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Sentence Examples And if you legalize it you can regulate it and get it out of the hands of organized crime. In effect, however, they are acting as legmen for organized crime, which has turned southern Africa's stolen scrap into a lucrative industry. Many Canadians believe that the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang and organized crime figures control this union. As long as individual member states act alone, organized crime will find a way to get around each member's regulations. Crucial components of the project include an all-out drive to confront organized crime. For example, in the United States organized crime gangs have used pizza parlours to mask proceeds from heroin trafficking. This is a clear indication of the growing international concern about organized crime. He wished that Koji Enterprises was still a paper business, not a front for organized crime. Any serious war on narcotics trafficking and money laundering has to open a war on organized crime. There must be a solid hierarchy and system of protection safeguarded by organized crime syndicates or mafia. Are you talking about the thievish doings of organized crime, all those gangs we keep hearing about? Who can deny that today, organized crime dominates certain segments of the Bulgarian economy? Prohibition led to gangland warfare and a permanent plague of organized crime. Drug trafficking is responsible for an estimated 30 to 40 percent of organized crime revenues. Money laundering cannot be seriously attacked without understanding its connection to organized crime. Yet Mongolian journalists ignored organized crime, corruption, bribery and abuse of power during this market economy transition. Through his interaction with these men, he began to question his involvement in the drug trade and organized crime. Like the first Prohibition in the 1920s, an underground industry in alcohol had sprung up, and organized crime grew more powerful. Extended kinship relations may create clientelism and protectionism as well as organized crime. The relationship between citizens and police has changed since the police started cracking down on organized crime. Show More Sentences The Kahn family were a sort of mafia family, in charge of organized crime and such. Money laundering is run by organized crime and the powers that oversee drug trafficking. This unit will provide the necessary resources for investigating and curbing organized crime activities in the Okanagan. His most celebrated case involved the conviction of Albert Pontani, who was the reputed head of a South Jersey organized crime family. But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible. A modern, effective, financially stable and well equipped police force is an essential element in the fight against organized crime. The internationals, as they are called, also run the crime laboratory and the organized crime squad. We have heard the argument from time to time that if we just stopped prohibiting marijuana, magically all organized crime would disappear. People need services geared to people who are victims of organized crime, people who have been terrorized and brutalized. In a typical organized crime file, about how many requests for advice and assistance are received? It is, however, faced with the problem of drug trafficking and the organized crime activities linked to it. Throughout the 1990s, politics and organized crime were closely linked, so much so that they still remain enmeshed. Corruption has the potential to increase economic inequalities and breed organized crime. When arrested by the police, he turned state's evidence and became a key witness for the prosecution in a major case involving organized crime. Campaigns and candidates should refuse donations from organized crime or drug trafficking. Another fundamental way to help significantly reduce illicit arms transfers to organized crime is to regulate transfers. A number of organized crime investigations that involved the smuggling of people, firearms and narcotics. Here, it is no longer a question of combatting transnational organized crime, but of combatting all types of arms trafficking. Tamaulipas is notorious as a state caught in the iron grip of organized crime. Crucially, the Mexican government has realized that it needs a multifaceted response to serious organized crime. Show More Sentences A man who the FBI actually thinks should be investigated as the nerve center of organized crime in America. We can deal more effectively with drug dealers and organized crime figures that run lotteries and numbers rackets and things like that than with terrorists. We must take concrete steps to combat corruption and organized crime. The spread of organized crime has benefited from three recent trends. Because of this emphasis on violence and sensationalism, the media often underplay organized crime activities with no apparent violence. Mounties already have to curtail their undercover operations which target organized crime, along with a reduction in training. Did he denounce the involvement of organized crime in the abduction and disappearance of 43 students in the nearby city of Iguala? To stay out of sight, organized crime uses corruption, which weakens institutional safeguards against such criminals. That trial unveiled financing links between the Cercle Wagram and the brise de Mer, a Corsican organized crime group. The npa reportedly explained the decline in yakuza membership as due to the police crackdown on organized crime syndicates. Here is the best book I have read on the role of organized crime in southern Italy, John Dickie's Cosa Nostra. Valente lends some credence to the description of the Ndrangheta being the most powerful organized crime group in the world. On Oct. 1, new laws go into effect that criminalize providing aid or pay-offs to organized crime. Yet until he was pressured into investigating organized crime, those two targets were sacrosanct. This shadow economy includes whole industries owned or controlled by organized crime, and rent-seeking and bribery schemes on the part of government officials. Apparently, organized crime in