Essays on Organized Crime

Many people associate slavery with the transatlantic slave trade of the past and believe that it is an institution that has been left in the past. This paper will look at how modern slavery differs from the transatlantic slave trade. The paper provides different arguments and examples from history of slavery and compares it to its current form. Moreover, the paper will include types of slavery that exist today. The role of United Nation to control the slavery in different countries will also be discussed. The paper will not only present the history of slavery but it will also ...

Charles Tilly, the author of War Making and State Making as Organized Crime, seeks to demonstrate how these two principles stand out as organized crime and reasons why this act is the worst form of crime. Tilly (1985) introduces protection rackets into the discussion as the smoothest form of organized crime and substitutes it to the two principles by defining them as quintessential protection rackets, who have an advantage of legitimacy. Moreover, these two principles stand out as the largest form of organized crime. Tilly (1985) uses the European experience in war and crime as an assessment of the ...

Howard’s text has significantly explored the definition and depiction of cyber-crime. It has swiftly combined theoretical work, substantial research, and first-hand experience in driving the point home. The analysis wades through the growth and development of organized crime using objective mechanisms. The text is reader-friendly and successfully guides students in grasping the various dimensions of organized crime. However, with the advent of technology leading to the growth of organized cyber-criminal groups, there is room for refining the description provided by this enumerative text (Abadinsky, 2012). After a critical evaluation of the text’s definition, this paper discusses the ...

As Birzer and Robertson (2012) state, unlike motorcycle gangs, “the Mafia has an organizational and chain of command capable of supporting global-scale operations” (p. 318). It means that the organizational structure of the Mafia is more complicated and somewhat formal while that of motorcycle gangs is more informal. Furthermore, regarding the business organization, the members of the motorcycle gangs do get involved in the sale of individual dosage of drugs while the Mafia deals in wholesale drug sales (Birzer & Robertson, 2012). The difference in the organizational structures of motorcycle gangs and Mafia might affect the production and distribution of ...

Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer and receipt of persons through the use of force or coercion, deception and abuse of power in order to control them and use them in providing services for the benefit of the traffickers at the detriment of the victim. Human trafficking is a deliberate act of deceiving or forcing another person against his or her will to move to from one geographical area to another geographical area to be used for labor or crime in ways that benefits the trafficker. Human trafficking is an international phenomenon. This is because it ...

Introduction

It cannot be denied that gang activity has always been a recurring problem in the United States, but it is notable to know that gang activity in itself has a colorful history behind it. There are many gangsters and criminals throughout the history of the United States, and one of the most infamous of them is the iconic American gangster Al Capone. A criminal from the Prohibition Era, he was the leader of the Chicago Outfit—a crime syndicate known for illegally distributing alcohol during that time. Al Capone himself had a colorful biography worth detailing. Delving into details ...

Assess

The mission of the Joint Task Force North (JTFN) is to streamline and implement an effective Command and Control structure and policy for military support to counter-drug efforts and fight transnational organized crime (TCO). The vision of JTFN shall be to meet the objectives set by the Northern Command Commander and add value to Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (DLEAs) in addressing the illegal activities of TCOs. The mission and vision of JTFN cannot be achieved without the support of appropriate key internal and external stakeholders. The internal stakeholders include JTFN’s staff in El Paso and its headquarters, law ...

National Security Council

Colleagues, good morning and welcome to the White House! The fact that you are here today already speaks highly of you all, considering the demanding education requirements, professional skills and personal integrity required to serve in this office. My name is Keith Kellogg, a retired Army Lt. Gen. I was recently appointed as chief of staff and executive secretary of the National Security Council. You may have seen my name in media headlines branding me as the top spy and the right hand of the National Security Adviser to the President (Bender, 2016). The realities are slightly different. As ...

Book Review – New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Scandal that

New York City in the late 19th-century has been shown through scholarly research and historical investigation to be a den of vice, with police-sanctioned brothels and unchecked political graft taking place on a large, systemic level. This matrix of criminal protections and laissez-faire attitude toward criminality led to the origins of the New York mob, and is a considerably important subject for historical scholars. Daniel Czitrom’s latest account of this early corruption, New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era, demonstrates the forces that began to identify the Gilded Age as one of ...

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Introduction

Thesis Statement: Kantian ethics, as a utilitarian view, holds that man is the end of the act to be benefitted from instead of the means to achieve the goal. One of the most denigrating crimes known to man, the trade in people is a crime that impacts the global community. Traffickers trick men, women, and children from almost every country and then “sell” them to traders looking to exploit their situation. Though the most prevalent form of human trafficking is for the illicit sex trade, others are sold into slavery, and even at times into syndicates ...

Intelligence gathering in law enforcement

Introduction The success of law enforcement relies heavily on the extent and context of intelligence obtained. There are no criminal investigations without intelligence gathering mechanisms. This information obtained is the first building block of evidence against the perpetrator. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of intelligence gathering within law enforcement agencies. The scope of the paper is to analyze the different sources of the intelligence, shortcomings, outcomes, and recommendations to improve the system. The paper also highlights excerpts from famous criminal cases where intelligence gathering took the lead in apprehending the perpetrators.

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_____________ University Kosovo is a landlocked territory located in the South Eastern part of Europe known as the Balkans. On average, Kosovo gets hot summer and cold winters ranging from +30 C to -10 C (Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals, 2005). According to a 2013 World Bank report, the population of Kosovo is 1.8 million people. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook lists the primary crops in Kosovo as being “wheat, corn, berries, potatoes, peppers, and fruit” (2005). Additionally, Kosovo produces dairy, livestock, and fish. The Kosovar industries listed in the CIA World Factbook are “mineral mining, ...

Introduction

Geographic and Language The Asiatic geophysical location of Japan places its collective land masses in Eastern Asia, situated in the northerly Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Sea of Japan on the other side. According to the data source experts at Index Mundi, beyond the adjacent oceanic water bodies, its latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates are 36 00 N, 138 00 E (“Japan – Geography,” 2015). In terms of mapping references, Japan lies east of China’s enormous nation. For considerations of the business traveler who intends to travel to Japan, for pending negotiations settlements, the length of the trip alone presents ...

Introduction

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, organized crime is any organization having some sort of formal structure with the main objective of making a profit through illegal activities. The groups typically maintain their position in society through the uses of violence, bribery, and extortion and have significant impacts on the development and security of a nation. It is therefore very critical to control organized crime so as to reduce its local, national, and regional impacts.

Problems Created and Relationships Established by Organized Crime

In recent years, organized crime has shown increased capability in adapting to rapid changes in the economic, political, and social spheres (Mezoul, 2012). ...

Introduction

The American Mafia, also known as the Italian -American Mafia, is actually a term coined to represent the Italian-American criminal society that actually evolved from the Sicilian mafia and formed the first cartel of organized crime in America in the early 20th century. Although, the actual inception for the Italian Mafia had already been at the end of 19th century in Sicily when Italians migrated from their native land to Sicily in order to manage a living and started practicing unlawful acts to sustain on the American land. In spite of the criminal tendencies of the Italian immigrants, there ...

MEMORANDUM

RE: Justification for the Future Existence of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Criminal Defense Practice With countries across the globe, including the US, facing unprecedented threats from organized crimes such as terrorism and drug trafficking, the existence of the RICO is justified in spite of the looming budget deficit and likely cutbacks ahead. Organized crimes as transnational or national criminal activities organized and executed by criminal organizations or enterprises with intent to kill, destroy and maim for money, profit and religious or political motivation, pose the greatest threat to our nation in the 21 century. The RICO ...

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Introduction

In last 20 years, the complexity of the organized crime has achieved its rapid expansion. That is why, set of the challenges for the U.S. federal law enforcement has been set. It means that the operations have been transformed by the criminals of Phoenix, Arizona, in the ways, which have broadened their area of influence and created the set of complications for the law enforcement agencies in terms of to combating them.

Background

The local criminals have already applied the set of innovative technological options - such as the networked structural models, which have ...

