Mafia/Organized Crime
From the 1920s onward, the Mafia, and organized crime in general, have retained a hold on the popular imagination. Bank robbers, bootleggers, and Mafia dons have received conside...
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Organized Crime
NOTE: Although the following article has not been revised for this edition of the Encyclopedia, the substantive coverage is currently appropriate. The editors have provided a list of ...
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Organized crime is defined as a group of people who profit through the practice of unlawful business methods. In general, the illegal system looks as though it is legitimate, but actually has ulterio...
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Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued Monday said.The "State of the Future" rep...
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President Felipe Calderon pledged Monday to wage a permanent war against organized crime by coordinating more closely with local police and giving all law enforcement better training, equipment and...
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Counterfeiting is a dangerous and growing enterprise controlled by organized criminals who are exploiting the same trade routes used for trafficking drugs, arms and human beings, the United Nations...
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Mexico City (dpa) - Mexico and the United States insisted on
Thursday that the fight against organized crime is a "mutual
challenge," in the first meeting of their attorney ...
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Pristina (dpa) - Sparked by last week's murder of a police
officer, between 5,000 and 6,000 people gathered in Pristina on
Tuesday to protest rampant crime in the southern S...
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Mexico City (dpa) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon vowed to
prevail in the battle against drug-related organized crime, one day
after more than 30 people were slain in th...
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London (dpa) - Organized crime, possibly including the Russian
mafia, could be involved in fixing tennis matches, the head of the
women's tour WTA, Larry Scott, told BBC Spo...
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Singapore (dpa) - Police chiefs from 10 South-East Asian nations
signed a cooperation pact Wednesday with Interpol that provide ready
access to the agency's database.
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Belgrade (dpa) - The Zoran Djindjic assassination trial endeed
Wednesday with maximum sentences for top defendants and long prison
terms for others involved in the March 200...
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Mafia/Organized Crime
Organized Crime
Organized Crime of the 1920's
Reports says organized crime top problem
