organised crime
Mafia-style illegal business
Organised crime refers to illegal activities carried out by structured groups operating with hierarchy, coordination, and continuity over time.
Such enterprises typically involve racketeering, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, or smuggling, and they often use violence or corruption to protect their operations.
The term distinguishes these systematic criminal networks from individual lawbreakers or loosely connected gangs.
The investigation revealed organised crime had infiltrated local government.
This is the British spelling; Americans write organized crime.
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- underbossCriminal organization's deputy
- yakuzaJapanese criminal organization
- consigliereMafia boss's trusted counselor
syndicate · underworld · street gang · gang war · cartel · triad · racketeering · money laundering · human trafficking · omertà · extortion · made man · drug trafficking · RICO Act · arms smuggling · offshore accounts · front company · sting operation
organised crimelaw enforcement
Upholding legal codes
Interpol · prosecution · criminal justice system · prosecutors
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