Organized Crime

by Abadinsky, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780534551582
• ISBN10: 0534551580
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-24
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZED CRIME. 1. Organized Crime: Attributes and Structure. 2. Explaining Organized Crime. 3. History of Organized Crime. Section II: ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES. 4. Organized Crime in New York. 5. Organized Crime in Chicago. 6. African-American and Black Organized Crime. Section III: INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME. 7. Italian Organized Crime. 8. Latino Organized Crime. 9. Russian Organized Crime. 10. Asian Organized Crime. Section IV: THE BUSINESS OF ORGANIZED CRIME. 11. Gambling, Loansharking, Theft, Fencing, and Sex. 12. Organized Crime in Labor and Business. 13. Drugs. Section V: FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME. 14. Organized Crime Statutes. 15. Organized Crime Law Enforcement. In Conclusion. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
PART I INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZED CRIME
Organized Crime: Attributes and Structure	1	(32)
Defining Organized Crime	1	(3)
The Structure of Organized Crime	4	(27)
The Bureaucratic/Corporate Model	4	(1)
Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs	4	(13)
Analysis of the Structure	17	(1)
Patrimonial/Patron-Client Networks	18	(1)
The American Mafia	18	(13)
Analysis of the Structure	31	(1)
Internet Connections	31	(1)
Review Questions	31	(2)
Explaining Organized Crime	33	(19)
Anomie	33	(1)
Differential Association	34	(1)
Subcultures and Social Disorganization	35	(4)
Differential Opportunity	39	(1)
Social Control Theory	40	(1)
Ethnic Succession	41	(8)
Zips	48	(1)
Conclusion	49	(1)
Internet Connections	50	(1)
Review Questions	51	(1)
PART II ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES
The History of Organized Crime in the United States	52	(23)
Organized Crime: Sources of Information	52	(3)
The Robber Barons	55	(2)
Immigration and Urban Machine Politics	57	(2)
The Irish	57	(2)
The Saloon and the Machine	59	(2)
Underworld and Upperworld	61	(2)
Reform and Nativism	63	(1)
Prohibition	64	(5)
Prohibition and Organized Crime	67	(2)
The Kefauver Crime Committee	69	(1)
The McClellan Committee	70	(1)
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice	71	(1)
The President's Commission on Organized Crime (PCOC)	72	(2)
Internet Connections	74	(1)
Review Questions	74	(1)
Organized Crime in New York	75	(29)
Tammany Hall	75	(2)
The Tammany Police	75	(1)
The Tammany Gangs	75	(2)
Arnold Rothstein and Jewish Organized Crime in New York	77	(8)
Arnold Rothstein	78	(1)
Dutch Schultz	79	(3)
Lepke Buchalter	82	(1)
Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Siegel	83	(2)
Interethnic Cooperation: Murder, Inc.	85	(1)
Italian Organized Crime in New York	86	(16)
The Castellammarese War	87	(1)
The Luciano/Genovese Family	88	(3)
The Mineo/Gambino Family	91	(4)
The Reina/Lucchese Family	95	(2)
The Profaci/Colombo Family	97	(3)
The Bonanno Family	100	(2)
The Five Families	102	(1)
Internet Connections	102	(1)
Review Questions	103	(1)
Organized Crime in Chicago	104	(28)
Mike McDonald	105	(1)
``Hinky Dink'' and John ``the Bath''	105	(1)
William Hale Thompson	106	(1)
Mont Tennes	107	(1)
From Colosimo to Torrio to Capone	108	(1)
Prohibition	109	(6)
The Torrio Organization	110	(1)
The Chicago Wars	111	(2)
Al Capone's Chicago	113	(2)
Organized Crime in Chicago after Capone: The Outfit Emerges	115	(11)
The Browne-Bioff Episode	116	(1)
Sam Giancana	116	(2)
Outfit Street Crews	118	(1)
The Taylor Street Crew	119	(3)
The Grand Avenue Crew	122	(1)
The Twenty-Sixth Street Crew	123	(1)
The North Side Crew	123	(2)
Chicago Heights	125	(1)
The Outfit Today	126	(4)
The Structure of the Chicago Outfit	127	(3)
Internet Connections	130	(1)
Review Questions	130	(2)
African-American and Black Organized Crime	132	(13)
Frank Lucas	133	(1)
The Gangster Disciples	134	(2)
El Rukns/Black P. Stone Nation	136	(1)
Other Domestic African-American Criminal Organizations	137	(2)
Black Organized Crime: Nigerians	139	(2)
Jamaican Organized Crime	141	(2)
Internet Connections	143	(1)
Review Questions	143	(2)
PART III INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
Italian Organized Crime	145	(21)
The Globalization of Organized Crime	145	(1)
The Mezzogiorno	146	(1)
The Sicilian Mafia	147	(11)
Mussolini and the Mafia	149	(2)
The Nuovo Mafia	151	(2)
Politics and the Mafia	153	(1)
The Decline of the Mafia	154	(2)
The Structure of the Mafia	156	(2)
The Neapolitan Camorra	158	(4)
The 'Ndrangheta	162	(1)
Sacra Corona Unita and the Albanian Connection	163	(1)
Internet Connections	164	(1)