France is getting to be pretty audacious. The Streets of tirana Kevin Heldman, Capital New York An investigation into the heart of Albanian-American organized crime. Unfortunately, transnational organized crime does not discriminate and journalists have become one of their targets. Experts say petty crime rate in Japan may possibly increase when organized crime members go underground and unregulated. They had really morphed into more of an organized crime operation. Show More Sentences The Sinaloa cartel, which imposes its macrocosmos on organized crime, has only grown stronger whenever he's in prison. A prohibitionist strategy is currently being applied, and it hasn't yielded results with regard to either organized crime or youth drug use. Its ability to form alliances with and coopt other organized crime groups gives it global influence. The Initiative is also intended to conduct legislative consultation, develop new policies, and conduct research on organized crime issues. The result is that the prosecutor and the judge do not know if they are dealing with a prolific car thief or someone involved in organized crime. Too many individuals involved in organized crime are allowed to go scot-free. Generally speaking, La Cosa Nostra is the American offshoot of Italian-based organized crime. Since 2007, violence linked to organized crime has spiralled in Mexico: the media have reported more than 14,000 drug cartel related killings. The organized crime intervention within the drug trade is causing ruination and havoc within our communities. I'm referring to the evidence of Mr. Antonio Nicaso, who is an investigative journalist specializing in organized crime. The charges in these criminal cases included war crimes, money-laundering, organized crime, acts of terrorism and accepting bribes. But you have no way of knowing that the police consider it an organized crime hangout. We need to hit the producers and the organized crime gangs hard, use the RICO amendments and chase after the money. Moreover, since the powers that be use these groups for their own purposes, they are unable to curtail the growth of organized crime. There have been instances where organized crime has used these networks to extort money from website owners from around the world. It is also part of the way that gangs and organized crime profiteer while terrorizing ordinary citizens. Numerous organized crime syndicates are heavily into credit card fraud in the province. To do this we have to bring a halt to the organized crime of weapons profiteering and the CD has a role to play. The rationale was to close these detachments and redeploy these RCMP members to work in a central location to attack organized crime. By all means, go after the top tiers of organized crime and throw the book at those criminals. Show More Sentences Peace, stability and development are threatened by nontraditional threats, such as terrorism and transnational organized crime. We stand firm in our commitment to protect Canadians, stand up for victims and fight organized crime in this country, whatever form it may take. The third was the combination of decriminalizing and regulating the marijuana industry in particular, coupled with an assault on organized crime. Car theft is big business for organized crime but with this legislation, we're aiming to put them out of business. Obviously, a godsend of such dimensions can only arouse the interest of organized crime and mafia networks. Another consequence has been the concentration of human smuggling under the aegis of organized crime. We recognize that corrupt practices contribute to the spread of organized crime and terrorism, undermine public trust in government, and destabilize economies. This trade route established ties between Cuban and Colombian organized crime. Lists best methods of combatting organized crime. The worst thing we could do for members of organized crime that would actually cause them to get weak in the knees and be beside themselves with grief is to sever the ties between the drug user and organized crime. What happened was that the switch facilitated the ability of organized crime groups to take advantage of a big gaping hole: they over-finance a house, reap the benefit, and make a significant amount of money. Public opinion research shows that the average Canadian believes that organized crime is serious and that it is present in their community, but that it does not affect them personally. Put another way, would we allow organized crime to continue to profit from trafficking in marijuana or would we make a serious attempt to diminish its profits? In Darfur, Switzerland interceded on behalf of the Sudanese who were left to themselves because hostilities and organized crime prevented help from getting through to them. A great deal of experience has been gained in the use of special investigative techniques against drug trafficking and organized crime, including electronic surveillance, undercover operations and controlled deliveries. It uses scare tactics to bully people into thinking that marijuana and other substances are the root of violent and organized crime in Canada and that somehow enforcement is going to address that. It is clear that some groups described as gangs are part of organized crime, transnational in some cases, while others are more of a social gathering of young people, who do not necessarily harbour any criminal intent. As long as people are engaged in organized crime, a drive-by shooting at a children's hospital is just as serious no matter who is pulling the trigger. Bill C-17 seeks to disarticulate two groups: the individual user and those involved in commercial grow operations which are connected to organized crime. I would also strongly encourage all Senators to pass this bill before they break for summer and show support for police officers in hitting organized crime where it hurts. Show More Sentences If we were to even put a wiretap product on the table with an organized crime group, I would suggest that the affiant would be out of the police services position for years. Our country is being assaulted by organized crime, and our Government, within the space of a year