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Gun Control and Organized Crime in America

hand and hand. Controlling of firearms would help in controlling other illegal activities that fall under the category of organiz...

Japanese Organized Crime Syndicates, the Yakuza

hatamoto-yakko cannot truly be seen as the forebears of that yakuza. Instead, the yakuza see the machi-yokko ("Servants of the tow...

A Novel Method of Eliminating Organized Crime from the Illicit Drug Trade

This essay lays out a novel and unique plan for eliminating organized crime and subsequently much of the violence from the illegal...

Drug Cartels of South America

This paper consists of eight pages and examines the organized crime aspects of drug cartels in South America. Seven sources are c...

Films and Organized Crime Depiction

through but they were no mobsters. And they used broken English as well. To be fair, the genre most specifically related to organi...

Individual and Societal Effects of Organized Crime

corruption is seen as nothing more than the standard way of operating various government agencies. Most of the former Eastern Blo...

Criminal Justice System and Organized Crime

international scope quite considerably since the spread of Internet communication. In addition, international travel has itself gr...

Life and Career of Gangster Lucky Luciano

In ten pages this research paper examines the life and organizational skills of 'organized crime' boss Lucky Luciano. Four source...

Rick Porrello's The History of the Cleveland Mafia

In 10 pages this memoir considers the author's family's organized crime activities during the Prohibition era. One source is cite...

Prohibition and the Growth of Organized Crime

It was during this time in the United States when Prohibition first opened the door for crime families to take over the illicit li...

Organized Crime in Japan and an Overview of the Yakuza

evolved from there. They wore unusual clothing and their haircuts were also odd (2001). They carried long swords, which were quite...

Future Outlook for Organized Crime

Such groups are connected by strong ethnic ties (Chinese); large numbers (black gangs) and sophistication (Russian mobs) (Couns, 1...

Human Trafficking and Organized Crime

(2) products (drugs, prostitution, gambling, loan-sharking, pornography) that have been outlawed " (Organized Crime, 2001). Tod...

Insurance Fraud and Organized Crime

tissue injuries and psychological stress are not easy to disprove. Dirty professionals make the job tougher" (Schlossberg, 1992, ...

Overview of Mobster Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano

1945 and was one of five children (Amoruso, 2002). His parents were not a part of organized crime; rather, they were hard working ...

American Criminal Justice Policy and 'On the Waterfront'

Malden), the movie offers viewers a glimpse into the underworld dealings of crooked unions and the infiltration or organized crime...

Racketeering and Organized Crime Families

as white collar career criminals - front the operation from their offices, while the organized criminal enterprises supply the pat...

A Health Care Fraud Opinion

not just the physician but also the office assistant. The lesson that this case provides is that agreements regarding fraudulent ...

New York Mob Territory Setting for Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Their Depiction of Crime and Punishment

He seems to have made up his mind at the very beginning of the saga. He has become a part of the military...

Israel and Organized Crime

In five pages this paper examines such topics as money laundering in a consideration of the Russian mafia and Israel's organized c...

Politics, Organized Crime, and a Reciprocal Influence

"union members were denied the right to go to federal court to challenge elections won by violence and fraud; only the Secretary o...

Organized Crime

representatives has shrunk, and it is presumed that much of the activity is based on the east coast of the country (Grabianowske, ...

Russian Organized Crime

to the Russian Mafia are members of an organization that has "hundreds of gangs" and its membership numbers in the thousands (Meye...

Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy. The Kennedys too, however, had connections it seems on both sides of the fence. Just as Hoffa has some...

The Knapp Commission: Organized Crime and Police Corruption

lure police officers into its grip is disturbing to say the least. Police officers are in constant public contact and have ample ...

Decline of Organized Religion and American Social Problems

idea that crime is caused by a change in social norms. V. Conclusion All of these things have in common is that they are thi...

The Sopranos First Episode Analyzed

from the contrasts that are presented in every episode. Episode One The first episode of the first year of the series is an exce...

Organized Crime Activity and the Impact of the UN

these actions by the United Nations will help alleviate the numbers of smuggling activity going on across international borders. ...

Italian and Russian Organized Crime

In relationship to Italian organized crime the story is quite different for it is essentially based in a very rich and long...