A case study is viewed as a research methodology or basic strategy that has been scrutinized in the past as lacking rigor as well as objectivity when compared with other research methods. But there are certain times that a case study can be a useful tool for the preliminary part of the research. It is in these times that the case study can be viewed as an important marketing staple that can be used for many varied reasons (Rowley, 2002). As an example, a business can use a case study to demonstrate how their product or service has been ...

Juvenile delinquency is caused by the general rules of crime and has its own characteristics. They are mainly associated with age-related, psychological, and other individual differences of juvenile offenders and the mechanism of criminal behavior, and a manifestation of the influence of circumstances, the dynamics, the structure of their crime, demographic, and many other factors that relate to various socio - economic, moral and psychological spheres. Youth crime is a dangerous negative phenomenon. It is part of organized crime. In this case, it is a risk, in particular, it is the mode of existence of the youth criminal environment. ...

One of the leading trends in the economic theory of crime and punishment has become an economic analysis of organized crime. Prohibition era has led to an increase in crime and the formation of a huge number of organized criminal groups of black and significant enrichment of crime. "The condemnation of blackness" examines what constitutes a crime as a socio-economic institution, what are the economic characteristics of its functioning, how it affects society and what are the laws of its evolution. The segregation of the black population has forced many of them to go to the North. From 1913 ...

Russia in the past 10 or 15 years the era dominated by Vladimir Putin as the most powerful man in the country has been marked for seemingly increasing importance of Russia in the international scene. Russia after going through a tough period of readjustment in the 1990s emerged in this century as one of the leading powers in an increasingly fractured world. Russia has a very large footprint in a very important part of the world, serving as a bridge between Europe and Asia. Russia under Putin has had a very active foreign policy which has been marked as ...

The Cost of the War on Drugs and the Effectiveness of the Utilized Strategies

The drug problem is one of the most serious and urgent problems of the modern world. Over the past 50 years, the fight against drugs has turned into a real war of states against the various criminal gangs. The government has implemented a number of different strategies; and it took tremendous amount of both financial and socio-political resources. The governments of the developed countries conduct the research in various scientific fields such as chemistry, sociology, and criminal psychology in order to develop the most effective methods of combating drug trafficking. Despite these facts, the problem of drug trafficking remains ...

Brian DePalma’s 1983 film Scarface is one of the most well-known drug and crime films in the history of popular culture. Everyone knows Tony Montana’s famous line, “say hello to my little friend” (DePalma, Scarface), regardless of whether they have even seen the film or not. However, what many people do not realize about the film are the many racial undertones and stereotypes that occur within the layers of context. The film is based around the conflict between Cubans and Americans, beginning with the importation of Cuban refugees to the United States to the escalation of the ...

GoodFellas, the 1990 gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, has achieved legendary status as one of the best mobster movies of all time. A classic example of Scorsese’s signature energetic style and deep, abiding sense of mood, GoodFellas examines the life and times of gangster Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta, and his friends Jimmy the Gent and Tommy DeVito, played by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, and their rise and fall through the world of organized crime. What is most fascinating is the use of point of view and perspective through editing to tell the story ...

According to Chambliss et al. (2010), the state is involved in organized crimes through collusion, evasion, corruption, and substitution. I tend to believe that through evasion, the perpetrators try to evade any legal connection. I believe through evasion, Individuals involved in state organized crimes attempt to distance themselves completely from the activities of the business and the state. For instance, I have witnessed individuals set up legitimate businesses that barely have a link to their names. The organizations then are placed in the frontline to launder money from the state. Such organizations are offered tenders to supply good or ...

Introduction

Nowadays, the struggle against the use, dissemination, and production of drugs is quite severe. Despite the fact that so-called War on Drugs has been launched in 1971, it seems like there was no serious developments in this direction. Since the development of this campaign, loads of taxpayers’ funds were invested to this fight, a lot of people were detained, and tons of substances confiscated. The War led to the militarization of the police and involvement of the military into the raids on multiple occasions. One of the main issues here is the focus of the authorities on a specific ...

