By BRYAN LUSK
By BRYAN LUSK
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WEB PAGE IS TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA, WHY IT DEVELOPED, DESCRIBE ITS LARGEST BRANCH: THE MAFIA, AND SIGNIFICANT PLAYERS IN ORGANIZED CRIME.
| . Organized crime is a society that seeks to operate outside the control of the American people and their governments. It involves thousands of criminals, working within structures as complex as those of any large corporation, subject to laws more rigidly enforced than those ofegitimate overnments. Its actions are not impulsive but rather the result of intricate conspiracies, carried on over many years and aimed at gaining control over whole fields of activity in order to amass huge profits. |
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. A less demanding definition: A “society” that may be engaged in a wide variety of economic enterprises and be held together by influence relationships on the basis of profit, loyalty, ethnicity, or friendship. |