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    UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY

    New Site Campus Tuguegarao City, Cagayan


    SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY

    PRELIM COVERAGE

    ORGANIZED CRIME INVESTIGATION


     Is a special police function aimed towards the eradication of criminal groups/syndicates
    and/or neutralization of its leaders and members including their protectors and cohorts.

    INVESTIGATIVE METHODS IN ORGANIZED CRIME


    1. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS
     Are covert undertaking usually confined to gather information on the activities
    of organized crime and criminal groups.
    2. USE OF INFORMANTS
     people are the greatest source of information
    3. SURVEILLANCE
     secretive and continuous watching of persons, vehicles, places or objects to
    obtain information concerning the activities and identities of individual.
    4. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS AND SHARING
     refers to the in-depth examination of information gathered of intelligence work
    like surveillance, undercover, wiretapping, bugging and other means.
    5. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
     is the application of a specialized knowledge and specific skills to stumble upon
    the evidence of economic transactions.
    6. MULTI AGENCY INVESTIGATION
     means that law enforcement agencies national and local must interact, sharing
    information and combining investigative efforts

    ORGANIZED CRIME
     It is a crime or form of illegal activity carried out systematically by criminal
    organizations sometimes called criminal enterprise or crime syndicates.
     It also refers to the criminal organization itself.
     It exists purposely to engage in illegal activities, primarily for monetary profit.

    General Types of OrganizedCrime


     Traditional
     Non-traditional
    1. Traditional Organized Crime includes
     Organized Crime Group(OCG)
     Criminal gangs

    A. Organized crime groups


     is a profit-motivated and highly capable group of persons or an enterprise organized to
    undertake widespread, regular or long term, large scale, high profile and diversified
    criminal activities that has high impact to the economy and national security.

    Characteristics:
     Its organization is highly structured.
     Its members have infiltrated a vast variety of legitimate resources.  High profile
    strength.

    B. Criminal gangs
     Is a group of two or more persons who have common identifying sign or symbol and
    whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of
    criminal activity, creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation within the community
    or a specific area using violence and intimidation.

    Characteristics:
     Its organizational tends to have less control over their members/loose connections.
     Its members may have previous petty crime experiences.
     Its resources includes basic criminal tools, with minimal logistical support and its
    members have minimum or specific training and indoctrination.

    2. Non-traditional Organized Crime Group


     includes terrorist groups
     Private armed groups

    A. Terrorist groups
     its main objective is politically or ideologically motivated

    B. Private armed group


     a group of two or more people carrying firearms which is being maintained by an
    individual , or an assembly, to guard his own interest.
     Refers to those having firearms with the aim of intimidating, coercing, sowing fear in
    favor of certain politicians.

    Typical Organized Crime Group Activities


     Drug trafficking
     Human trafficking
     Human smuggling
     Illegal gambling
     Loan-sharking
     Money-laundering
     Prostitution
     Protection-racket
     Extortion  Bribery  Corruption etc.
    CLASSIFICATION OF OCG
    1. TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP
     Refers to OCG whose illegal activities take place across national boarders.
    2. NATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP
     OCG whose operations or illegal activities are carried out within a country.
    3. REGIONAL OR LOCAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP
     Refers to those OCG that undertake their illegal activities in a particular region, city or
    town of a country.

    EFFECTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME


     It undermines legitimate commerce
     It manipulates stock market

    VICTIMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME


     Business enterprise
     Individuals
     Government

    DIFFERENT ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN THE WORLD

    ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY

    1. SICILIAN MAFIA
     Formed in mid 19th century by a group of bandits and based primarily at Sicily
     In Sicily, the word Mafia tends to mean “manly” and a Mafioso considers himself a
    “Man of Honor”.
     The Sicilian Mafia is known as the “Cosa Nostra” which mean “our thing or our affair”.
     Specializes in heroin trafficking, political corruption and military arms trafficking and
    it is the most powerful and most active Italian Organized Crime Group in the United
    States with estimates of more than 2,500 Sicilian mafia.

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