Public Enemies/FBI
Who was the first director of the FBI?
Who is J Edgar Hoover
Most foreign-produced illicit drugs available in the United States are smuggled into the country from ___.
What is Mexico?
Mobster associated with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Who is Al Capone?
turning “dirty” money “clean” by making it look like money from crimes actually came from legitimate sources.
What is money laundering?
a synthetic opioid pain reliever. It is many times more powerful than other opioids and is approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain. Illegally made and distributed
What is fentanyl?
Infamous American couple known for their bank robberies, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes.
Who are Bonnie & Clyde?
Dubbed "the king of cocaine"
Who is Pablo Escobar?
American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip.
Who is "Bugsy" Siegel?
Martha Stewart was accused of this white collar crime?
What is insider trading?
36 people die every day from an overdose death involving _____ in the United States.
What is heroin?
an intelligence-driven and threat-focused national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities.
What is the FBI?
a high-ranking crime boss who controls a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade.
What is a kingpin?
The passing of this amendment saw a rise in organized crime.
What is the 18th Amendment/Prohibition?
According to the FBI, the term white-collar crime came about in what year?
What is 1939?
These are crimes that are usually small-scale and their perpetrators commit them for immediate gain or satisfaction
What is Blue Collar Crime?
A term to dangerous criminals, particularly in the US.
What is Public Enemy?
"El Chapo" is associated with what cartel?
What is the Sinaloa Cartel?
Charles "Lucky" Luciano inherited the crime family that would eventually become known as the _______________ family.
What is the Genovese Family?
a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors
What is a ponzi scheme?
George Kelly Barnes, better known by his pseudonym ________, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era.
Who is "Machine Gun Kelly"?
This FBI agent became famous in the 1930s for bringing down the notorious outlaws John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd
Who is Melvin Purvis?
A Mexico City federal judge halted the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son, alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, to the United States on Friday, a day after he was arrested in an intense operation in northern Mexico that led to the deaths of ____ people.
What is 29?
American gangster during the Great Depression, who was imprisoned several times and escaped twice.
Who is John Dilinger?
The following scenario is an example of ____ & _____: The employee writes company checks or makes electronic payments to himself. The employee then cooks the books to hide the theft.
What is embezzlement (and forgery)?
The number of drug overdose deaths remain high, and the majority of these deaths, nearly ____% in 2020, involved opioids.
What is 75%?