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May 21, 2024 · Organized crime, complex of highly centralized enterprises set up for the purpose of engaging in illegal activities. The main source of income for these syndicates is the supply of goods and services that are illegal but for which there is still public demand, such as drugs, prostitution, loan-sharking, and gambling.
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Bootlegging helped lead to the establishment of American...
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The connection between drugs and terrorism was made even...
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The Eighteenth Amendment emerged from the organized efforts...
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Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a form of illegal business, some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, rebel forces, and separatists, are politically motivated.
Jan 1, 2002 · This enthralling History Channel production looks at both the origins and current state of organized crime in Sicily, Russia, Colombia, India, and China. The series of five shows is thoroughly researched and beautifully put together, clearly elucidating the complex sociological roots that gave rise to today's cartels.
- January 1, 2002
From Hong Kong to Sicily, this gripping set examines five of the world's most notorious criminal syndicates. The World History of Organized Crime travels the globe to get an insider's view of some of the most active, dangerous and diabolical criminal syndicates in existence.
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The World History of Organized Crime: With Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, Shobha De, Dawood Ibrahim.
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Oct 28, 2022 · From the mysterious origins of the Sicilian Mafia, Japanese Yakuza, and the Chinese Triads to the new emerging global powers in organized crime including the Russian Organizatsiya and the Mexican Cartels, this explosive investigation reveals the past, present, and future of organized crime.
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The book consists of four parts, the first of which introduces the reader to the concept of organized crime, related theories, history, and research methods. The second part looks at some of the world’s most infamous criminal organizations, including the Italian mafia, the Italian-American mafia, the Russian mafia, the Japanese Yakuza ...
