Camorra

Criminal Activity in the Turkish/Greek/Italian Economy and Government Efforts to Combat It Terrorism once was a threat associated primarily with the Middle East, and was not an issue for Americans and citizens of other well developed, seemingly safe nations. This faûze was shattered on September 11, 2001 when New York City, USA was viciously attacked. Terrorism skyrocketed to the forefront of every newspaper and magazine throughout the world; suddenly, terrorism was a reality for those

organizations operating in Italy are Cosa Nostra, La Camorra and the ‘Ndrangheta. Cosa Nostra is located on the island of Sicily as the Mafiosi’s main activity consists of their forced protection and they have strong ties to Sicily’s government. La Camorra is located in the region of Campania, but more specifically in the capital: Napoli. La Camorra’s main focus is controlling the food and coffee markets, black market, as well as some drug trafficking. “The Camorra clan, in turn, acquired from this relationship

but that changed when financialization and globalization influenced the larger firms, for example, Fiat, to extract long-term and innovative ventures from this country (Borioni, 2011). Organized crime and corruption are substantial impairments to both investments and financial growth, which has an estimated 60 billion dollars squandered yearly in unused public resources. Transnational organized crime has manifested because of globalization and the increasing financial interdependence, which have

The most problematic crimes that are polluting Italy’s criminal justice system is corruption, organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, and illegal immigration. Corruption creates a fertile ground for organized criminal activities, even terrorism, as criminals are aided in their illegal activities by the complicity of corrupt public officials. If left unchecked, corruption will undermine political, social and economic stability, ultimately threatening the safety and security of society as a whole

Waste trafficking refers to the traffic of hazardous wastes through illegal transnational business that involves a variety of criminal groups such as private entities, corrupt government officials, and organized crime groups (Liddick 134). According to environment professor Don Liddick, "By the late twentieth century transnational organized criminals, corporate polluters, and corrupt public officials have discovered the means to profit from the traffic in household garbage, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

A counterculture is a subculture that rejects the major values of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns (Thomas). The Gevonese crime family is one of the countercultures in America. The reason why the Gevonese family is a counterculture is because of their acts of crime and their code of Omertá-a rule that forbids speaking or providing knowledge about specific activities, even the activities of a criminal group (Farlex). Their actions and code of Omertá is unacceptable

a ladder, broke through a window, stole the two works and then escaped out the side of the building using a rope... The Italian prosecutors’ office said that the works had been recovered during an investigation of the Amato Pagano clan of the Camorra Mafia family… One of the gang members arrested in January told the police that the two paintings were in a house in the town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples… The paintings were found on Sunday afternoon, wrapped up in a cloth in a small

It is very difficult to give one unified definition for the term ‘Organized Crime’. Similarly it is very difficult to give one concise definition for the term ‘Organized Crime Groups’. The conventional definitions of the organized crime does not provide us with any single definition for such groups but provides us with certain characteristics that are most commonly found in the criminal groups also used synonymously with the criminal enterprises. The FBI defines a criminal group or a criminal enterprise

Andrade was born on November 3, 1989 in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, the son of Jose Andrade Salas. He became part of the third generation of the Andrade family to compete in lucha libre. His grandfather, Jose Andrade, wrestled under the ring name "El Moro", his father works as Brillante, his uncles wrestled or wrestle or wrestled under the names Diamante/Moro III (Sergio Andrade), Zafiro/Pentagoncito (real name unrevealed), Kevin (Juan Andrade), Espanto Jr./Pentagón (Jesus Andrade), Espiritu

In human history there is always been what the scientific community defines as “social Darwinism”: the strongest individual or animal survives in despite of the others. The leading skills that a person needed in order to stand up from the rest were initially strength and bravery. This, later on, turned into intelligence and self-determination often accompanied by ignorance. The World has always been surrounded by uncertainties and discriminations, by vanquished and victors that spread their influence