61. Mafia Today Mafia related news from around the world. http://mafiatoday.com/?feed=rss2

62. Organized Crime Britannica Online Encyclopedia organized crime, complex of highly centralized enterprises set up for the purpose of engaging in illegal activities. Such organizations engage in offenses such as cargo theft http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/432090/organized-crime

63. THE RED MAFIA: A LEGACY OF COMMUNISM Annelise Anderson, Reagan Administration member, examines organized crime in the former Soviet Union. Site explores the general causes of organized crime, Russian history and the growth of the Mafiya. Includes bibliography. http://andrsn.stanford.edu/Other/redmaf.html

THE RED MAFIA: A LEGACY OF COMMUNISM Annelise Anderson Abstract The mafia is a major feature of Russia's experience in making the transition to a market economy. This article inquires into the nature and origin of this phenomenon. The evidence suggests that the Russian mafia phenomenon is a direct outgrowth of the informal economy and related corruption that was a significant part of the economy of the Soviet Union. Economists have usually concluded that the informal economy improved efficiency and consumer satisfaction in the Soviet economy. As aspects of this informal economy have developed into mafia activity, it has become less benign and is a possible threat to the success of the market economy in Russia because it threatens to defeat competition and thus the major benefit of a market economy. In Lazear, Edward P., ed. Economic Transition in Eastern Europe and Russia: Realities of Reform . Stanford, Calif: The Hoover Institution Press, 1995. Introduction This chapter inquires into the mafia phenomenon in Russia to evaluate its potential for threatening the success of economic reform. The first section considers the term mafia in popular parlance and in the economic literature. The second section looks at the conditions historically associated with the development of mafias. The third section addresses the underground economy in the latter years of the Soviet Union as the framework from which the current Russian mafia, the subject of the fourth section, developed. The claim that Russia's problems with crime are merely an early stage of capitalism is addressed in the fifth section. A final section considers public policy approaches.

64. Your Dedicated Web Hosting Supersite Introduction to the world of organized crime. American, Sicilian, Russian, Canadian, Australian mafia figures are profiled. Includes an organized crime discussion forum. http://www.mafia-international.com

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65. Organized Crime — Infoplease.com Encyclopedia organized crime. organized crime, criminal activities organized and coordinated on a national scale, often with international connections. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0836845.html

66. John Gotti Klaus von Lampe reviews Mob Star by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci. http://www.organized-crime.de/revmus03johngotti.htm

Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002 378 p. Subject, Methods, Database: A journalistic biography of John Gotti, former boss of the Gambino family. Content: John Gotti was born in New York City on 27 October 1940 as the 5th of 13 children of a low-earning construction worker and his wife. When Gotti was in fourth grade his family moved from the South Bronx, then a working-class area of apartment complexes, to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. At the age of 16, he dropped out of high school and became a full-time member of the Fulton-Rockaway Boys street gang. A year later, a gang fight led to his first arrest. Charged with disorderly conduct the case was eventually dismissed. More arrests followed for burglary, disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly when he got caught in a raid on a gambling joint; but again without serious consequences. He received a $200 fine and a 60-day suspended sentence. John Gotti remained a novice at crime and was forced to take on a legitimate job operating a garment-pressing machine in a Brooklyn coat factory. He met Victoria DiGiorgio, the daughter of a sanitation worker, who had dropped out of high school in her senior year. They had their first child in 1961, soon to be followed by two more children after their wedding in 1962. In the meantime John Gotti had begun work as a truck driver's helper, a job which allowed him to learn how to value goods and how shippers and warehouses operated. In 1973 Gotti participated in the murder of James McBratney, the member of a gang that specialized in robbing and kidnapping bookmakers and loan sharks. The murder was ordered after a nephew of Carlo Gambino's had been kidnapped and found dead. Taking part in the McBratney killing eventually meant for Gotti another two years in prison, but it also made him eligible for Cosa Nostra membership. After Carlo Gambino died, after 'the books were opened' and after serving his time for the McBratney murder, John Gotti was 'made' in 1977.

67. LADA's Organized Crime Organized Crime. Individuals who operate in organized, conspiratorial criminal enterprises pose a tremendous threat to our society. http://da.co.la.ca.us/oc.htm

Organized Crime Individuals who operate in organized, conspiratorial criminal enterprises pose a tremendous threat to our society. Organized crime members often engage in illegal business practices such as drug trafficking, prostitution, gambling, and loan sharking. They also may plan and coordinate murders, arson, extortion, kidnapping, mayhem, and other violent crimes. Because of their networking capabilities and the intimidation factor they present to victims and witnesses, organized crime members often believe their crimes will go undeterred. The District Attorney’s Organized Crime Division combats those problems posed by organized crime syndicates. Investigators and prosecutors in the Division work with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to identify, investigate, and prosecute those persons connected with organized crime. By targeting the leaders of organized crime syndicates, prosecutors inhibit organized crime members’ ability to operate and minimize the effect of organized criminal activity in the County. Because organized crime enterprises are often responsible for hate crimes and terrorist acts, the District Attorney’s

68. Crime And Gangster Films Essay describing the key characteristics and notable films in the genre, plus an extensive list of the best titles. http://www.filmsite.org/crimefilms.html

Filmsite: written by tim dirks newDartZoneROS('728x90', '1'); The greatest films The "Greatest" and the "Best" in Cinematic History www.filmsite.org GREATEST FILMS 100 Greatest Films 101-200 Greatest Films 201-300 Greatest Films ... VIDEO C G ANGSTER F ILMS Part 1 Crime-Gangster Films Part 1 Part 2 Examples Crime and Gangster Films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bankrobbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life. In the 1940s, a new type of crime thriller emerged, more dark and cynical - see the section on film-noir for further examples of crime films. Criminal and gangster films are often categorized as post-war film noir or detective-mystery films - because of underlying similarities between these cinematic forms. See also AFI's 10 Top 10 - The Top 10 Gangster Films Crime stories in this genre often highlight the life of a crime figure or a crime's victim(s). Or they glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal(s), gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang. Headline-grabbing situations, real-life gangsters, or crime reports have often been used in crime films. Gangster/crime films are usually set in large, crowded cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs or streets with lurid neon signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy bars, contraband, seedy living quarters or rooming houses. Exotic locales for crimes often add an element of adventure and wealth. Writers dreamed up appropriate gangland jargon for the tales, such as "tommy guns" or "molls."

69. Organized Crime | Federal Probation | Find Articles At BNET Organized Crime from Federal Probation provided by Find Articles at BNET http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4144/is_200406/ai_n9446523/

BNET Log In Join Search All of BNET Publications Library Home Commentary Leadership Life at Work ... Newspaper Collection @import "http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/common/css/siteSkin/bnet_mantleSkin.css"; document.cookie='MAD_FIRSTPAGE=1;path=/;domain=findarticles.com'; Reference Publications Organized Crime Federal Probation Jun 2004 by Noce, David D Next OC Inside Out Organized Crime (Seventh Edition). Howard Abadinsky. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2003. 408 pp. $75.95. Howard Abadinsky studied organized crime (OC) as a state parole officer for 15 years, a sheriff's office inspector, a university professor of criminal justice, the founder of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, and a presidential consultant on OC. Organized Crime is, first of all, a college text, created to facilitate the course he taught. The first edition in 1981 introduced students to the basic characteristics of OC and the writers of its classic studies on which Abadinsky frequently draws to great effect. Each successive edition reflected the changes he observed in OC groups and in the nation's responses to them. Organized Crime combines the author's micro-observations and descriptions of criminal groups and their activities into a macroscopic picture. His language and organization make a book that is easily read by laypersons, justice professionals, college students, and casual readers. The seventh edition reduced the anecdotal detail, including some references to the ever-colorful nicknames of prime OC characters found in the sixth edition. Even so, readers will appreciate how Abadinsky has blended principles and theories with stories from the streets. Organized Crime puts flesh on such charging and sentencing concepts as "jointly undertaken criminal activity," "same course of conduct," and "common scheme or plan."

