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| Compare and contrast the heroin drug trafficking patterns with cocaine. |
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| What is the source of Cocaince? |
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Coca plant in South America
Bolivia and Peru
farmed by peasants |
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| What is the source of heroin? |
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Opium in South America
farmed by poor peasants |
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| Where and by whom is cocaine refined into a usable commondoty? |
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| Columbians have the lab and make the cocaine from the coca plant |
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| Where and by whom is heroin refined into a usable commodity? |
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| Villige middlemen sell to heroin brokers, they make the opium into heroin. |
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| What rail does heroin follow from the source to the point of embarkment into the US? |
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heroin is brought by airshipment - people swallow it in bags. transhippment points are to avoid law enforecement - carribbean, South America, central america
Maritime shipment e and west side of cental american - mexican corridor |
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| What rail does cocaine follow from the source to the point of embarkment into the US? |
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| the cocaine is stashed in safehouses in close proximety of the airport or coastal areas. |
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| How and by whom is Cocain transported into the US? |
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| the mexican cartel takes control fromthe colombians once it gets to mexico. it is transported overland at that point. |
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| How and by whom is heroin transported in the US? |
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| by the mexican cartel by anything driveable. families are used as decoys |
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| What routes does cocaine follow? |
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central american corridor
moves overland once it hits mexico, the mexican cartel has control at this point. |
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| What routes does heroin follow? |
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| central american corridor |
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| Where and how does heroin enter the US? |
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| by the mexican cartels, through the border by anything drivable. they often use families to transport it. they hide the cocaine anywhere there is an empty spot in the vehicle that is not viewable. |
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| Where and how does cocaine enter the US? |
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| by anything that moves, land, air, water |
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| Compare and contrast loan sharking and gambling |
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| What are the similarities between loan sharking and gambling structures? |
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| both have to do with numbers. |
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| What are the differences between loan sharking and gambling structures? |
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| their structure is very different. in loansharking the client goes right to the boss or close to him. in gambling the client goes through the solicitors. the solicitors often have to seek out the clients and in loansharking the clients have to seek out the solicitors |
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| What are the various roles in the loan sharking structure? |
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GAMBLING FINANCIER- loans to gamblers
LOANSHARKS LOANSHARK- funding criminal rofits to make more profits
COLLECTORS-men
SILENT PARTNER-loan shark owns 51% of business
ACTIVE PARTNER-the client that did not pay, owns 49% of his business does all of the work. |
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| What are the various roles in the gambling structure? |
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SOLICITOR
stationary solicitor
traveling solicitor
telephone solicitor
BOOKMAKER
LAY OFF MAN-insures bookmaker-sees the betting pattern
LARGE LAY OFF MAN- sees a larger betting pattern
STATE/REGIONAL LAY OFF MAN
NATIONAL LAY OFF MAN
lay off mans job is to make odds even so the bets come in evenly |
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| What relationship does loan sharking and gambling have with eachother? |
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| the gambling financier is a person in loansharking that will lend to gamblers. keeping both businesses going. |
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| Compare and contrast the organizational structure of organized crime as described by Joe Valachi and the 1967 presidents commission on law enforcement and the administration of justice on gambling. |
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| What was valachies version of gambling |
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| What was the PC version of gambling? |
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| What were the similarities of valachies and PC versions of gambling |
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| What were the differences between valachies and the PC version of gambling |
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| What were the roles that Valachi described in the gambling structure? |
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| What were the roles that the PC described in the gambling structure? |
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| What relationships do these structures have with eachother? |
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| What is the genesis of the term mafia? |
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| What are the various legends surrounding the development of the term mafia? |
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| how has the legend of the sicilian vespers been interpreted by Ed Reid? |
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| how has the legend of the sicilian vespers been interpreted by Francis Crawford? |
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| how has the legend of the sicilian vespers been interpreted by Steven Runciman? |
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| What conclusion does historical analysis of these interpretations come to and why? |
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| Whar is the legend concerning the contribution of Mazzinis organization to the genedid of the term mafia? |
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| What conclusion does historical analysis come to concerning theis contribution/ |
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| What is the stone quarry theory and did it contribute to the genesis of the term mafia? |
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| What is the conclusion of historical analysis concerning the stone quarry theory? |
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| What is the play version? |
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| What was the name of the play and who was the playwright? |
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| What was the publics reation tothis play and why? |
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| What did the term mafia mean before 1860 |
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| Why was the term applied to those in the play and subsequently to those in sicilian organized crime? |
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| Describe the development of organized crime in sicily. |
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| describe the historical factors that lead to the development of Omerta. |
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| What historical developments led tot he development of organized crime? |
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| What was the told of Patron-client relationships? |
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| What was the first patron-client relationship |
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| What was the second patron client relationship? |
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| What was the third patron client relationship? |
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| What occured in 1866 and gave rise to mofiosos? |
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| In sicily, what do mofiosos call their society? |
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| How does a mofiosos describe their society? |
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| What are the various positions in their society? |
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| what are the various roles of the mofioso in sicily? |
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| What can it be said thar while there is organized crime in sicily, there is no mafia? |
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| What connection is there between sicilian organized crime and american organized crime? |
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| Describe and analyze the events surrounding the murder of new orleans police chief david hennessey. |
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| What events led up to hennesseys murder? |
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| Who was accused of the murder? |
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| Why was it beliebed the mafia was invoved? |
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| What was the outcome of the trial? |
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| What stimulated the mass rally to action? |
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| What happened to all the accused and other prisoners at the parish prison? |
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| What happened to those who participated in the evets at the parish prison? |
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| What were the national and international reprucussions? |
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| What factual evidence strongly suggests that the murder of hennesy was NOT a mafia killing? |
