CJ 4680- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)
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History of organized crime in usa: began during colonial times, mid to late 1600s, started with colonial pirates, english had privateers who were commissioned by english government who attacked pirate ships and ships from. Fascist style of government- mussolini: power belongs to the state, individuals concede power to the state. States: mafia members solution was to kill the black hand members, so they would be owed something from the citizens. Laguardia- mayor of nyc- and named a special prosecutor to investigate organized crime at the time- took out lucky luciano. German uboats were sinking american cargo ships off eastern us, they were filling up in nyc ports, which were controlled by organized crime. Lucky luciano had to give the thumbs up to long boatmen to allow navy intelligence inside the ports so they could stop the navy uboats from filling up in the us. Luciano was buried in nyc because he considered himself an american.
