SOC379H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indictable Offence, Organized Crime, Money Laundering
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Definitions: legal definition and applications, oc activities, mafia myth, criminal networks, enablers, beare on insurance schemes, towards a definition, varese: defining mafias, a generalized way to think about the incidences in new york, edmonton, and. Is composed of 3 or more persons in or outside of canada; and. It does not include a group of persons that forms randomly for the immediate commission of a single offence. 64 arrests - sent to the criminal justice system. Not what we always think of in organized crime: fintrac: money laundering and terrorism. No cache to make this as a central focus. 136 disclosures to revenue canada for tax evasion. Organized crime activities: money laundering, counterfeiting, telemarketing, human (organ) trafficking, fraud emails, drug cartels, racketeering. Paying for protection: hijacking cargo, firearms/tobacco, thefts (cars/heavy equipment, securities fraud. Traditional definition: advertise what they look like, hierarchy, hierarchy, boss man, how do you fight them.