and a half, has begun a merciless war against it. We note the involvement of transnational organized crime in human smuggling and trafficking and call upon all States to enact measures to combat these crimes and to cooperate fully at all levels. The result is a society of violence, in which the power of organized crime is bigger than the power of the democratic order and victimizes the legitimacy of a weak State. Trafficking where soldiers are stationed destabilizes regions by increasing crime, as women and girls are usually brought into these areas by organized crime rings. We also have integrated units that work together, some of the oldest of which go back to the late 1970s, where we go out jointly and gather intelligence on organized crime types of criminals. Detective Caplan has raised the bar for card skimming investigations in Canada and continues to proactively target the organized crime groups behind these operations. We will keep under review the possibility of supplementing existing conventions and adopting new instruments, in response to developing needs in the fight against transnational organized crime and terrorism. His well-tailored, well-mannered, quiet look of respectability contrasting with the garishness of such mobsters as Al Capone would prove the model for later heads of organized crime. Most organized crime involvement in counterfeit currency is based in the major metropolitan centres of Canada, as counterfeit has to be sellable in high volumes in order to make a profit. We glamorize, we overdramatize, people like the Hells Angels, and it's time possibly to look at issues of what do we require to prove organized crime activity. This event will offer us the ideal opportunity to breathe new life into international cooperation on this subject and to renew our political commitment against organized crime. Investigating magistrates play an important role only in high-profile investigations, such as those directed at pedophilia, political corruption, economic crime, organized crime, and terrorism. By the end of 2005, law enforcement interdicted 7,176 kilograms of MDP-2-P in marine containers originating in China and destined for organized crime groups operating lab sites in Ontario and British Columbia. Last November, the editor of a newspaper there was found dead in a hotel room, with his hands tied behind his back, a day after his paper ran articles about organized crime and corruption in city government. In Canada, the criminal market in natural resources attracts organized crime groups, some of whom are involved in other criminal markets, and individuals unaligned with any one group. Using your study-and sometimes I believe history is a great mechanism to predict the future-are you able to opine about what the next wave and the next currency of organized crime might look like? How do we in Canada rank with respect to fighting organized crime? As has been noted, Edmonton is the same as other cities in that it has a notable problem of vehicle thefts, from youngsters taking them for little joyrides to organized crime hitting luxury and other desirable vehicles. Our citizens demand greater European coordination in the fight against organized crime and terrorism, because they know this is the only way to address these challenges in an area where people are free to move across borders. Show More Sentences Some wealthy Hong Kong and Macau entrepreneurs with whom the mainland has concluded an entente cordiale also happen to be closely associated with organized crime groups, or triads. Disguising their fraud as a business endeavour, Nigerian organized crime groups have been known to effectively target elderly people in the West who often have no recourse if they give up their life savings. My duties included detachment general policing, highway patrol, drug enforcement, major crime investigations, organized crime intelligence related to motorcycle gangs, crime prevention, and community policing. Obstructionism and organized crime are likely, however, to continue to require strong and concerted action on the part of the European Union, including EUFOR, the European Union Police Mission and the local authorities. The menace of international organized crime and drug traffickers is magnified by conflict, chaos, poverty and instability, and it magnifies all those ills in return. Still considered violent and dangerous, but evidence suggests that use of extreme violence predominates in older adult gangs and organized crime groups. Survey results also demonstrate a troubling connection between a large proportion of youth gangs and organized crime groups, which reinforces the dangerousness inherent in the Canadian youth gang phenomenon. He and his son Jerome, both alleged captains in the Bonanno organized crime family, along three other defendants face accusations of murder, robbery, extortion, arson and bookmaking. When government started to compete with organized crime in legal gambling, the one area the organized criminal still dominated was the one area that's still generally illegal, and that's bookmaking. Criminal justice agencies are developing a comprehensive strategy against organized crime, but they are doing it without all the necessary information on its nature and pervasiveness. Those in favour of ensuring government's capacity to eavesdrop on new communication conduits argue the need to combat organized crime and terrorism. The one positive consequence of this is that the government maintains a hold over organized crime, so-unlike in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistanit lacks an independent source of financial power. But the power of organized crime in Mexico now holds hostage large areas of the country, including major cities, such as Monterrey, and terrorizes the rest with performances of stupefying violence. Drug-trafficking and organized crime in Guinea-Bissau have ramifications for both its economy and its politics and constitute a destabilizing factor for the sociopolitical fabric of the country. This is a very similar situation to what we are seeing today with the involvement of organized crime in drug production and distribution here in Canada. Much of the