criminal organization
Organized illegal enterprise
A criminal organization is a group structured to engage in illegal activities for profit or power.
The term covers everything from local street gangs to international syndicates like the Mafia or drug cartels.
Criminal organizations typically have hierarchies, codes of conduct, and use violence or corruption to protect their operations: The investigation revealed ties to a criminal organization spanning three countries.
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- crime familyCriminal organization by kinship
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
law enforcement · triad · yakuza · lieutenant · racketeering · protection racket · extortion · illegal gambling · syndicate · money laundering · informant · operative · cybercrime · surveillance · omertà · enforcer · hit man · investigation
criminal organizationcharitable organization
Nonprofit for public benefit
humanitarian group · nonprofit organization · philanthropic foundation · humanitarian organization · civic association
criminal, crimes, criminals, criminally, criminality, criminalize, criminalized, criminalizing, criminalization