Encyclopedia entry: Organized Crime

WILLIAM I. MACADAM, JAMES R. DUBRO AND PIERRE DE CHAMPLAIN
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Organized Crime

Author: WILLIAM I. MACADAM, JAMES R. DUBRO AND PIERRE DE CHAMPLAIN

Organized crime has been officially defined by the Canadian police as"two or more persons consorting together on a continuing basis to participate in illegal activities, either directly or indirectly, for gain" ; it has been defined by a former US organized crime boss as"just a bunch of people getting together to take all the money they can from all the suckers they can. Organized crime is a chain of command all the way from London to Canada, the US, Mexico, Italy, France, everywhere."

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