SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Illicit Cigarette Trade, Contract Killing, Corporate Crime

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Illegal activity conducted by individuals or groups acting in association with one another. Typically involves extortion, fraud, theft, smuggling, or the same of illegal products: god father family was an organized crime family. Piracy is among the earliest examples of organized crime (c. 1200-146 bce) From the 8th century, the vikings of scandinavia were known to practice piracy throughout france, scotland, england and ireland. Most famous examples of piracy occurred during the 1600s. (cid:862)a(cid:374)(cid:455) g(cid:396)oup ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)ate st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e (cid:449)hose p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e is to obtain money th(cid:396)ough illegal a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities, ofte(cid:374) su(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:448)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374) fea(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)uptio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)pol 1(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1012)(cid:895) Characteristics: non-ideological (most crime groups do not have political motives, hierarchical (important feature. Activities of organized criminal organizations (according to the rcmp and criminal act interpol) Alien smuggling (why trump wants to build the wall) Trafficking in humans (very common), radioactive material, and weapons. Robbery and smuggling of precious and antique goods. Exploitation through prostitution (related to human trafficking)