Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The term “organized crime” has been applied exclusively to the activities of the Italian-American Mafia.
2. Syndicated crime was diminished during Prohibition because legitimate businessmen dominated business of alcohol sales.
3. Syndicated crime has been described as a ladder of mobility for immigrant and minority groups.
4. In the “spectrum-based theory of enterprise,” legitimate businesses and syndicated crime engage in many of the same activities, but do so in ways that are somewhat arbitrarily defined as legal or illegal.
5. La Cosa Nostra and the Lockheed Corporation have had parallel objectives in making bribes to public officials.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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