Greek mafia (Greek: Ελληνική μαφία, romanized: Ellinikí mafía[a]) is the colloquial term describing various large-scale organizedcrime elements originating in Greece or operated by Greeks. Indigenous organized criminal groups are well-established in the largest Greek urban centers, particularly in Athens. Mafia groups in Greece take part in, among other crimes, racketeering ...
The Armenian mafia is a general term for organizedcriminal gangs that consist of ethnic Armenians. In Armenia, the structure is organized in clans called yekhpayrutyuns.
· Investigations into the 2019 murder of a Greek-Russian man in Thessaloniki led police to the so-called “Russian Pontian” mafia, allegedly responsible for multiple homicides linked to organizedcrime. Dozens of suspects appeared before judicial authorities last week as part of an extensive crackdown.
The Greekpolice have dedicated units for tackling organizedcrime, including narcotics, cybercrime and financial crimes. However, these units often only apprehend low-ranking criminals, leaving criminal networks largely intact.
· Unlike more structuredcrimesyndicates like the Italian-American Mafia, the Greek mob operated as a loose confederation of racketeers, loan sharks, and drug traffickers.
· Two journalists from different generations, Yannis Souliotis and Giannis Tsakarisianos, who both cover the so-called “GreekMafia,” spoke at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum.
· BIRN has taken a closer look at the phenomenon of Greekorganisedcrime and its Balkan links.
Organisedcrime exists throughout the entirety of Greece; a substantial portion of Greekorganisedcrimegroups are centered in Athens, however many other organised or semi-organised groups operate throughout other cities and smaller villages.
In the murky world of organizedcrime, borders are but lines on a map, easily traversed by those seeking power, influence, and illicit wealth. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in the sprawling metropolis of Toronto...
Is organizedcrime ‘white-collar crime’ (Smith 1982)—in other words, an economic crime which has much in common with corporate crimes and ‘should be jointly analysed irrespective of the social characteristics or background of the perpetrators’ (Ruggiero 1996:21)?
What about othermafia-like criminalorganisations, such as the ‘ndrangheta? As indicated in the first section, there are indications of a similar intertwining of organisedcriminal underworld and upperworld. The motivations to propose the present analysis are various.
Decoding Albanian OrganizedCrime is a book about the nature of Albanian organizedcrime and my experience as a researcher trying to conduct an objective study on an entity concealed in the criminal underworld. It is an attempt to identify and analyze, clinically and dispassionately...
CrimeSyndicate.In the intricate world of organizedcrime, a well-crafted mafia group name is the first step towards establishing a formidable presence. With the pro tips provided, you now have the tools to choose a name that not only suits your group but also leaves a lasting impression.
What distinguishes organizedcrimesyndicates from governments and businesses is everything about them apart from "pay or be harassed" part, including but not limited to: the family-based structure and power inheritance model, the use of localized violence as coercion to...
A Turkish man who pleaded guilty to alien smuggling in a US federal court has exposed the growing reach of Turkish-run syndicates moving migrants into the United States through both the Mexican and Canadian borders.
Summary: “OrganizingCrime: Mafias, Markets, and Networks provides the most exhaustive overview ever published of knowledge about organizedcrime.141 Letizia Paoli How Similar Are Modern CriminalSyndicates to Traditional Mafias?
Although the leaders of Cosa Nos-tra and othercriminalsyndicatesin New York and Chicago did exert great inu-ence over politicians, the political process, and the police up to the Second World War (Nelli 1976: 190–93), their power, which was largely local...
mafia in the Clerkenwell crimesyndicate, which controls the city and ports of London.Ireland also has an international crimesyndicate, Ratkil Rovers, which steals from museums and works of art. Prince Tancredi works as an art appraiser and co-owner and advisor to Rathkeale.
Globalorganizedcrime index. Cambodia. 3.46 ↘0.17.Cambodia also hosts a range of loosely organizedcriminal networks engaged in drug trafficking, wildlife and mineral smuggling, cyber scam operations and human smuggling. These networks are adaptable and opportunistic.
OrganizedCrime And Terrorist Activity In Mexico, 1999-2002.