Review on the article “Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime”

Full reference of the work: Fondation Scelles Group. (2012). Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime. Retrieved from http://www.fondationscelles.org/en/prostitution/prostitution-by-countryhttp://www.fondationscelles.org/pdf/rapport_mondial/sexual_exploitation_prostitution_Fondation_Scelles.pdf

The article of the Fondation Scelles Group (2012) is against prostitution, and considers prostituion as sexual exploitation in whichever cultural, economic or political contexts. The article gave overview of the prostitution globalization, commoditization and trivialization. Global prostitution is possible because it surpasses borders since human go from one country to another so as to perchance sex or practice prostitution. Some people leave their country with the hope of a better opportunity but were caught by traffickers who exploit them around the ...

Organized crime is something between conventional crime and terrorism. It has similarities with the both as well as differences from the both. Perpetuity is the first feature which differentiates organized crime from the conventional one. While the activity of conventional criminals stops with these criminals’ arrest or death, the activity of organized criminal groups usually continues even if one of the members disappears from the scene. Besides, organized crime has more possibilities to diversify their activities. While conventional criminals specialize in one type of crime, criminal organizations can be engaged in different types because their members have more power ...

Al Capone was an enigma of the "Roaring Twenties." As a gangster, Al Capone rose to be the boss of one of the largest organized crime syndicates in American history at the time. The name of the gang was the Chicago Outfit (Pasley, 2004). Born as Alphonse Gabriel Capone, he perhaps serves as a representation of American society in the 1920s. A push towards liberalism meant that people let down their guard in enforcing the social fabrics that the American Society had hitherto been built on since the nation's founding. The desire for quick rich schemes rose exponentially because ...

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Organized crime has been the most worrying thing that has been haunting the experts of governance and public management as it can be very hard to trace and even harder to avoid. Rather than doing their jobs, the law enforcement agencies like police and related other institutes can be made a part in the organized crime in order to ensure that the criminals get protected when caught or worse yet, do not face hurdles in their operations. Drug addiction has been one of the biggest problems that the policy makers and governance specialists have ever claimed to ...

Bikers associations range from conventional groups supported by the American Motorcycle Association (A.M.A) to biker gangs who find identity only in their outlaw clubs and saloon society (Quinn, 2001). Outlaw biker groups are commonly called “one-percenter” clubs. The term “one-percenter” originated from the biker take over that took place in Hollister California in 1947 (Quinn, 2001; Maas, 2013). The 1947 rally turned wild, and most of the attendees were injured or arrested. Following the incident, A.M.A claimed that it was only one percent of the association’s members that were inclined to crime and violence while the other 99% ...

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Introduction The prohibition of alcohol use coupled with its availability in the U.S and forced people to use the drug in a more dangerous way than they would mostly access it through criminals and criminal groups, who stepped into mastermind of the sale and use of alcohol. Gangsters and mobsters like Al Capone did not like the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S and, therefore, they stepped into the selling of it oversee and use of alcohol in the U.S. The outcome of the repealing of alcohol ban is very similar to the circumstances around the legalization of Marijuana. ...

Abstract

This paper seeks to compare American and Australian Criminal Justice Systems by providing information regarding the way the two criminal justice systems operate. Some of the various aspects that the paper will be seeking to evaluate within the two systems include the legal traditions; law enforcement; measure of crime; criminal procedure; corrections; terrorism and organized crime; courts and legal profession; and juvenile Justice. The paper starts with an introduction, which provides a general overview of the paper. Consequently, the paper will provide insight regarding the legal traditions that are practiced within the two countries.

Introduction

Comparative studies of criminal justice ...

The discussions around the legality of marijuana have been met by varied reactions depending on the point of view. Many have questioned the rationale behind the move while others have been in support. It is important for experts that the matter is brought to rest, and the dissenting opinions get a middle ground to understand the benefits and possibly the negative effects of marijuana on the society (Elliott, Jennifer and Kate 230-35). The impact of the legality has a direct impact on the endeavors of the members of the society. Several States within the US have been quick to ...

