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organized crime figure [1 record]

Record 1 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

Schelling [an American economist] stressed another role for the traditional organized crime group - the implications of which went relatively unnoticed at the time. He stressed that, what really distinguished the organized crime figure from other criminals was his capacity to extort - sometimes from vulnerable legal businesses like restaurants, but even more so from illegal businesses who could not avail themselves of the protection of the law.

Key term(s)
  • organised crime figure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

Un apport théorique plus approfondi aurait probablement permis l'élaboration d'hypothèses plus spécifiques permettant de distinguer mieux l'acteur du crime organisé (mafieux, criminel de guerre par exemple) et l'auteur d'un attentat suicide.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
CONT

Las cuentas que están siendo investigadas en el Bank of New York fueron vinculadas al hombre que fuentes occidentales catalogan como la mayor figura del crimen organizado ruso [...]

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