Crm- Module 1
Tunisia Maine
Organized crime is when a group of individuals get together and orchestrate criminal activities. For example, gambling with a "bookie" is an illegal organized crime. The bookies loan gamblers money and charge them double of what they borrowed. If the money is not paid in return then the gambler has to paid in another way. I myself have never been in contact with any type of organized crime, we leave that to the investigators. I just lead them to the suspected group. Within my community we have several places that are involved in organized crime i.e "internet cafes". These cafés portray to only offer slot machine activities, but majority of them are also selling drugs and even have prostitution. The structural meaning in this business is teamwork . Without workers coming together the business would fall apart, they must work in cohesion to keep everything afloat.
Robert Chunn
I believe the definition of "Organized Crime" is the planned systematic conduct of individuals to commit crime in an organized manner that involves intentional misconduct. For example, in my town there is a baby formula theft ring going on. The individuals are going around to different store locations and removing all the baby formula off the shelves and leaving the stores committing theft. The baby formula is then sold online generating revenue for the assailants who committed the theft. The ring of offenders is known to be from a nearby neighboring town crossing several jurisdictions in order to elude law enforcement. Each town local law enforcement agencies are investigating the incidences that involve similar theft patterns to help slow this organized crime down. The local sheriff's office has joined forces with investigators from the state attorney office to help develop a strategic plan to get ahead of the theft ring. The community has been well informed of the progress of the investigation in order to try and deter future acts of theft however, the offenders seem to move to another town in order to continue the theft patterns that help fuel their production. I have never been in contact with an organized criminal organization but, I have been a victim of an organized crime ring. I used my credit card at a gas pump that had a skimmer on the pump. Within a matter of minutes from using the cad at the gas pump my card was duplicated and used for over $7,000. I had to go through several hoops to get my bank to remove the charges. I had to file a police report and send it to my bank to ensure that the charges were not my own. There was a group of thieves placing skimming devices inside the gas pumps payment slot in order to retrieve valuable information. Having the ability to reconstruct a credit card and use the card in a matter of minutes takes organization and planned behavior that describes organized crime.