70. Introduction Examines the Hollywood Gangster from 1930 to 1938. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/gangsters/intro.html

Crime Pays: The Hollywood Gangster from 1930 to 1938 It's all very confusing, that's what it is. Time was when a girl knew a hero when she saw him. He wore his shirt open at the throat and he had wavy hair and one of those profiles. You know - Greek. He was the big outdoor type and he usually wore a cowboy hat and chaps. Maybe he had one of those little mustaches….But now everything is different. You can't tell the hero from the heavy, to save you….they get riddled with machine gun bullets or hanged or electrocuted or taken for a ride - all the nice ones….what Hollywood needs desperately at this moment is a good up to date fir class improved, 1931 model hero. Our old heroes have grown sadly shopworn and we haven't as yet, any very satisfactory substitutes. -Helen Louise Walker, "Hunting for a Hero," Motion Picture Magazine, July 1931 When Motion Picture Magazine published this article, America was already well into the heart of the Depression. Millions of formerly prosperous citizens were plunged into lives of degradation and despair. Official reports put unemployment at 15 percent; a realistic yet conservative estimate shot that figure up to over a third. (born to, p. 155) Wherever Americans turned, they saw the jobless, the starving, the homeless. It seemed as if Americans had lost their spirit - it was impossible to make one's own way when bewildering forces beyond one's control thwarted one at every turn. Meanwhile, the familiar institutions seemed to have their heads stuck firmly in the sand. President Herbert Hoover told the country that, in fact, some people were benefiting from the Depression: "The hobos, for example, are better fed than they have ever been." (born to, p. 155) Radio programming and newspaper stories followed suit, blaring promises of false economic hope while stashing real-life stories of failure in the last minutes or the back pages.

71. Yakuza Warning Help for non-Japanese speakers to understand gangster Japanese by studying dialogue from films. Also movie recommendations. http://www.jingai.com/yakuza/

Introduction Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Movie Guide ... Useful Words The following pages are for educational purposes only. These pages are designed for advanced students of Japanese who want to understand gangster Japanese as it is spoken in movies. Using this dialect in public or in the classroom may result in personal injury, expulsion, or arrest. If you want to speak menacingly without getting in trouble, combine the pronunciation rules from the Introduction with honorific keigo syntax. Consider yourself warned. Click here to learn YAKUZA JAPANESE

72. Organized Crime An essay or paper on Organized Crime. Organized crime is better organized than it has ever been before and it is growing at such a pace that it constitutes a major threat to http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1682586.html

var base_url = "http://www.lotsofessays.com/"; Arts Business Custom Research Economics ... Login Organized Crime Organized crime is better organized than it has ever been before and it is growing at such a pace that it constitutes a major threat to American society and to free societies all over the world. Understanding the facts about the new nature of organized crime has come about very slowly. Only a short time ago the end of the American Mafia was being predicted as various new groups were believed to be taking its place. In 1991 Robert Mueller, a U.S. Assistant Attorney General, testifying before Congress said that America would not repeat the mistake made with the growth of the Mafia "we cannot stand idly by while newer organized crime groups invade our society" (quoted by Sterling 150). But it has become increasingly clear in the 1990s that the old-fashioned crime syndicate has gained new life and flourishes as it never has before with mutual support from the new strains of organized crime. As Sterling said in 1994, a government stand against crime was too late because American society had "already been invaded, by the same forces advancing on Europe, working both continents as one" (150). The revamped and the new organizations flourish, however, with a new sophistication in terms of organization and the technology they employ. This sophistication, combined with an increase in the degree of violence used, makes organized crime deadlier than ever before as it stretches out to become a genuinely global phenomenon. Since the fall of the Soviet Union the emergence of a va

73. Crimeculture Extensive look at the various crime and gangster film sub-genres, with reviews of over two dozen movies. http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/CrimeFilms-5.html