No one would deny the fact that the violent crime level in the United States is exceptionally high, in comparison with other industrialized countries, including the UK. For example, in Detroit, with a population of half a million, the annual number of crimes includes more registered homicides than in the whole of Britain, which has a population of fifty-eight million. The United States nowadays is a country in which crime and violence thrives. Why is this so? The nature of crime could be studied by multiple disciplines, including jurisprudent, history, sociology and anthropology. However, it is obvious to conclude ...

Abstract

The research examines the concept of global organized crime. It commences by examining the concept of organized crime and how it occurs in the international community. This leads to discussions on the realities and challenges with dealing with organized crime in international communities. Organized crime is very difficult to handle in political matters. It involves transnational crime that is organized and hierarchical. The process leads to major challenges for governments and this is based on the economic and political benefits that are utilized in an authentic desire to benefit citizens of countries around the world. Organized crime groups are ...

The paper will examine the international organized crime in trafficking food and drinks. In the last year in a joint operation of Europol and Interpol much of the potential hazardous drink and food was seized in various countries. It is the crime that has not been in the center of attention, but nonetheless plays a very important role in the health and security of the worlds’ population. The issue, the problem represents in the world has been stated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (n.d.) since the organized groups has been active in the production and ...

The paper will focus on examining the tools that are enacted in the United States to help fight against organized crime and terrorism in which diplomacy, criminal law, financial control, military force and intelligences are all critical components that need to work correlated and coordinated. The thesis of this paper is that in every counterterrorism toll beside the advantages there are many disadvantages and controversy present. The important documents accepted in the recent time regarding the counterterrorism will be examined with the main focus on the Patriot Act. The negative and positive sides of the use of wiretapping, metadata, ...

Organized crime has often been branded as one of the most difficult types of crimes to deal with, and rightly so, given its nature. The extreme preparedness and structuring that goes into executing each criminal activity, as well as the number of people involved in an organized crime makes it difficult for the investigating authorities to apprehend the criminals involved therein. According to Blacks Law dictionary, the most distinct feature of organized crime is the fact that it is extremely planned and systematic. It is never sudden as it involves many people acting in concert with the common intention ...

Introduction

Different offenses are usually characterized by different characteristics. These are traits that have been found in most of the investigations of the crimes. In this essay the crimes discussed include sexual assault, murder, terrorism, acquisitive crime and organized crime. It also explains the ethical considerations for psychological interviewers and criminal investigators, the collateral information needed in investigations and offers recommendations to the criminal investigation process. Sexual assault is a type of crime that involves forced sex or non-consensual sex. Sex assault differs from sexual harassment since sexual harassment doesn’t necessary involve having of sex that is, it involves ...

Introduction

According to experts, the security threats of organized and transnational crime have existed for many years in Southeast Asia and have even increased over the years because of globalization. But despite the fact that organized and transnational criminal activity in Southeast Asia is rampant, little study has been done to fully understand this phenomenon. In a study submitted to the United States’ National Institute of Justice, for instance, it was observed that Southeast Asian countries have little awareness about organized and transnational crimes and its impact on their national security. Among their major findings is that “there is little ...

Abstract

The instances of organized crime are constantly on the rise. While various theories exist to explain the incidence of organized crime the rational choice theory and the conflict theory best explain the occurrence of organized criminal behavior. It must also be noted that the quality of a social institution defined its ability and adeptness at dealing with instances of organized crime. In some societies, the social institution further propagates inequalities that lay the foundation for the growth of organized crime. This is best explained by the conflict theory that states that the nature of a social institution is such ...

Interpersonal physical violence (committed against women and children)

Human trafficking and concomitant criminal sexual exploitation of women and children in the XXI century is becoming the fastest growing and highly lucrative activity for transnational organized crime. Statistical data of different sources irrefutably specify on the tendency of increasing human trafficking in many countries of the world. It is necessary, to mark that this crime is not a problem of one state and an issue that has gained an international dimension. The danger of human trafficking is that the buyer gets as a result of the deed of sale full control over the victim and may dispose of ...

