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Organized crime

Organized crime refers to groups of centralized enterprises that engage in, and aim to profit from, illegal activities. Some forms of organized crime exist simply to meet demand for illegal goods or to facilitate trade in products and services banned by the state, such as illegal drugs or firearms. In other cases, criminal organizations force people to…

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Organized crime

Nodes366
Edges365
Triples204
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005464
Components1

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Organized crime

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related to Drug trafficking · 41
Organized crime → Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Big Circle Gang, Burma, Canada, Central, China, Chinese-Canadian, Chinese-Canadian Tse Chi Lop, East, El Chapo, Golden Crescent, Golden Triangle, Guangzhou, Guzmán, Hong Kong-based, In, It, Japan
related to Nineteenth century · 29
Organized crime → Adam Worth, Belle Starr, Bob Dozier, Brian, Cochise Cowboy Gang, Crime, Criminal, During, Erin, In, Innocents, Jim Miller, London's, Mexican, Napoleon, Old, Old West, One, Organized, Peaky Blinders
related to Multi-model approach · 21
Organized crime → Alien Conspiracy Theory, Balkans, Boryokudan, Chinese, Colombian, Corsican, Culture, Europe, French, From, Jamaican, Japanese, Korean, Ndrangheta, New World, Nigerian, Sicilian Mafia, Southern Italy, These, This
related to Financial crime · 19
Organized crime → Accurate, Crime, Drugs, FATF, Financial Action Task Force, Force, GDP, However, Launderers, Money, Money Laundering, OC, Organized, The, The Financial Action Task, The United Nations Office, These, This, US
related to External links · 10
Organized crime → Archived, Crime, Criminology, Drugs, Gangster Kings, Life, Mob Life, Oxford Bibliographies Online, United Nations Office, Wayback Machine
related to Computational approach · 6
Organized crime → Big, For, Google Trends, In, Twitter, While
related to Typical activities · 3
Organized crime → Metal, Organized, Some
see also · 2
Organized crime → List, Organized Crime Index

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garbage collectinginstance ofsetting up monopolies in industries0.80text
constructioninstance ofsetting up monopolies in industries0.80text
cement pouringinstance ofsetting up monopolies in industries0.80text
bid rigginginstance ofsetting up monopolies in industries0.80text
gettinginstance ofsetting up monopolies in industries0.80text
the Black Panther Partyinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
White Panther Partyinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
and Young Lords have been accused of committing crimes in order to fund their political activities.While protection racketeering is often seen as nothing more than extortioninstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
criminal syndicates that participate in protection rackets have at times provided genuine protection against other criminals for their clientsinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
the reason for this is because the criminal organization would want the business of their clients to do better so that the gang can demand even more protection moneyinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
additionally if the gang has enough knowledge of the local fencersinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text
they may even be able to track downinstance ofVigilante groups0.80text

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