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    6.3.27 Organized Crime Approach Trafficking is an established organized crime. Therefore‚ special provisions of the law should be brought in wherever appropriate. Many state governments have already enacted special laws to deal with various other organized crimes. Trafficking has to be brought under the ambit of such special laws. 6.3.28 Speedy and effective Justice Delivery The research observed delays in justice delivery due to: (i) Lack of any yardsticks in awarding sentences (ii) Delays in

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    Organized Crime and Drug Trade Organized crime and the illicit drug trade is a fairly recent ordeal occurring throughout the world‚ both strongly linked with drug trafficking. Organized crime refers to the unlawful activities of the members of a highly organized‚ disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services‚ including gambling‚ prostitution‚ loan- sharking‚ narcotics‚ and labor racketeering (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ pg.234). Drug trafficking‚ which is a type of organized crime

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    Comparative Perspective of Organized Crime Gangs continue to incite violence and fear within our communities. With the pervasiveness of gangs today‚ we are seeing more sophistication and the brazen tactics of intimidation‚ drugs‚ weapons and increased criminal activity. Communities are challenged by confronting these types of issues. Facing them jointly with law enforcement‚ citizens are adapting strategies including education and awareness as their best defense against gang violence. This paper

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    wages and providing retirement and health benefits. Organized crime will begin to weaken its strangle hold on the area and crime rates will decline. With the decline of crime‚ better health options and an increase in job opportunities we will begin to see an increase in immigration and an increase in life expectancy (demographic changes). However‚ under the “Disintegration in Hell” scenario things will not look quite as optimistic. Organized crime becomes more influential in the region. The government

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    firms and many other financial businesses to make it appear as if the money is clean and obtained legally. Money laundering is a method used by criminals to conceal their income obtained from criminal activities such as drug trafficking and organized crime. This process allows criminals to effectively legitimize

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    The roaring twenties was a time of the Model T Ford‚ a new era of fashion‚ jazz‚ new inventions‚ prohibition‚ and a rise in criminal activity. The enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead Act led many American citizens to turn to bootlegging‚ especially the gangsters. The well-known Al “Scarface” Capone was the leader of a gang in Chicago and known as an enemy to the American government. Shootouts and assassinations were not uncommon during this period‚ and in fact‚ cases of such

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    also known as the "National Prohibition Act"‚ determined intoxicating liquor as anything having an alcoholic content of more than 0.5 percent‚ excluding alcohol used for medicinal and sacramental purposes. The act also set up guidelines for enforcement. Prohibition was meant to reduce the consumption of alcohol‚ therefore reducing the rates of crime‚ death rates and poverty (Poholek‚ 2). However‚ some of the United States’ communities had already prepared for Prohibition. In the three months before

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    1 Alexander Tsigkas The factory in the post-industrial era Variety instead of Flexibility Mass Customisation: the production system of the future Alexander Tsigkas Democritean University of Thrace Department of Production Engineering and Management Vas. Sofias 12‚ 67 100 Xanthi‚ Greece tsigas@vivodinet.gr‚ WWW home page: http://www.duth.gr Abstract. The world has become and it continues to become more complex as we move well into the 21th century. In this paper sociological-historical

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    Ellie Lin Mr. Karshan English 5 10/31/13 Al Capone & Organized Crimes    The 1920s is always referred as “the roaring 20s”. Significant and multiple changes in lifestyle and culture occurred. However‚ there were also some negative effects. After the 18th Amendment was passed by Congress on December 18‚1917‚ the manufacture‚ sale‚ and transport of alcohol was prohibited. Along with the Prohibition‚ the rate of organized crimes increased.   After World War I‚ the unemployment kept increasing

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    Pablo Escobar is maybe one of the biggest players in organized crime ever. Pablo Escobar’s savage mind set is what set him different from other drug traffickers in Colombia. If he caught you stealing from him‚ he would have your hands caught off. Because of so many people after him‚ he decided to join forces with other gangs and big dogs in the drug trade. This was the formation of the Medellin Cartel. The cartel had great success. They had cocaine running through Colombia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Honduras

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