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Chapter 1. Defining Organized Crime1

Attempts to Define Organized Crime1

Confederation of Necessity6

Chapter 2. The History of Organized Crime9

Brigands and Criminals in Antiquity9

The Culture of the Arbresheri12

Secret Societies in Southern Italy12

Organized Crime Outside the United States16

America's Criminal Groups19

Chapter 3. Organized Crime in America29

Early History of Organized Crime29

Rise of the Modern Syndicate31

Gangland and Prohibition34

Crime in Postwar America40

The Kefauver Committee Findings43

The Post-Kefauver Committee Era44

The Gallo Revolt and After46

Chapter 4. Labor Racketeering51

The Rise of Labor51

Labor Unions and the Courts55

Regulation of Labor Unions57

Categories of Labor Corruption60

The Regulators65

Detecting Labor Corruption67

Chapter 5. Cargo Thefts71

The Problem of Cargo Theft71

Impact of Cargo Theft73

Role of Organized Crime74

Need for Security75

Legal Tools to Combat Cargo Theft77

Policing Cargo Theft78

Chapter 6. Fencing81

Defining Fencing81

Categorizing Fences83

Traditional Approach to Fencing88

Chapter 7. Gambling93

The Problem of Gambling93

Categories of Gambling95

Government Regulation100

A New Model Is Needed102

Chapter 8. Loansharking107

Understanding Loansharking107

Loansharking as a Business109

Ethnics and Loansharking111

The Impact of Loansharking113

Combating Loansharking116

Chapter 9. The Drug Trade121

The History of U.S. Drug Legislation121

The Present Drug Model126

Foreign Drug Markets128

The Domestic Drug Market133

Establishment of the Drug Routes137

Kinship and the Narcotics Trade143

The Drug Routes144

Drug Enforcement in the United States145

An Alternative Model147

Chapter 10. Political Corruption153

Defining Corruption153

A History of Corruption154

Corruption of the Political Machinery157

Corruption of Law Enforcement159

Prosecutorial Corruption162

Judicial Indiscretion163

Bureaucratic Corruption164

Abuses by the Intelligence Community166

Legal Arsenal to Combat Corruption167

Chapter 11. Illegal Trade in Aliens173

Understanding Immigration Laws173

Role of the Immigration and Naturalization Service175

Illegal Aliens and Organized Crime176

Organized Crime as Employer178

Prosecuting Immigration Crimes179

Chapter 12. Infiltration into White-Collar Crime183

Penetration of the Legitimate Economy183

A Tradition of Corporate Corruption185

Business-Related Frauds186

Victimizing Consumer190

Environmental Crimes191

Chapter 13. Electronic Crimes: Advent of the Computer Age195

Defining the Computer195

Crimes by Computer196

Computer Vulnerability199

Chapter 14. Traditional Tools: A Need for a New Approach205

Evolution of U.S. Police Forces205

Present Police Forces209

Federal Police Forces209

A Need for New Tools213

Chapter 15. Prosecuting Organized Crime: Present Problems217

U.S. Prosecutorial Machinery218

A Need for a New Approach220

Chapter 16. A Look at the Penal Model223

History of the U.S. Penal Model223

Present Penal Model225

Need for a New Model227

Conclusion231

Bibliography233

Index239

About the Author251