@import "../article.css"; crimeculture Crime Films This section of Crimeculture focuses on the most often discussed forms of crime film - gangster films, detective films, classic film noir, neo-noir, cop action films. It also archives a large selection of Roger Westcombe's Big House Film Reviews: click here for the full index of the Big House Film Review Archive. Our other main sections are: Gangster Sagas : This section at the moment offers a brief introduction to the gangster films of the 1930s; it includes discussion of the mythologised gangster in relation to American capitalism and of the links between gangster films and film noir. The main examples considered are Little Caesar and Scarface . We are keen to find contributors interested in providing more wide-ranging discussions of the genre. Detective Films : Philippa Gates surveys a large range of films, from the Hollywood detective series of the 1930s and the Basil Rathbone Holmes films to films of the 90s, like

74. A Definitive Guide To The Greatest Gangster Movies. Catalogues and reviews old-school gangster movies from the 1930s and 1940s. http://www.dirtysquatters.com/evocrim/og

A DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE GREATEST GANGSTER MOVIES. WELCOME. T he purpose of this website is to catalogue, review and enjoy old-skool gangster movies from the 30s and 40s. Star Gangsters: Humphrey Bogart Jimmy Cagney Edward G Robinson Support Gangsters: Ralph Bellamy Ward Bond Pat O Brien Hobart Cavanaugh Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Guy Kibbee Barton MacLane Frank McHugh Gangster's Molls: Joan Blondell Mae Clarke Ruth Donnelly Jean Harlow Margaret Lindsay Ann Sheridan Ann Sothern Original Directors: Lloyd Bacon Michael Curtiz Roy Del Ruth Howard Hawks William Keighley Mervyn Le Roy Anatole Litvak Raoul Walsh Billy Wilder T he two stars I have concentrated on are Edward G Robinson and Jimmy Cagney ; the reason for this is that I like 'em, they're my favourites. Some of the films featured here don't concern mobsters but they have a certain appeal due to the talents and charisma of the actors and directors involved. T Thanx for coming Bee Bop xxx. July 2006.

75. The Crime Report Organized Crime sign up here to receive periodic emails and news alerts from The Crime Report. http://thecrimereport.org/resource-guide/organized-crime/

76. Best/Worst "Crime" Titles Internet Movie Database users vote for the top fifty all-time crime movies. http://www.imdb.com/chart/crime

IMDb Search All Titles TV Episodes Names Companies Keywords Characters Videos Quotes Bios Plots Go More Register Login Help ... Band of Horses Video Votes by Genre: Crime IMDb Charts Main index IMDb Top 250 IMDb Bottom 100 US Box Office USA Top 10 USA Archive UK Box Office UK Top 10 UK Archive All-Time Box Office USA Non-USA World-wide Video Rentals USA Weekly Top 20 USA Archive Votes by Genre Action Adventure Animation Biography ... Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy ... Western Votes by Decade Votes by Gender Male Female Top Genre Searches Action Adventure Animation Biography ... Western Rank Rating Title Votes The Shawshank Redemption The Godfather The Godfather: Part II Elite Squad 2 ... The Big Sleep Rank Rating Title Votes Gulczas, a jak myslisz... Eyes Are Upon You Cannibal Daniel the Wizard ... Down Time The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate where: R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating) v = number of votes for the movie = (votes) m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 1000) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8) for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

77. Organized Crime Book Reviews Researcher Klaus von Lampe s reviews of academic and journalistic portrayals of crime. http://www.organized-crime.de/revindex.htm

Books on Organized Crime reviewed by Klaus von Lampe This section of the " organized crime research "-site comprises reviews of academic and journalistic books on organized crime and related topics that address different events, persons and structures in various countries. The books are reviewed from an organized crime researcher's perspective. The overriding question always is: What does the particular book contribute to a better understanding of organized crime? The reviewed books are either more or less recent publications or significant enough that I think they should not be forgotten. Most reviews are available in English, some only in German. I invite all authors and publishers to send me review copies of any new books on organized crime (see contact details ). Comments on my reviews are also welcome. Please note the book announcements at the bottom of this page! Adamoli, Sabrina, et al. Organised Crime Around the World Helsinki: HEUNI, 1998 177 p. Barger, Ralph 'Sonny', with Keith and Kent Zimmerman Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and The Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club London: Fourth Estate, 2000

78. RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME RUSSIAN MOB vs. A.R.L.I. It is truly impossible in many instances to differentiate between http://russianlaw.org/ROC.htm

RUSSIAN MOB vs. A.R.L.I. "It is truly impossible in many instances to differentiate between Russian organized crime and the Russian state" "Russian organized crime can use its resources to corrupt institutions here in the United States. The recent case involving the Bank of New York may prove to be one such example. "Organized crime shaped the post communist Russian banking industry and now manages it." "Russia is the biggest mafia state in the world, the super power of crime that is devouring the state from top to bottom." "While the U.S. and the West were bailing out Russia's economy with money from the IMF and the World Bank, 700 Russian officials were reaping the financial benefits of insider trading..." Dick Armey House Majority Leader "A substantial portion of the American taxpayer money to the IMF may now be financing the lavish lifestyles of Russian oligarchs"

79. Book Reviews Notes on recent organized-crime works by the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime. http://www.iasoc.net/book_reviews.html

By Name By Country Australia Belgium ... Links Book Reviews Organized Crime: Critical Concepts in Criminology , edited by Federico Varese , is a four-volume compilation of previously published texts, spanning about 80 years, from 1929 until 2007. On a total of about 1,500 pages, the four volumes comprise 71 chapters divided into 13 thematic parts: "Definitions", "Theories", "The study of organized crime", "Origins", "Information, reputation and violence", "Organization", "Penetration of legal and illegal markets", "Popular culture", "Co-operation between organized crime and states", "The fight against organized crime", "Organized crime and terrorism", "Transplantation" and "Decline". All entries with one exception, a section from Pileggi's "Wiseguy", have originally appeared in academic journals or books. In some cases, two or more chapters have been taken out of the same book. One paper has not been previously published: the general introduction under the title "What is organized crime?" in which the editor provides an analysis of 115 definitions of organized crime. (Routledge, 2010) Human Trafficking by Louise Shelley provides a historical and comparative analysis of human trafficking. Drawing on academic research, prosecuted cases, reports, fieldwork and interviews conducted over the last sixteen years in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the former socialist countries, the author demonstrates that there is more than one business model of human trafficking and that there are enormous variations in human trafficking in different regions of the world. Accordingly, there is no single strategy that will work in stemming the growth of human trafficking. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 deals with the rise and costs of human trafficking. Part 2 explores the financial and business sides of human trafficking, while part 3 provides regional perspectives with chapters on Asia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the United States, and Latin America and Africa. (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

80. Jamaican Posse - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Article discusses the history and activities of this coalition of New York-based gangs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Posse

Jamaican posse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Jamaican Posse Jump to: navigation search This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page It needs additional references or sources for verification Tagged since April 2010. It may contain original research or unverifiable claims Tagged since May 2010. It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards Tagged since January 2010. Jamaican posses , often referred to simply as posses , are a loose coalition of gangs , based predominantly in the New York City area and Toronto Canada , first being involved in drugs and gun-running in the early 1980s. It is widely claimed that the Jamaican posses are affiliated with Jamaican political parties, such as the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party The JLP posses dominate the west and south of Kingston and other smaller towns and the PNP posses are mainly found in the eastern and central side and there are a few that state they are not allied to either Political party. These are often in the Northern slums of downtown Kingston. In the United Kingdom , these Jamaican gangsters would be referred to as Yardies in reference to people who lived in "government yards" in the aftermath of Hurricane Charlie which hit Jamaica in . They are strongly populated in London and are specifically known to have occupied and operate in their infamous grounds of Brixton Harlesden Tottenham and Hackney Contents Violence Political alignment Kingston Gangs Spanish Town Gangs ... List Of St.James Garrison Areas

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