Review Questions	165	(1)
Latino Organized Crime	166	(25)
The Cuban-Colombian Connection	166	(1)
Colombia	167	(10)
Colombian Drug Trafficking	168	(3)
The Medellin Cartel	171	(4)
The Cali Cartel	175	(1)
The Evolution of the Colombian Drug Business	176	(1)
Mexico	177	(9)
Mexican Drug Trafficking	178	(2)
The Amezcuas (Colima) Cartel	180	(1)
The Herrera Family	181	(2)
The Sinaloa Cartel	183	(1)
The Gulf Cartel	183	(1)
The Juarez Cartel	184	(1)
The Tijuana Cartel	185	(1)
The Sonora Cartel	186	(1)
The Dominican Republic	186	(2)
The Mexican Mafia	188	(1)
Internet Connections	189	(1)
Review Questions	189	(2)
Russian Organized Crime	191	(15)
The Roots of Russian Organized Crime	191	(2)
The Vory	193	(2)
The Russian Mafiya	195	(3)
Chechens	198	(2)
Russian Organized Crime in the United States	200	(4)
The Fuel Oil Scam	202	(1)
Vory in the United States	202	(2)
The Future of ROC	204	(1)
Internet Connections	205	(1)
Review Questions	205	(1)
Asian Organized Crime	206	(16)
Yakuza	206	(5)
Triads, Tongs, and Asian Gangs	211	(9)
Triads	212	(4)
Tongs	216	(1)
Asian Gangs in North America	217	(3)
Internet Connections	220	(1)
Review Questions	221	(1)
PART IV THE BUSINESS OF ORGANIZED CRIME
The Business of Organized Crime: Gambling, Loansharking, Theft, Fencing, and Sex	222	(23)
Goods and Services or Extortion?	222	(4)
Gambling	226	(11)
Bookmaking	226	(8)
Casino Gambling and Related Activities	234	(2)
Miscellaneous Gambling	236	(1)
Loansharking (Usury)	237	(3)
Theft and Fencing	240	(1)
Stolen Securities	240	(1)
Fencing	241	(1)
The Business of Sex	241	(2)
The International Sex Industry	243	(1)
Internet Connections	243	(1)
Review Questions	244	(1)
Organized Crime in Labor and Business	245	(33)
Organized Labor in America	246	(1)
Labor Racketeering: In the Beginning...	246	(2)
The Fulton Fish Market	247	(1)
Labor Racketeering and the ``Big Four''	248	(13)
Laborers International Union	249	(1)
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HEREIU)	250	(2)
International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)	252	(2)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)	254	(4)
Hoffa Versus Kennedy	258	(3)
Business Racketeering	261	(7)
The Garment Center	262	(2)
Restraint of Trade	264	(1)
The Construction Industry	264	(2)
Private Solid Waste Carting	266	(2)
Organized Crime and Legitimate Business	268	(3)
The Scam	269	(1)
Stock Fraud	270	(1)
Money Laundering	271	(5)
Internet Connections	276	(1)
Review Questions	276	(2)
Organized Crime and Drugs	278	(28)
Historical Background	278	(4)
China and the Opium Wars	279	(2)
The ``Chinese Problem'' and the American Response	281	(1)
The Twentieth Century	282	(3)
The Harrison Act	283	(2)
The Business of Heroin	285	(8)
The Golden Triangle	286	(3)
The Golden Crescent	289	(3)
Mexico	292	(1)
Colombia	293	(1)
Cocaine	293	(5)
The Business of Cocaine	294	(2)
Distribution	296	(2)
Methamphetamines	298	(1)
Cannabis/Marijuana	299	(2)
Barbiturates	301	(1)
Methaqualone	301	(1)
Phencyclidine (PCP)	302	(1)
Ecstasy	302	(1)
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)	303	(1)
Analogs and Designer Drugs	304	(1)
Internet Connections	305	(1)
Review Questions	305	(1)
PART V FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME
Organized Crime Statutes	306	(24)
Constitutional Restraints	306	(1)
Jurisdictional Limitations	307	(1)
Corruption	308	(5)
Informants	309	(4)
Statutes	313	(16)
The Internal Revenue Code	313	(1)
The Controlled Substances Statutes	314	(1)
The Hobbs Act	315	(1)
Conspiracy	316	(2)
RICO	318	(4)
Continuing Criminal Enterprise	322	(1)
The Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA)	322	(1)
Forfeiture	322	(4)
Money Laundering	326	(2)
The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000	328	(1)
Internet Connections	329	(1)
Review Questions	329	(1)
Organized Crime Law Enforcement	330	(23)
The Department of Justice (DOJ)	331	(4)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)	331	(1)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)	332	(1)
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)	333	(1)
The Marshals Service	333	(2)
The Department of the Treasury	335	(2)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	336	(1)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)	336	(1)
The Customs Service	336	(1)
The Department of Labor	337	(1)
The Department of Transportation/Coast Guard	337	(1)
The Department of Defense (DOD)	338	(2)
Other Federal Enforcement Agencies	340	(1)
Interpol	340	(1)
Investigative Tools in Organized Crime Law Enforcement	341	(7)
Intelligence	341	(2)
Electronic Surveillance	343	(5)
The Grand Jury	348	(1)
Immunity	349	(3)
Internet Connections	352	(1)
Review Questions	352	(1)
In Conclusion	353	(1)
References	354	(41)
Author Index	395	(6)
Subject Index	401