Organized Crime...brief summary

Organized crime consists of large-scale activities by groups of
gangsters or racketeers. Such groups are often called the “crime syndicate or
the underworld.” Organized crime specializes in providing illegal goods and
services. Its activities include gambling, prostitution, the illegal sale of
drugs, and loaning money at extremely high rates of interest. Many of these
activities are often called “victimless crimes” because both the buyer and the
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