched perestroika (Gorbachev's policy of social, economic and political restructuring), the above mentioned "shadow" sector of society actually got amnesty and hence were offered a kind of "legitimacy," Khokhriakov writes on page 13. During the first part of perestroika, the Soviets developed cooperatives, which "only strengthened the destructive model of the 'shadow' market economy, Khokhriakov explains on page 14. But the Soviets' transition was short of capital so because they needed loans, they turned to the est (in particular, the U.S., which was thrilled of course to witness the demise of communism). Instead of cash, the est provided the Soviets with goods, and right away Soviet merchants knew how to "dispose" of the goods; many new cooperatives sprang up and sold goods "at market prices" and that "shadow" sector became quite "lively" (Khokhriakov, 14).
The "new hero" came from "the underground," Khokhriakov reports; the biggest portion of the Russian…...
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Organized Crime in Canada
Each year, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) creates an organized crime report to inform the public of organized crime activities and markets in Canada. The nature of such activity is evolving -- new threats, participants and policies spring forth each year (McIntosh, 2010). It is critical that Canadians are informed of the nature and scope of such activity, governmental interventions and policing, and what they can personally do to thwart organized crime (CISC, 2010).
The Criminal Code (467.1) of the CISC defines criminal organizations as those consisting of three or more persons within Canada or in outlying areas that exist only to commit serious offenses that result in their own material or financial benefit (Tusikov, 2009). andom criminal rings that develop for a single offense are not included; rather the CISC is most concerned with systemic, organized units conducting continued and premeditated illegal acts. This report will…...
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McIntosh, C.N. (2010). Stephen R. Schneider, Iced: the story of organized crime in Canada. Trends in Organized Crime, 13(4), 362-364. doi:10.1007/s12117-010-9105-x.
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Katz, K. (2011). Law Gone to Politics, Politics Gone to Law: The Evolution of Canada's Organized Crime Legislation. Criminal Law Quarterly, 57(1), 58-111.
Organized Crime in America, Dennis Kenney and Jim Finckenauer note that the movie "The Godfather had more influence on the public mind and the minds of many public officials than did any library filled with scholarly works that argued for the true nature of organized crime" (Mario pp).
The scenes from "The Godfather" are among the most often recalled and parodied in screen history (Fox pp). Released in 1972, it won three Oscars, including Best picture, as did the sequel, "The Godfather Part II" two years later (Fox pp). Both movies have become legendary landmarks of American film history, however, when Mario Puzo wrote the novel, he had no intention of telling any real hard truths about the gangsters (Fox pp). Puzo, the son of illiterate Neapolitan immigrants, had grown up in Hell's Kitchen area of New York City, and saw writing as a way out of the working class Italian…...
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Fox, Stephen. Family History. Retrieved July 22, 2005 from:
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Kassander, Peter J. "Italy: Chapter 5D. Organized Crime." Countries of the World. 1/1/1991. Retrieved July 22, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
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Human trafficking occurs through clandestine or deceptive activities, avoiding legal border controls, and through the use of fraudulent documents. Illegal smuggling or trafficking hinders the safety and well-being of Americans since it has a negative influence on both the regional and national security ("Multinational Operations," 2011). Illegal smuggling more than trafficking of humans has become one of the major areas for organized crime operations in America because of its link to other areas like drug trafficking and corruption of government officials.
Drug Trafficking:
The second major area for the operations of organized crime in America is drug trafficking that has been expanded by these networks in the recent past. This is regardless of the recent effective counter-drug measures, especially against cocaine. While illicit drugs are still a major threat to the health, security, financial well-being, and safety of Americans; the demand for these drugs in America has fueled the power and…...
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"Combating Transnational Organized Crime." (2011, July 25). Public Affairs -- Homeland
Security. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Homeland Security website http://blog.dhs.gov/2011/07/combating-transnational-organized-crime.html
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for Congress. Retrieved March 19, 2012, from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40525.pdf
The effectual activities that have resulted in such kinds of organized crime activities involve compromising of the technological approaches and systems. Such technological approaches are used to transmit money from one section of the country to another.
eports indicate that many organized crime activities and perpetrators assume the roles of paying for elections through their corrupt deals. These deals ensure continuity of their businesses when they get to government. The effectual happening is a translational organized crime activity that will live to be remembered in many parts of the world (Mallory, 2012).
