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Organized Crime and Terrorism

The legends and myths of real life mobsters , hoodlums and street gangs often fascinate and captivate people 's imagination . The entertainment industry like film and literature fed this need of fascination that depicts the extreme lifestyle of crime group families and legendary figures . Though entertainment industry sometimes exaggerates its depiction , organized crime still happen in reality . The Organized Crime Control Act of the United States in 1970 find the term as highly organized and disciplined group or association run by criminals most commonly for the purpose of accumulating monetary profit . Organized

crime acquires power through acquiring big amount of money from illegal endeavors and other forms of social exploitation (Organized Crime Control Act (excerpt . Organized crime manifested itself in different activities involving usually in various marketing techniques just like smuggling threat and extortion or any activities that will allow them generate enormous profit . Organized crime activities apparently create negative impact to the society especially to the country 's economy as a whole . It controls its own performance which has a boundary separating itself from the environment but not its effects . Just like any group the motivations of an organized crime depend on their ethnical backgrounds , political ideologies , social orientation , religion , and financial motivations

Traditional genres of organized crime include Aboriginal , Chinese , and Colombian , Japanese , Jewish etc . among any others . Aboriginal organized crime is one of the main problems in Canada where several Indian tribes control the illegal tobacco , weapons , and gaming markets . Chinese organized crime on the other hand or...

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