Emilio Valdez

What is organized crime?

· Organized crime

-Supervision

-Management

-Bureacratic

-Autocratic

Organized crime principles found in legitamite business

· a unit of command

· the principle of definition

· the span of control

· the principle of objective

· insulation and the need-to-know principle

· the principle of specialization

· pyrimid structure

· rules: Omerta

working definition of organized crime

· must include characteristics of the group and the activities

What the investigator should know when defining organized crime

-How each state or jurisdiction defines it

-What resources are needed

Definitions of Organized Crime

Include acts that are mala in se and mala prohibita

knowledge of how acts became organized

definitions must be...

Investigation Definitions

Consortium

cartel

syndicate

organization

Definition of a gang

"A company of persons who act in concert for criminal purposes"

Consortium

a combination of groups to unertake an enterprise beyond the sources of any one member

Cartel

a group which attempts to monopolize/control the competetion of a particular product

Syndicate

association of individuals who wish to carry out a business transaction- usually financial in nature.

RICO- the rackateering influence and corrupt organizations

Conspiracy

· agreement between two or more people to commit a criminal violation.

united states federal definitions

11 characteristics of organized crime reached in western europe

Essential 3 are:

· Consipracy

· Serious criminal acts

· Motivation of profit or power

Other Approaches to defining organized crime

· Divide into crime groups

-traditional

-drug-specific

-entrepreneurial

· Amalgamation

· View as organizing crime rather than organized crime

MUST KNOW FOR QUIZ!

DEFINITION OF CARTEL

DEFINITION OF SYNDICATE

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