CRM/LAW C131 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: People Smuggling, Extortion, Protection Racket
30 Nov 2017
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Chin"s research distinguished among four different types of extortion-related victimization: protection, extortion, forced sale, theft of services chinese come in. They give in after as a result of threats. Police were not active in helping those who were being extorted. Resisted extortion then gave in: extortion is deeply ingrained in the social and economic dynamics of chinese businesses and is regulated informally by the cultural norms that it revolves around. Nostra; not the same type of sophisticated modeling/structure within the organization one of the structural characteristics that makes chinese organized crime different from other forms is the relationship between some of the street gangs and certain adult organizations. The fuk ching, for example, are affiliated with the fukien american association. The fukien american association as with other tongs and their relationships with gangs provide the fuk ching with a physical place to gather and hang out.
