LS229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Modus Operandi
30 Jan 2018
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Ls 229 - lecture 19 - modus operandi: marketing and security. A lot of loyalty b/w suppliers and distributors. Partnerships: has instrumental gains, not always egalitarian. Modus operandi and security: security through violence and intimidation risk management strategies: protect selves from assets being seized by the police, from their personnel, and themselves being arrested and convicted. Modus operandi includes # of security measures against theft, robbery, diminish loss through bad loans, through police seizures, from competitors, informants. Specific types: violence and intimidation: intimidating informants, killing off competitors, etc. vast majority though are non-violent. Prefers doing business with no violence (even criminal drug traffickers) Even then, they don"t rely on it bc violence can scare others and make them go to like to portray selves as violent, but never really act on it the police violence = bad for business. High level drug traffickers: selective of who they deal with. Make it difficult for undercover agents to infiltrate.