Personal Perception of Organized Crime

Introduction Drawing upon the statutory observations and official reports of Congress bodies, currently the United States law enforcement authorities do not have at their disposal a unified legal definition of organized crime laid down in the country’s legislation (Finklea, 2010). The obstacle in crafting a comprehensive definition of organized crime stems from a serious inability of academics, practitioners and theorists to find accurate characteristics of organized crime. Within this essay, the author describes certain approaches to defining organized crime and stresses that the United States notion of organized crime adopted by law enforcement bodies does not meet a ...

Strategy to Fight Transnational Organized Crime

The strategy to fight transnational organized crime comprises to all national power’s elements that are geared towards protecting citizens and the national security interests of the United States from the convergence of the transnational criminal threats of the 21st century. The strategy is premised around a common unifying principle that is to build, integrate and balance the American power’s tools for combating transnational organized crime and national security related threats as well urging the nation’s foreign partners to observe the same principle. The long term goal of this strategy is for the reduction of transnational organized ...

Community Resources in Corrections

While organized crime can refer to any hierarchically structured and excusive association of people governed by specific rules, who carry on criminal activities for financial gain and who show a willingness to use violent or other illegal act in order to perpetuate their existence; in the United States, organized crime is most commonly linked to the Italian-American mafia (Abadinsky, 2010). To be sure, although there are a number of organized criminal networks operation in or against the U.S. that include a range of ethnicities and national origins, such as the Russian mafia, the Mexican drug cartels, and Chinese triads; ...

Its impact U S and Global Economy

Its impact U S and Global Economy Human trafficking is one of the most shameful and heinous crime and one that robs people of their dignity and basic rights. It affects lives of millions of people across the world. Every day women, men and children are deceived and forced into exploitative situations. Human traffickers criminally exploit the victims for sexual exploitation, forced labour, child begging, or removal of organs. Trafficking victims are physically and emotionally abused. The traffickers treats their victims as a commodity that can be bought and sold in the market place, or simply taken and if ...

The very word “human trafficking” brings chills of distaste to the average American. However, many adults do not understand the actual scale of the practice and what it entails. Around the world, children are forced to be murdering soldiers, children of both genders are compelled to become prostitutes, and migrants workers labor for little or no wages in a desperate attempt to feed themselves (Office of the United States Press Secretary, 2014). President Barack Obama issued a proclamation stating the United States fully recognizes the problem and in keeping with historic values, dedicated the power of the country to ...

Abstract

The paper delves deep into the cinematic elements used by the filmmaker in making the film, The Godfather (1972). The specific cinematic elements that have been used adeptly in the course of the aesthetic work have been explored. The ways in which these elements come together to affect the audience is also explicated in the course of the paper. Thus, a formal analysis of the film in context enables one to comprehend the appeal of the film on the minds of the audience, and how the film has been weaved with all the individual aesthetic elements being ...

History is riddled with human beings using other human beings as their personal property. From the Roman Empire, to medieval Europe, to America’s cotton fields of yesterday, to its cities and towns of today; human slavery is real, it is now, and it needs your help to be stopped. Some people say that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, and that it has always existed and always will. Since there are not resources available for human trafficking, modern day slavery, which includes the sexual slavery of prostitution, this essay is about the negative effects of prostitution and ...

Business and Corruption

1. In what ways is corruption a problem for economic development, social well-being, and prosperity? Unlock the mechanics of corruption.

Empirical evidence shows that corruption causes inefficient allocation of public funds and resources; inefficiency of corrupt financial flows in terms of the country's economy; loss of taxes when tax authorities arrogate to themselves a part of taxes; lost time due to obstacles, reducing the efficiency of the state apparatus as a whole. It also results in bankruptcy of private entrepreneurs; reduced investment in production, the economic slowdown; lowering the quality of public services; inappropriate use of international aid into the developing ...

