LS229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Desroches Island, Independent Business, Modus Operandi
30 Jan 2018
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Ls 229 - lecture 17 - organized crime and high level drug trafficking. View that portrays organized crime as a hierarchical organization based on ethnic ties with monopolistic control (control crime with specific geographic areas) Very centralized criminal org, clear collective identity, clear division of labour. Mafia arisen during time of prohibition in the u. s. , seen to use violent to control people, using corruption to law enforcement. Now = see all those above as mafia myth (no such thing as mafia) Organized crime: refers to criminal conspiracy involves a number of people (two or more), profit driven (not political), can be violent/potential to be violent corruption also potential. Highly secretive, leaders insulate selves from the more dangerous activities (hire someone to smuggle drugs), tight knit group. Modus operandi of org. crimes = lots of strategies to insulate and protect leadership.