Globally, many people lose their lives daily in accordance to attacks from organized crime personalities. Most of them have succumbed to drug use and abuse together with death through weapons and other forms of weaponry in the society. It is relevant to note the difference between the many sectors of the economy that relay significance or influence of activities…...
mlaReferences
Abadinsky, H. (2010). Organized crime. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
Benson, M., & French, J.L. (2008). Organized crime. New York: Chelsea House.
Chris, L. (2006). Organised Crime. International Journal of Police Science and Management,
ISSN 1461-3557, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. 249-251
The number of hours that are spent negotiating with those demanding bribes will have to be taken from productive efforts (Mafia Capitalism).
Moreover, businesses in Russia and America are subjected to demands for tribute not only from organized crime gangs, but also from a broad variety of representatives of the official bureaucracy. This far exceeds the corruption associated with mafia in many other parts of the world, and explains in part why, in the compilation of international indices on corruption, Russia tends to rank amongst the worst cases" (Mafia Capitalism).
Conclusion
Organized Crime and capitalist business are beginning to have the same negative label because of the constantly changing environment in America as well as the social state of its homeland. People are convinced that the Mafia consists of criminals, pimps, and murderers, which is becoming a normal aspect of capitalist business. In the past, the Mafia had the best system of…...
Organized Crime
Popular culture portrayals of organized crime are sordidly romantic. Like medieval royalty, mob families appear tyrannical and noble at the same time. The kingpins are usually kind if ruthless. They love their families and protect them at any cost. Like kings, mob bosses reign over a specific territory and usually respect their competitors and their boundaries. Like medieval nobility, organized crime has hereditary lineage, and sons inherit a title from their fathers as in the Corleones of The Godfather. Stories of organized crime include titillating themes of betrayal, backstabbing, murder, and intrigue. Organized crime also depicts the triumph of the underdog: the would-be poor immigrant growing rich in spite of being hounded by the big bad cops. These themes are especially appealing to Americans, who have consistently been fascinated with underdog winners and anti-establishment ethos.
Movies like Goodfellas and television shows like The Sopranos are perfect examples of how organized…...
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Criminal Justice Resources: Organized Crime." Retrieved April 15, 2007 at http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/orgcrime.htm
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Organized Crime and Its Link to Money Laundering in Contemporary Society
Organized crime is a very real facet of society (Bartlett, 2002; Cressey & Finckenauer, 2008). Those who are not involved with it in some way may not notice it, which could lead them to underestimate the seriousness of the problem. However, it is of deep concern to police, the government, and others who are exposed to it and the trouble it can cause. There are also many different types of organized crime, and many ways in which it is used (Williams, 2001). In other words, while it conjures up visions of the mafia, that is not often the case.
There are gangs of national and international criminals that engage in various activities, one of which is money laundering (Akers, 1996; King & Wincyp, 2007; Williams, 2001). This is the act of taking money that is gained through crime, which is considered…...
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1961-1968) was the first successful attempt from Washington to eliminate the vices and repercussions of organized crime on the economy. Intended to destroy the Mafia, RIC follows the patterned activity of old criminal families' illicit proceedings, including extortion, bribery, loan sharking, murder, drug sales, and prostitution among others. At the same time, the act played on the psychological state of the criminals, providing legal incentive for their cooperation under the law as the greater crime rings were brought down. While seemingly successful early on, the changing nature of crime could not be captured under RIC, demanding a new approach by law enforcement to counteract the social destruction of organized crime. By learning more about the nature of organized crime and their interactions with legal institutions, all businesses, citizens, and civic organizations, an increased police presence and secured word of law, law enforcement will be able to pose a viable…...
mlaOrganized Crime - Intro/Conclusion
Organized crime is among the more pervasive forms of criminal disobedience and inundates all levels of society with the nefarious malefaction inherent to the rackets. At the same time, it is also among the most successful, leaving the government and police little authority to combat the lawlessness so protected by the personal liberties, freedoms, and protections granted all Americans by the Constitution. From Tammany Hall to historic Chicago and modern-day Manhattan, public safety advocates have proffered a wealth of suggestions to mount the offense against organized crime. Some call for the addition or more police forces, prisons, and tighter laws, wagering the strength of law enforcement against the torment. Others rebuke the suggestion as reactionary, calling for a more accurate understanding of the nature of the organized crime and its relationship with legitimate institutions, which might be better regulated to modulate the impact of the lawless groups. Yet, still others find both solutions inadequate standing alone, but see promise melding them together with existing practices of deterrence.
