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Welcome.. .: Drug Enforcement, Vice Control, and Organized Crime
Welcome.. .: Drug Enforcement, Vice Control, and Organized Crime
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Drug Enforcement, Vice Control,
and Organized Crime
Lessons
Week 16
Typical activities
a. Violence
b. Financial crime
c. Cybercrime
d. White-collar crime and corruption
e. Drug trafficking
f. Human trafficking
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
• organized crime often victimize businesses
through the use of extortion or theft and fraud
activities
Typical Activities
• seek out corrupt public officials in executive, law
enforcement, and judicial roles so that their
activities can avoid, or at least receive early
warnings about, investigation and prosecution
Typical Activities
a. Violence
1. Assault
• used for coercive measures, to "rough
up" debtors, competition or recruits, in
the commission of robberies and in
connection to other property offence
• as an expression of counter-cultural
authority
• as a principle violence
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
a. Violence
2. Murder
• form of expressing power, enforcing
criminal authority, achieving retribution or
eliminating competition
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
a. Violence
3. Ideological crime
• also non-traditional organized crime which is
engaged in for political or ideological gain or
acceptance - terrorist organizations
4. Others
• arms trafficking
• arson
• coercion
• extortion
• protection racket
• sexual assault
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
b. Financial Crime
• disguise it and convert it into funds that are
available for investment into legitimate
enterprise
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
b. Financial Crime
1. Counterfeiting
Qualitative changes in the trade:
• a large increase in fake goods which are
dangerous to health and safety
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
b. Financial Crime
2. Tax Evasion
• technological advancements have made
the commission of tax evasion easier,
faster and more globalized
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
• cybercrime are skyrocketing
• abuse the internet and computer systems -
hackers or hooligans
• theft-oriented cybercriminals
• corporate espionage
• criminological theory is weak in this area
• "shadow" economy refers to a growing cyber-
economy of criminals who are making money
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
• SpyEye trojan, 2017 (Zeus Trojan) - designed
to break into bank accounts and steal people's
money
• April 2011 Sony Play station theft of profiles
and credit card information
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
1. Internet Fraud
Cybercrime and Cybercriminals
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
2. Copyright infringement
• is the unauthorized or prohibited use of
works under copyright
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
3. Cyber warfare
• refers to politically motivated hacking to
conduct sabotage and espionage
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
c. Cybercrime Crime
4. Computer viruses
• used as an overarching phrase to include
all types of true viruses, malware,
including computer worms
• proves to be financially lucrative for
criminal organizations
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
d. White-collar crime and corruption
2. Corporate crime
• refers to crimes committed either by a
corporation or by individuals that may be
identified with a corporation or other
business entity
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
e. Drug trafficking
• golden triangle (Burma, Laos, Thailand),
golden crescent (Afghanistan) and Central
and South America
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
f. Human trafficking
1. Sex trafficking
• sexual slavery encompasses most
• forced prostitution - who is coerced by
another to engage in sexual activity
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
f. Human trafficking
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Typical Activities
f. Human trafficking