CC205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Profit Motive
Document Summary
The definition of organized crime: many definitions of organized crime, based in either law enforcement, political, or academic agendas, no single accepted definition of organized crime. Law enforcement definitions: not able to agree on a single definition, organized crime, any structured criminal group that comes together to further its unlawful activities, motivation is purely profit. Transnational characteristics of oc: oc is transnational, transnational criminal organizations (tco, trillion business, globalization and increased technology have increased impact of oc, shift in organizations to adapt to this, doing business has changes. Street gangs as organized crime: debate if street gangs are defined as oc, depends on who creates or interprets the definition, generally street gangs have different purposes and scope of operations. Organized crime in popular culture: the italian-american mafia is the predominant group that is featured, several films that focus on the italian mafia:
