Organized Crime: A Worldwide Perspective
Readers not only gain knowledge concerning the development of organized groups in the United States, but within international boundaries as well. Each group is viewed historically, territorially, economically, and politically in an effort to provide a complete package of all international groups. Each chapter also explores law enforcement inititatives, including history, legislation, and success rate, as well as a discussion of the corruption of authority where applicable.\ In depth analysis...
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Readers not only gain knowledge concerning the development of organized groups in the United States, but within international boundaries as well. Each group is viewed historically, territorially, economically, and politically in an effort to provide a complete package of all international groups. Each chapter also explores law enforcement inititatives, including history, legislation, and success rate, as well as a discussion of the corruption of authority where applicable.In depth analysis of La Cosa Nostras./Total anaylsis of street organized crime gangs and lack of police response./View of terrorist groups as organized crime narco/terrorists gangs, IRA, Arab groups, etc./Complete anaylsis and review of all ethnic and racial organized crime groups./All chapters include historical backgrounds on all groups.This book would be helpful in the training of members of the law enforcement and/or military community who deal with organized crime groups. It would give the average law enforcement/military officer a more than sufficient amount of information regarding the ongoing, past and present, operations of all organized crime worldwide. Helping them identify gang members in and out of the officer's work environment, making the officers aware of the criminal activities of these groups and how to identify a crime these groups might have committed.
I DEFINING CRIMINAL GANGS AND ORGANIZED CRIMEa. Criminal Gangsb. Organized CrimeII THEORIES OF CRIMINAL SUBCULTURES AND ORGANIZED CRIMEa. Introductionb. Psychological Explanationsi. Anti-Social Personalitiesii. Dependent Personalitiesc. Sociological Explanationsi. Learning Theories1. Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association2. Subculture Theoryii. Social Disorganization Theoryiii. Social Process Theories1. Conflict Theory2. Social Control Theory3. Social Psychology & Symbolic InteractionismIII ITALIAN ORGANIZED CRIMEa. Homeland Foundations and the American Mafiai. The Camorraii. The Sicilian Mafiab. Membership Requirementsc. Organizational Structurei. The Commissionii. Bossiii. Underbossiv. Consiglierev. Caporegimed. Rules and Regulationse. A Brief History of the United Statesi. The Black Handii. Chicago, Capone, and Prohibitioniii. Unione Siciliana and the Castellammerese Wariv. Five Families from New York1. Luciano/Genovese2. Mangano/Gambino3. Lucchese4. Profaci/Colombo5. Bonannof. Criminal Activitiesi. Bootleggingii. Racketeeringiii. Prostitution and Pornographyiv. Italian Lotteryv. Fraudvi. Securities Fraud and Stock Manipulationvii. Narcoticsg. Criminal Prosecution & Government Effortsi. The Kefauver Committeeii. The Apalachian Incidentiii. McClellan Committeeiv. Electronic Surveillancev. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Actvi. RICO Statutevii. The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970h. ConclusionsIV OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGSa. Historyb. The Big Fourc. The Hells Angels and Sonny Bargerd. Colors, Tattoos, and Membership Ritualse. Organizational Structuref. Rules and Regulationsg. Women and the Outlaw Subcultureh. Criminal Activitiesi. Drugsii. Prostitution and Protectionsiii. Other Criminal Activitiesi. Gang Warsj. Canadak. Australial. Law Enforcementi. Counterintelligenceii. Defense Funds and Bailbondsmeniii. Law Enforcement Successesm. ConclusionsV SUPREMACISTSa. Introductionb. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islamc. The Current State of the Nation of Islamd. Black Pantherse. Black Guerilla Family and Black Prison Gangsf. Similarities among Black Supremacist Gangsg. White Powerh. KKKi. History of the Ku Klux Klanii. The Reconstruction Klaniii. The Klan Resurfacesiv. Today's Klani. WAR - White Aryan Resistancej. Skinheadsk. Aryan Nationsl. Neo-Nazis: Germany's Legacym. The Ordern. Christian Identityo. Similarities and Differences Among Groupsp. Commonalities between Supremacist Gangs and Traditional Organized Crimeq. Distinguishing between Supremacist Groups and Street Gangsr. ConclusionsVI STREET GANGSa. Historyb. Viewing Street Gangs - The Past 40 Yearsc. Gang Identificationi. Writingii. Graffitiiii. Clothingiv. Colorsv. Symbolsvi. Ritualsvii. Hand Signsviii. Tattoosix. Definitionsd. Organization/Structure of a Gange. Street Gangsi. Mara Saldatrucha/M.S. 13ii. Bloodsiii. Crips1. The Bloods, Crips, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smallsa. Tupac Shakuri. Commentary on the Shakur Murderb. Biggie Smallsi. Commentary on the Smalls Murderiv. The Almighty Latin Kings1. Council Committee Structure2. Supreme Chapter Structure3. Regional Chapter Structurev. The Neta AssociationVII JAMAICAN & NIGERIANSa. Jamaican Organized Crimei. Drug Traffickingii. Firearms Traffickingiii. Economic Crimes1. Money launderingiv. Other Criminal Activities1. Immigration Fraudv. Legitimate Businessesvi. Activities outside of the United States1. Europe2. Canadab. Nigerian Organized Crimei. Historical Overviewii. Organizational Structureiii. Involvement in Fraudulent Activity1. Early Nigerian scamsa. Welfare fraudb. Student loansc. Insurance fraudd. Bank fraude. Credit Card Fraud2. Recent Nigerian Scams3. Drug Trafficking4. Money LaunderingVII CHINESE GROUPSa. Chinese Groupsi. Historicallyii. Hong Kong Connectioniii. Triads in Taiwaniv. Tongsv. Chinese Street Gangs1. West Coast Gangs2. East Coast Gangsa. The Gangsi. Flying Dragonsii. The Ghost Shadowsiii. Tong On Boysiv. Fuk Chingv. The Green Dragonsvi. Born to Killvii. White Tigersviii. Gum Singvi. Extortionvii. Alien smugglingviii. Home Invasion Robberiesix. Business robbery invasionsx. Credit Card Fraudxi. Commodity Scamxii. Prostitutionxiii. Narcoticsxiv. Money LaunderingIX JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE & KOREAN GANGSa. Introductionb. Japanese Organized Crimei. The Gangs1. Yamaguchi-Gumi2. Sumiyoshi-Kai3. Inagawa-Kai4. Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai (TYJK)ii. Criminal Activities1. Money Laundering2. Sokaiya (Corporate Extortion)3. Investments4. Narcotics5. Other Crimesc. Vietnamese Organized Crime Groupsi. The Gangsii. Criminal Activities1. Home invasion robbery2. Computer Chip Theft3. Extortion4. Prostitution5. Gambling6. Drug Trafficking7. Auto Theftd. Korean Organized Crimei. Historicallyii. Political Gangsiii. Street Gangsiv. Gangs on the runv. New Gangsvi. Contemporary Gang Activityvii. Activities outside of Koreaviii. Korean Power and Other New York Street Gangsix. California Korean Street Gangsx. The Criminal Activities of Korean GangsX HISPANIC GANGSa. Cuban Organized Crimei. Cuban Communist Mafiab. Colombian Criminal Organizationsi. Medellin Cartelsii. Cali Cartelsiii. Other Colombian Cartelsc. Dominican Organized Crimei. Historicallyii. Drug Activitiesiii. Money Launderingiv. Other Criminal Activities1. Robbery2. Extortion3. Homicide4. Auto Theftv. Activities Outside of the New York State Aread. Mexican Organized Crimei. Law Enforcementii. Disciplineiii. Mexican Street Gangs Compared to Other Street Gangsiv. Mexican Drug CartelsXI RUSSIAN AND ISRAELI GANGSa. Introductionb. Early Activities of ROC Groupsc. Organized Crime and Communismd. Russian Gangs Since Glasnoste. The Effect of Organized Crime on Crime Ratesf. Doloprud nyg. Lyubertsyh. Solntsevoi. Ingushyj. Chechenk. Russian Organized Crime Groups in the USl. Russian Organized Crime and Drugsm. The Israeli Connectionn. Israeli Gangs and Drug Traffickingo. Other Scamsp. Israeli Gangs and Money Launderingq. Russian-Israeli RelationshipXII OTHER WORLDWIDE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPSa. Introductionb. Third World Groupsi. Palestinianii. Turkishiii. Lebaneseiv. Iraqiv. United Arab Emiratesvi. Iraniansvii. Pakistaniviii. Indianix. Burmesec. Easter European Groupsi. Albanianii. Polishiii. Gypsyiv. Bulgariav. Czech RepublicXIII TERRORISMa. Introductionb. Organized Crime and Terrorismi. Organized Crime Groups Participation