The 1970 passing of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations by Congress (RICO, Title 18, USC Sec. 1961-1968) was the first successful attempt from Washington to eliminate the vices and repercussions of organized crime on the economy. Intended to destroy the Mafia, RICO follows the patterned activity of old criminal families' illicit proceedings, including extortion, bribery, loan sharking, murder, drug sales, and prostitution among others. At the same time, the act played on the psychological state of the criminals, providing legal incentive for their cooperation under the law as the greater crime rings were brought down. While seemingly successful early on, the changing nature of crime could not be captured under RICO, demanding a new approach by law enforcement to counteract the social destruction of organized crime. By learning more about the nature of organized crime and their interactions with legal institutions, all businesses, citizens, and civic organizations, an increased police presence and secured word of law, law enforcement will be able to pose a viable threat to the criminal rings, targeting their non-static nature in policy, practice, presence, and prison.
The modern ussian mafia seized upon the fall of the Soviet bloc and resulting capitalism to instantly engage in all of the black market activities. The American mafia, by contrast, arose not from political chaos, but from a single black market commodity: prohibition-era alcohol.
Another key difference is the public role occupied by organized crime. While the U.S. may glamorize its organized crime groups via its pop-culture, law enforcement is still the official and unofficial policy of the nation. In Mexico, however, the organized crime groups wield much more actual power and operate in many ways with impunity. In ussia, as in Mexico, the groups are known to have the cooperation of the government. In the Unites States, individual politicians and law enforcement officers are susceptible to bribery and cavorting with the crime groups, but the crime groups in the United States are never known to be operating under the…...
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Police officers must do all they can to destabilize such a relationship between criminal groups and communities. Criminal organizations usually arise in closely knit immigrant groups that do not trust the local police and other authorities, thus the lower the level of trust between police and law-abiding residents, the more apt illegal organizations may form and even attempt to assume the policing role in a community. The Italian-American Mafia is one such example. ("Organized Crime, U.S. History, 2005)
Disrespect for the law, particularly prohibition, is also thought to have fostered organized criminal support in America. This is one reason as well the police must seek to fairly enforce the law, so that anti-immigrant or racial bias does not give added incentive to support for organized criminal figures. Today, white-collar crimes, other immigrant groups, and organizations of great international scope are all part of the 'profile' of organized crime, but no matter…...
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Organized Crime." (2005) U.S. History Website. Retrieved 28 Oct 2005 at http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1596.html
Yes, there are several recent news stories related to investigations on theft that could make for interesting essay subjects. Some potential topics include:
1. The rise of retail theft during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges faced by law enforcement in addressing this issue.
2. The use of technology, such as surveillance cameras and facial recognition software, in the investigation of theft cases.
3. The impact of organized crime networks on the theft of high-value items, such as jewelry or electronics.
4. The ethical implications of using sting operations and undercover agents in theft investigations.
5. The role of social media and online marketplaces in....
One recent news story related to drug trafficking in Italy is the arrest of Italian mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale in Dubai in November 2021. Imperiale has been on the run since 2016, when he was convicted in Italy for drug trafficking and sentenced to 30 years in prison. His arrest highlights the global reach of Italian organized crime groups and the challenges law enforcement agencies face in tracking down and apprehending these powerful criminals.
Another potential essay topic related to drug trafficking in Italy is the increasing use of cryptocurrency by drug traffickers to facilitate their illicit activities. In recent years,....
Drug Trafficking in Italy: A Complex and Evolving Problem
Introduction
Italy, located at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Sea, has long been a strategic transit route for drug trafficking from producing countries to consumer markets in Northern Europe and beyond. In recent years, the country has faced significant challenges in combating drug trafficking, with organized crime groups playing a major role in the illicit trade. This essay will explore the current state of drug trafficking in Italy, examining its impact on society, the efforts of law enforcement to combat it, and the need for comprehensive strategies to address this complex problem.
The Role....
1. The impact of drug trafficking on the Italian economy
2. The role of organized crime in drug trafficking in Italy
3. The effectiveness of Italian law enforcement in combating drug trafficking
4. The influence of drug trafficking on Italian society and culture
5. The rise of synthetic drugs in the Italian drug trafficking market
6. The connection between drug trafficking and violence in Italy
7. The role of international drug cartels in the Italian drug trade
8. The challenges of addressing drug trafficking in Italy's border regions
9. The relationship between drug trafficking and political corruption in Italy
10. The future of drug trafficking in Italy and potential....
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