Organized Crime

• FBI definition
• Four types
  1. Political-social
  2. Mercenary/Predatory
  3. In-group oriented
  4. Syndicate - Italian-American Syndicate (IAS)

History of Organized Crime

• Ethnic Succession
• Role of Prohibition

Kefauver Committee (1950)

Task on Organized Crime (1976)

The MAFIA or LA COSA NOSTRA

• 24 crime families
• Family organization
• Activities
• Code of Conduct (Omerta)

The Mafia Myth

Legislation

• Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act (1970)
• Bank Secrecy Act

FILM: Sex, Drugs and Consenting Adults. An introduction to public order crimes