Discuss the four different ethnic or national organized crime groups mentioned in this chapter. Be sure to give details for each group
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The Italian American Mafia, Chinese organized crime, Russian organized crime, Mexican organized crime. The Italian American Mafia is not as powerful as it once was. It also is not as large as before. It has been described as a formal organization, a kinship, structure, and a business enterprise. The highly structured Chinese organized crime groups are involved in human smuggling and extortion. The Russian organized crime does not have a hierarchical structure and identifiable leaders. They usually engage in extortion and credit-card and insurance fraud.
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