violence is blamed on organized crime, particularly gangs, known as maras or pandillas. Lacking the family ties, skills, knowledge or patience to take the legal route, a small percentage of would-be migrants all too easily turn to organized crime elements who are only too happy to oblige. However, most civil servants are not keen to advance proposals in this area, knowing all too well that an innovative and aggressive policy towards organized crime can entail threats to careers, if not to their lives. Why are people involved in organized crime, racketeering, prostitution, scams and murder being released after serving one-sixth of their sentence? It is important to note that the combat against organized crime, and more specifically against the problem of illegal drug traffic, has received a much higher priority than small arms. Show More Sentences What kinds of organized crime files does your office typically handle? Chosen for their subservience to Moscow, the Central Asian élite was riddled with corruption and patronage of family members, and linked to organized crime. The proceeds of organized crime, the drug trade, theft, fraud and laundered money are treated with respect and, in almost all instances, without interdiction. One speaker referred to the links between organized crime and piracy of digital media and recommended conducting an in-depth study and analysis of this issue. The OPP believes the justice sector community must prioritize these initiatives to ensure the effective and efficient use of our resources as we move forward with strategies to attack organized crime. Whether Albanian, Somalian or a member of any organized crime group, these criminals are likely to be increasingly violent and remorseless because they often come from societies more violent than contemporary English society. The nature of conflict is changing globally, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw the line between acts of war and acts of organized crime. Furthermore, emerging and growing security threats, including organized crime, illicit and terrorist activities and climate change, jeopardize ongoing endeavours and the gains achieved so far. It is the Committee's view that these problems have the potential to impair Canada's efforts to control this most invidious form of organized crime. Passed legislation that will ensure all murders committed in connection with organized crime will become first degree murders, subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 25 years. If we consider the nature and the extent of the threat posed by transnational organized crime, we must ask ourselves whether it is possible to consider responses that do not also implicate sovereignty. This situation provides an economic opportunity for organized crime, already well versed in smuggling a range of contraband from Africa to Europe. They are mostly in the hands of law-abiding Canadians, but they are also in the hands of a small group of organized crime gangs that are profiteering at the expense of Canadians. Asset forfeiture and recovery were important tools in the fight against organized crime, as they could be used to dismantle the financial underpinnings of criminal organizations. If the court finds the property to be the product of organized crime it can order forfeiture of that property, and the proceeds of any sale, after return on costs, can be provided to victims or the Crown. The Department provided advisory services on issues related to gun control and organized crime, and provided representation services at a number of meetings. He went on to highlight the transnational, borderless nature of organized crime, a characteristic that needed civil society groups to bring their knowledge to bear and to assist Member States in their efforts. There, it's organized crime, it's vicious. It is organized crime that is behind a lot of these payday lenders. There is, however, a need for continued awareness-raising at all levels of leadership regarding the harmful impact of drug trafficking and organized crime on governance and security. Show More Sentences It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life and allows organized crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish. The army was not able to contribute to the country's development, to the country's protection or to the country's fight against drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime. Those constraints made the country particularly vulnerable to transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking, human trafficking and illegal migration, terrorism and trafficking in small arms and light weapons. Are any of these less criminal, less a part of organized crime? Forum participants also encouraged Lithuania to heighten regional cooperation in the fight against organized crime, especially as concerns the trafficking of human beings, drug trafficking, and economic crime. The relations between Cuban and Colombian organized crime remained strong until the 1970s, when Colombian cartels began to vie for power. In addition, prohibition encouraged disrespect for the law and strengthened organized crime. Prohibition produced the immense and previously unheard-of wealth that launched truly organized crime in America. His topics include organized crime and labor racketeering, racketeering from a business perspective, the potential for reform, and the political impact. They said he was a member of the organized crime group nicknamed as Djin. Eighty names match to an organized crime intelligence database. Both Djokovic and Haase attended an antigambling session during the tournament in Miami this past March, conducted by a former member of organized crime, Michael Franzese. The drug protector legend was more myth than reality, White added, citing the opinion of the FBI's organized crime chief for New England, Jeffrey Sallet. But it is time to deprive drug lords, organized crime and narcostates of the huge, tax-free profits realized from illicit drug use in our society. Examples from Classical Literature The leaders will thieve and collaborate with organized crime. Find more words! 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