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organized crime, complex of highly centralized enterprises set up for the purpose of engaging in illegal activities. Such organizations engage in offenses such as cargo theft, fraud, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and the demanding of “protection” payments. The principal source of income for these criminal syndicates is the supply of goods and services that are illegal but for which there is continued public demand, such as drugs, prostitution, loan-sharking (i.e., usury), and gambling. Although Europe and Asia have historically had their international rings of smugglers, jewel thieves, and drug traffickers and Sicily (see Mafia and Sicilian Mafia) and Japan (see ...(100 of 805 words)

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