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| Describe and analyz the events surrounding the murder of new york city police lt. joseph petrosino. |
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| What events led up to the publics belief that a black hand gang operated in NY? |
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| What events lef t L.t Petrosino;s appointent as head of the italian squad? |
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| What was police commissioner Bingham campaign? |
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| How did the city council react? |
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| How did the italian council react? |
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| How did the italian govt. react? |
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| what led petrosino to go to italy? |
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| What was the reaction of the interior minister? |
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| What success did petrosino have? |
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| What happened when he went to palermo sicily? |
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| What was the sicilian reaction? |
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| What was the American reaction? |
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| What was the italian reaction? |
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| Who claimed to be the murderer and when? |
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| What actions did thr NYPD undertake concerning petrosinos mission afterwards? |
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| Write an essay concerning the history og racketeering. |
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| What is the genesis of the term racketeering? |
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| What is the definition of the term racketeering? |
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| What initially caused raketeering? |
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| What federal legislation altered racketeering? |
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| How did the ford motor company and other businesses respond? |
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| How did racketeering evolve during the 1920's? |
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| Who were among the leading racketeers? |
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| What brought industial racketeering to an end? |
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| What led to labor racketeering? |
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| What unions were most affected? |
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| Describe the Role of Brown and Bioff. |
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| Who were Brown and Bioffs victims? |
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| what brought labor racketeering to an end? |
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| What legal case was involved? |
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| Write an essay concerning the rise of the gangster |
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| What term disappeared from popular usage? |
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| How was the gangster defined? |
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| How did these definitions contrast with previous definitions of the underworld? |
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| through what genre was gangster first precieved? |
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| what was the first gangster movie? |
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| what were two famous gangster films in 1931? |
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| how did they define the image of the gangster? |
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| What was the gangster genre? |
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| What was the gangster stereotype? |
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| What were other gangster film characters? |
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| What was the missing element? |
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| Write an essay concerning the history of murder inc. |
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| who coined the term murder inc? |
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| who was the source for that perception? |
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| what did the source tell about the development of organized crime since the end of prohibition? |
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| Who was the leader of theat development? |
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| What was the goal of that development? |
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| How was the underworld organized beginning in 1934? |
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| What institutions appeared? |
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| What was the major probem that appeared with this development? |
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| Why was murder inc. the solution? |
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| What group became the nucleus of murder inc? |
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| What were the most famous HITS? |
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| What was murder incs "modus operandi"? |
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| Describe and analyze the kefauver committee's investifation of organized crim in 1951. |
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| What was the initial goal of the Kefauver committee? |
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| How and why did that goal change? |
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| What was the testimoney of Harry Anslinger? |
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| Who was Harry J. Anslinger? |
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| What term did he revive to identify organized crime? |
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| What was the testimony of Claude Follmer? |
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| What was the testimony of charles siragusa? |
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| What was the problem with anslingers testimony? |
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| What was the testimony of tony gizzo? |
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| What evidence did the kefauver committee uncover supporting its conclusion that the mafia operated in san fracisco, tamp, new orleans and detroit? |
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| Where did the kefauver investigation end its hearings? |
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| What was the publics reaction? |
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| What was george m. levys testimony? |
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| Who was the star witness? |
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| what was his self admitted past involvement with the underworld? |
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| what was is self admitted invovement with willie moretti? |
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| What was his reaction to the TV? |
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| What was virgini hills testimony? |
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| What was William ODwyers testimony? |
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| What conclusion did the kefauver committee reach concerning organized crime? |
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| What was the experts reaction? |
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| What was kefauvers reactioin? |
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| Describe and analyze joseph valachis testimony before the mcclellan committee in 1963. |
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| What was valachis background? |
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| How did he get involved in organized crime? |
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| What was his role in the castellamarese war? |
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| What was his verison of events? |
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| What was his subsequent history? |
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| What term did valachi use to describe prganized crime? |
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| What historical analysis did Humbert Nelli and Alan Block use concerning Valachis version of the castellamarese war? |
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| What conclusion did they reach? |
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| What conclusion did block reach concerning valachis term for organized crime? |
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| What organization structure concerning organized crime did valachi present to the mcclellan committee? |
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| How did valachi describe Omerta? |
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| How did valachi describe bail and attorneys? |
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| How did valachi describe gang territories? |
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| What conclusion can be reached concerning Joe Valachis description of organized crime? |
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| Compare and conrast Joseph Valachi's testimony and the 1976 presidents commision with the 1986 presidents commission on organized crime. |
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| What are the similarities concerning the composition of organized crime? |
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| What are the differences concerning the composition of organized crime? |
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| What new criminal groups appear in the 1986 report? |
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| in contrast to the 1967 report, what did the 1986 report claim was the major activity of OC? |
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| How did the 1967 report evaluate the activity described by the 1967 report as organized crimes major activity? |
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| How did the 1986 report evaluate other criminal activities long associated with organized crime? |
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