CRIM 477 - Organized Crime

CJ 477 Syllabus

CJ 477 Study Guide

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Asian Organized Crime Groups - powerpoint

Mexican Cartels - powerpoint

Motorcycle Gangs in America - powerpoint

Russian Organized Crime Groups - powerpoint

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SECTION 1 - Introduction to Organized Crime                       

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SECTION 2 - Definitions of Organizational Crime    

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SECTION 3 - History and Structure of Traditional Organized Crime

Sicilian Cosa Nostra  

The Camorra and the Ndrangheta 

Organized Crime:  US History - powerpoint

U.S. Cosa Nostra  

 

Not Just Urban Legend, by Interlandi

Art Crime, by Summers

Art Crime Complaint, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

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SECTION 4 - Organized Crime Case Studies    

Organized Crime: Case Studies - powerpoint

An Organized Crime Family, drawn from the Presidential Task Force on Organized Crime

Picture of current storefront at 770 Saratoga Ave., NYC (site of Murder, Inc., Midnight Rose)

Dillinger Not Killed by the FBI, by Nash

John Dillinger:  Dead or Alive?, from the National Museum of Crime and Punishment

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SECTION 5 - Non-Traditional Organizational Crime    

Differences Between the 1967 and 1987 Presidential Investigations of Organized Crime, from Albanese

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SECTION 6 - Gambling  

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SECTION 7 - Prostitution/Human Trafficking     

Prostitution Laws of the World

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SECTION 8 - Racketeering             

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SECTION 9 - Money Laundering      

Money Laundering - powerpoint

International Money Laundering, by Webster and McCampbell  

Money Laundering:  A Global Threat and the International Community Response, by Schroeder

FATF Blacklist

How is Money Laundered?

Ten Strategies to Combat Money Laundering, drawn from Schroeder  

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SECTION 10 - Narcotics/Drugs    

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SECTION 11 - Business and Organizational Crime 

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SECTION 12 - Governmental Corruption   

Genocide - Powerpoint

The Holocaust - Powerpoint

Synanon, drawn from Ofshe

Link to a documentary on genocide, "Worse Than War" 

Link to the movie, "The Act of Killing"

Film Documentary on the Rape of Nanjing

Painting of the Rape of Nanjing, from the Nanjing Holocaust Museum    

"Justice and the Killing Fields," from The Economist

Night of the Long Knives, from Wikipedia

Dachau: The Medical Experiments, by Blaha

Birkenau Extermination Camp, by Bendel

Auschwitz: The Gas Chamber, by Litwinska

Holocaust Testimony, by Bingel

Lt. Erwin Bingel's account of the massacres in Uman and Vinnitsa 

Bielski Brothers and the Partisans

Plaque in Warsaw identifying the site where 102 Polish men were executed by the Nazi's on 1/28/44

Plaque in Warsaw identifying the site where 50 Polish men were executed by the Nazi's on 9/2/44

Genocide Perpetrators:  Why Do We Do It? (thoughts on student papers)

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SECTION 13 - RICO and Other Enforcement Tactics  

RICO and Other Organized Crime Fighting Tactics - powerpoint 

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SECTION 14 - Legal and Social Reforms       

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Sokaiya

Typical Triad Organization, from the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations  

 

Abstract - Colombian Cartels/Russian Mafia  

 

Statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky

A Model for Success in the Drug War, by Thomas

Bloodshed on the Border, by Campo-Flores and Campbell

A Mexican Town Wages Its Own War on Drugs, by Okeowo

Mexican/American Drug Flow Cartoon, by Keefe

Abstract - Japanese Yakuza  

Abstract - China:  Triads  

History of Organized Crime in Russia, by Gilinsky

Russia, Ukraine and Organized Crime, by Felbab-Brown and Garcia

What the Mafia's Good For, by Luttwak 

Organized Crime Threat Assessment Variables

Predicting Organized Crime Infiltration into Legitimate Business, from Albanese 

U.S. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Annual Report  (TIPS Report)

"A Health Provider's Role in Fighting Human Trafficking," by Jkim

Human Trafficking in Cambodia, U.S. State Department 

Characteristics of Chinese Human Smugglers, by Zhang and Chin

 

 

"Environmental Crimes," by Wright and Imfeld 

The Watergate Affair

Watergate handout

Corruption in the 21st Century

Transparency International Corruption Research Conclusions

Iran-Contra

 

Ratko Mladic's Capture May Bring Justice for Victims, by di Giovanni

Yugoslavian War Crime Tribunal articles

International Law, from Friedman

Twenty-Two International Crimes in the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice

International Law and Crimes of the State

Problems in Prosecuting Organized Crime

A Review of Deterring Corporate Crime, by Simpson and Koper

INTERPOL, by Imhoff and Cutler

Link to the INTERPOL website

INTERPOL, Wikipedia

Meeting the Challenge of Transnational Crime, by Finckenauer

Asset Forfeiture Through Illegal Drug Trafficking Taxes, by Laver and Denigro  

The Activities and Personnel of Twenty-First Century Organized Crime, by Moore  
 

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