Organized Crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, are politically motivated. Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, such as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for "protection". Gangs may often be deemed organized crime groups or, under stricter definitions of organized crime, may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. A criminal organization or gang can also be referred to as a mafia, mob, ring, or syndicate; the network, …

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Wilson Center Canada · 11 March 2024 English

With the small willingness of the federal government to handle the issue and a divided National Electoral Institute (INE) and Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), a careful assessment …

t&tlng=en https://insightcrime.org/mexico-organized-crime-news/mexico/#crim Killing a political candidate violence, have relatively lower events linked to organized crime. One explanation is that certain criminal groups single perpetrator is challenging. However, organized crime is widely recognized as perpetrating a significant lack a deep understanding of the dynamics of organized crime in the electoral context. Armando Vargas from doesn´t necessarily reflect the dynamics of organized crime. The second problem, which is one of conception


Wilson Center Canada · 21 February 2024 English

The aim of this paper is to explain the stages of an FTO designation, and the roles of the various government stakeholders involved. [...] STAGE Clearance The administrative record draft …

prosecutions. The legal frameworks for terrorism and organized crime can differ, and adapting existing laws to combat


CCA: Council of Canadian Academies · 12 February 2024 English

The role of the peer review monitor is to ensure that the panel gives full and fair consideration to the submissions of the peer reviewers. [...] Recognizing the opportunities and …

interference, malicious cyber activities, major organized crime, and weapons of mass destruction.” Specific national security; they are intertwined with organized crime and critical infrastructure vulnerability (Shull


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 8 February 2024 English

Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …

perspective on the links between drug prohibition, organized crime, and drug supply chain toxicity, see: Global “Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites,” online, (2020), <https://globalinitiative


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 2 February 2024 English

Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …

perspective on the links between drug prohibition, organized crime, and drug supply chain toxicity, see: Global “Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites,” online, (2020), <https://globalinitiative


ICCLR: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy · 31 January 2024 English

This report of the Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle outlines key needs identified in balancing open courts with the rights of victims of crime and vulnerable witnesses in virtual …

accused) or being targeted for violence (e.g. in organized crime or human trafficking cases) Noted challenges


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 31 January 2024 English

Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …

perspective on the links between drug prohibition, organized crime, and drug supply chain toxicity, see: Global “Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites,” online, (2020), <https://globalinitiative


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 30 January 2024 English

Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …

perspective on the links between drug prohibition, organized crime, and drug supply chain toxicity, see: Global “Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites,” online, (2020), <https://globalinitiative


MiningWatch Canada · 10 January 2024 English

Arrest of the Five Santa Marta Water Defenders On January 11, 2023, on the orders of the Attorney General of the government of Nayib Bukele, police arrested six men, five …

the COVID pandemic. An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found that


CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English

One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …

EUROPOL, to deal with drug proliferation, organized crime or corruption, as well as to recognize the


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