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    Abstract The first Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) charter was started in 1948 approximately 11 years before the Pagans Motorcycle Club (PMC) was started. By the 1960s both clubs were in full swing; with the HAMC incorporating and the PMC getting involved with the Mafia. Both clubs try to recruit members based on the prospect’s skills as well as the club’s needs. As you will be able to see both of the clubs are involved in violent crime and drugs‚ the difference is to what level. Today the HAMC

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    It was a regular day for everyone in town‚ until a red and white truck passed by speeding down one of the main roads passing cars. Everyone got inside their homes because they knew this was not going to end well. The two trucks stopped about a block away from Joaquin’s house he saw everything happen. Then three men got out of the red truck with guns and started shooting at the white truck. The men inside the truck were trying to get cover‚ but they were not so innocent because they had guns and were

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    and media sources. Organized crime organizations are a group of people who form an alliance to engage in illegal crimes within their communities to obtain financial wealth for their organized crime organization. By criminal behavior of bribery‚ extortion‚ violence and etc. To gain control of political powers‚ business‚ law enforcement and the public within society so their organized crime organization can stay in business. The mob boss and the chain of command or the hierarchy in organized crime

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    Frank Sinatra‚ famous crooner and actor‚ took the world by storm and was considered to be one of the most influential music artists of the 20th Century. Referred to as “the voice”‚ Sinatra lead a life of great wealth and fame‚ but also great controversy. The mafia‚ Chicago outfit‚ dating back over a century‚ were powerful and dangerous. Frank Sinatra’s alleged involvement with this crime-syndicate could be the most controversial aspect of his life. While some claim it’s impossible‚ there is far too

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    La Cosa Nostra

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    The Notorious La Cosa Nostra and Organized Crime Abstract When the term family business is named‚ you might think of a farming business‚ or maybe selling certain products‚ but the words prostitution‚ loan-sharking‚ narcotics‚ and racketeering are not the first things to come to mind. La Cosa Nostra is what family business was about during the 1920’s and early 1940’s. La Cosa Nostra‚ a criminal organization from Sicily‚ Italy‚ began terrorizing the U.S by

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    QUIZ I – STUDY GUIDE IB-571 – Polychroniou • IMF (about):International Monetary Fund • GATT/WTO (about): General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/ World Trade Organization • Culture (definition/character/origins/components) Definition: Culture can be defi ned as a society’s accepted basis for responding to external and internal events. Most traditional defi nitions of

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    LEGAL THEORY Chapter 4 CASE BRIEF Name: Professor: 553 U.S. 137‚ 128 S.Ct. 1581 Facts: In September 2004‚ New Mexico police officers received a report that Larry Begay‚ the petitioner here‚ had threatened his sister and aunt with a rifle. The police arrested him. Begay subsequently conceded he was a felon and pleaded guilty to a federal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of § 922(g)(1). Begay’s presentence report said that he had been convicted a dozen

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    To Bribe Or Not To Bribe

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    ranking official in a country where such offerings are not prohibited by law. Subornation on the other hand generally involves giving large sums of money designed to tempt an official to commit an illegal act on behalf of the one offering the bribe. Extortion is if payments are extracted under force by someone in authority from a person seeking only what he or she is

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    Gangs in Prison The Aryan Brotherhood The Aryan Brotherhood originates in the CDC (California Department of Corrections) and BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons). The Aryan Brotherhood was founded in San Quentin‚ California in the 1960s. The founders were members of other gangs from the 1950s called‚ “Bluebirds”‚ “Diamond Tooth Gang”‚ and the “Nazi Gang”. Barry Mills and Tyler Davis are now the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood. Their basic beliefs and mission is they believe in the betterment

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    1‚ 1949‚ but his criminal life started in his teens‚ when he and his gang would steal headstones from the cemetery‚ sand them down and re-sell them. From there he moved on to conning people‚ to car thefts‚ to extortion‚ where people would pay to not have their cars stolen. He continued his life of crime by legitimating his stolen cars through counterfeit paperwork and selling them. At this point Pablo was becoming known as a young crime boss‚ and started using

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