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  2. Organized crime - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. Organized Crime Module 1 Key Issues: Defining Organized Crime

    www.unodc.org/e4j/en/organized-crime/module-1/...

    Organized crime is a continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand. Its continuing existence is maintained through corruption of public officials and the use of intimidation, threats or force to protect its operations. A general definition has limitations, however ...

  5. UNODC Organized Crime - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

    www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/intro.html

    Organized crime thrives worldwide, affecting governance and political processes, and weakening the advancement of the rule of law. It encompasses, inter alia, illicit trafficking of firearms, drugs, protected species, cultural property, or falsified medical products and, among its most severe manifestations, human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants.

  6. Organized Crime - The New York Times

    www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/organized-crime

    In Latin America, Guards Don’t Control Prisons, Gangs Do. Intended to fight crime, Latin American prisons have instead become safe havens and recruitment centers for gangs, fueling a surge in ...

  7. Organized crime - INTERPOL

    www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Organized-crime

    Organized crime networks are billion-dollar businesses operating in many crime areas. As a general rule, organized criminal networks are involved in many different types of criminal activities spanning several countries. These activities may include trafficking in people, drugs, illicit goods and weapons, armed robbery, counterfeiting and money ...

  8. Organized Crime - Criminology - Oxford Bibliographies

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    Organized crime is a continuing criminal enterprise that works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand. Organized crimes can be grouped into three broad categories: provision of illicit goods, illicit services, and infiltration of business and government. Organized crimes are distinct from traditional crimes ...

  9. FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Launches New Efforts to ...

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    Transnational organized crime is a billion-dollar business that transcends geographical boundaries and threatens global stability. Every year, millions of lives are affected by transnational ...

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