CRCJ 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Europol, Thief In Law, Rationality
13 Sep 2018
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Illegal activities committed for financial or other material benefit. A systematic pattern to the relationship of the offenders. Tactics to support commercial activities: corruption, violence, money laundering. Constant demand for goods and services the more offenders in a criminal conspiracy, the greater the likelihood it will constitute an organized criminal conspiracy. Conspire to commit (serious) illegal acts individuals involved have come together with the express purpose of committing illegal acts for financial gain: acts should be in (cid:862)serious(cid:863) nature (e. g. drug trafficking, human trafficking) While the structure of an organized criminal conspiracy may be hierarchal or more symmetrical. If one cell was compromised, the operations of the other cells would not be endangered. Transnational in scope: significant trends has been the internationalization of criminal groups in their illegal activities, organized crime is now international, transnational organized crime: organized crime that is coordinated and conducted across national borders.
