Organized crime test 1
Alien Conspiracy Theory
Blames outsiders for outsiders and outside influence on OC in US society
High-Tech Crime
Crimes involving technology
Counterfeiting Currency
Fake money using real machines
Frank Nitti
Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, was an Italian-American gangster. One of Al Capone's top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all strong-arm and 'muscle' operations
Charles "Bugs" Moran
His headquarters were located were the St. Valentines Day Massacre
What is Organized Crime?
any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities
Bootlegging and Moonshining
illegal distribution of "white liquor"
Intellectual Property Right Violations
infringement is the infringement or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, and trademarks
Drug Trafficking
is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
The Arms Trade
is a multilateral treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional weapons. It entered into force on 24 December 2014
Contraband Smuggling
is defined as goods that are against the law to trade or to be imported or exported, or goods that are smuggled or a slave during the Civil War who was behind the Union lines. An example of contraband are drugs being carried across country borders.
Johnny Torrio
known as "Papa Johnny", "The Fox", and "The Immune", was an Italian-American mobster who helped build a criminal empire, the Chicago Outfit, in the 1920s; it was later inherited by his protégé, Al Capone.
Meyer Lansky
known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a major organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States.
Arnold Rothstein
nicknamed "the Brain", was a Jewish-American racketeer, businessman and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City
Sam Giancana
notable for being boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966.
Categories of OC behavior
transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit.
Pablo Escobar
was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist. His cartel supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
was a Jewish American mobster. Siegel was known as one of the most "infamous and feared gangsters of his day".
Dutch Schultz
was a New York City-area Jewish-American mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket.
Carlo Gambino
was a Sicilian-American mobster and former boss of the Gambino crime family
Joseph Valachi
was an American gangster, notable as the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to publicly acknowledge its existence, and credited with popularization of the term Cosa Nostra
Frank Costello
was an Italian-American Mafia gangster and crime boss. Costello rose to the top of the United States underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States
John Gotti
was an Italian-American gangster who became boss of the powerful Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age.
Joe "The Boss" Masseria
was an early Mafia boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931
Joseph Colombo
was the boss of the Colombo crime family,
Tammany Hall
was the name given to the Democratic political machine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of Fiorello LaGuardia in 1934.