Consequences for US strategic interests
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This article discusses organized crime threats to democratic and free market systems. These include penetration of legitimate economies, corrupting public officials, harming the credibility of financial institutions, increasing social problems, undermining support for market reform, and the creation of safe havens where criminals operate without interference.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2000
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Worldwide areas of international criminal activity
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This article discusses international criminal activity in many developed and developing nations. Included are Western European money laundering, the Sicilian Mafia, Russian crime groups, opium traffic in Middle and Far Eastern countries, Hong Kong triads, Japanese yakuza, South American cocaine, and US crime groups.
Publication Name: Trends in Organized Crime
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1084-4791
Year: 2000
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