Political Crime and Terrorism
The eradication of a group of people.
What is genocide?
The passage of this gave rise to the Italian mafia in America.
What is the 19th amendment or prohibition?
An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and/or the rights of others.
What is corruption?
The killing of four or more victims at one location on a single occasion.
What is mass murder?
What is the Mafia’s country of origin??
Italy
This distinguishes terrorism from acts of war.
What is the deliberate targeting of innocent people?
A scheme or operation to collect illegal profits, usually by extortion, fraud, or force; it can also refer to a pattern of illegal activity carried out by an enterprise that is owned or controlled by the criminals
What is racketeering?
This involves paying early investors high investment returns with money from later investors in a nonexistent enterprise.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
Murder at two or more locations with almost no time between the murders.
What is spree killing?
What term is used to describe a Mafia family’s boss?
Don
This nonprofit tracks hate groups in America.
What is the Southern Poverty Law Center?
It provides for extended criminal penalties for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise.
What is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute (RICO)?
Investment scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups.
What is an affinity scam?
The deadliest mass shooting in American history.
What is the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas shooting?
Which popular television series focuses on a fictional Mafia family?
Sapranos
Honor killings are an example of these.
What are patriarchcal crimes?
Yakuza is an example of this.
What is Asian Transnational Organized Crime?
Financial scam relying on the continual recruitment of recruiters to sell a nonexistent or faulty product.
What is a pyramid scheme?
They suffer from psychosis and kill in response to visions or voices.
What is a visionary serial murderer?
Which infamous event involving the Mafia occurred on Valentine’s Day in 1929?
St. Valentine Massacre
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were given the death penalty for this crime.
What is espionage?
He was known by the the nickname Scarface and was responsible for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
Who is Al Capone?
This was passed to increase the penalties for those who commit corporate financial fraud.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
Ted Bundy is an example of this type of serial murderer.
What is a hedonistic serial murderer?
What crime did Al Capone eventually go to prison for?
Tax Evasion