People are naturally drawn to all things beautiful. In purchasing bags for instance, most people look for something that is appealing and trendy. These days, people have also come to include durability to what they consider beautiful, as with products and other merchandise. This explains why despite the exorbitant amount that comes with products like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Chanel, to name a few, consumers still buy branded products. The logic behind this buying trend is that if a product carries a name that has withstood the test of time and the tough market competition, the consumer gets the assurance that the ...

Question 1. Identify the four specific categories of computer crimes. Provide an example for each category and explain the influence on society and criminal justice operations that the crime has under each category.

According to Carter (1995), there are 4 general types of computer crimes. First is computer as target. In this category of crime, the computer is the target and types of offenses under this category include theft of intellectual property. Other crimes falling under this category include theft of market information, unlawful access of government records and trespass. This crime has a great influence on society and criminal ...

Introduction

Organized crime refers to a network of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals in an organized manner and who are engaged in illegal activities. Such criminal organizations are well organized with a clear chain of command and segregation of duties among its members in much a similar way to a lawful organization or government. The only distinction between organized crime organizations and other lawful organizations is that they are engaged in illegal activities. It is organized crime organizations that are usually responsible for transnational crimes. Transnational crimes denote crimes that have significanteffects in more than one country. This is because such transnational crimes ...

Organized crime integrates established successful principles used by lawful business organizations (Mallory, 2012). Accordingly, they operate like business enterprises only that what they do is illegal. The causative factors for these groups range from ethnicity, race, and political. The common factor however is they are all illegal.

Examples of organized criminal groups based on race or ethnicity in California are the Bloods and the Los Angeles crime family. Both groups are highly centralized with a chain of command. In both, the top brass are rarely seen in public but the group’s presence is felt and seen in public; owing ...

Al Capone was a gangster who ran an organized crime syndicate back in the 1920s in the Chicago area during the Prohibition era. Despite his role in various crimes, Capone was a charming gangster who was both charitable and amiable to others. His demeanor was opposite the power and viciousness of his personality, which is why he became an iconic image of the successful American gangster. He was even dubbed as the modern-day Robinhood for his knack in helping the poor people. Born in 1899, Capone was the fourth of nine children born to Gabriele and Teresina, both Italian immigrants. ...

Introduction

Nowadays Mexico is mostly known as one of the world’s largest consumer economics and moreover, as one of the biggest drug producers and sellers. Rapid growing number of criminal cartels in the country priory benefit from drug trading. Unfortunately, Mexico has a weak judicial system and police institutions. Hereby, the government cannot neither diminish the cartels’ activity, nor control them. Definitely, many actions both inside the country and within the international cooperation were made in order to change the situation. In order to understand the reason of social deviance and inactivity of native civilians in such circumstances a Theory of ...

I. The Global Crime Scene All crime is local but in today’s globalized world, some crimes can have a global impact. In fact, with the increased use of information technology along with the liberalization of the movement of people, resources and trade, there are some domestic crimes that are more conducive to being committed across borders than strictly within one. For instance, three common domestic crimes that are increasing global in nature are trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime. Trafficking refers to the smuggling or illegal movement of people or goods. While drug trafficking is perhaps the ...

Organized Crime

Organized crime is a critical threat to the security of the citizens since it is a violation of human rights as well as undermining social development. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, organized crime is an illegal activity which is controlled or executed by a group of people which has organized structure and functions (US Federal Bureau of Investigations, nd). Their main goal is to acquire money using illegal activities. Some of the illegal activities which are common to transnational organized crime includes drug trafficking, human trafficking and selling illegal firearms (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, nd). Most ...

American Mafia vs. ISIS

Organized crime can be termed as the conducting of a systematic unlawful activity with the intention of getting profits on an interstate, city-wide and even on an international scale. Criminal organizations such as the American Mafia keep their illegal operations secret and the members who make up these criminal organizations confer by word of mouth. Terrorist groups such as ISIS can be termed as organizations whose sole purpose is to enforce a certain agenda through the use of violence by conducting activities that are criminal and impose fear. There are various similarities between the American Mafia and ISIS. One of ...