Sentences with phrase «organised crime»
"Organised crime" refers to a group of people who work together to commit illegal activities as a planned and coordinated effort. They usually engage in activities such as smuggling, drug trafficking, extortion, or money laundering. These criminals operate in a structured manner, often with established hierarchies, and use sophisticated methods to carry out their unlawful operations. Full definition
The production and supply of cannabis is often controlled by organised crime groups, with associated violence, exploitation of vulnerable people and money laundering.
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If they knew the group were involved in organised crime then they can face charges, even if they don't know that a specific crime is being committed.
In the case of Serious Organised Crime Agency v Turrall, the High Court has taken the view that items of property have been purchased with the proceeds of crime and are, therefore, recoverable.
A former Executive Secretary of the Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo, has been interrogated by officials of the Economic Organised Crime Office, [EOCO].
The successors are the National Policing Improvement Agency in relation to accreditation and training of civilian financial investigators and the Serious Organised Crime Agency for all other cases.
The phenomenon of organised crime in Italy is intrinsically connected with social development and is a powerful brake on institutional performance.
I had been heavily involved in organised crime in Liverpool for many years, living at 100 miles an hour but reaching the end of myself.
As suggested by the recent release of a series of Whitehall Papers on the subject, it would be more useful to reclaim the definition of the activity as a form of transnational organised crime.
Panama's public prosecutor against organised crime said there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.
While a cursory look at the «Americas» section on either the BBC or the New York Times websites would tend to corroborate his stance, I can't help but wonder if zoning - in on organised crime represents a band - aid solution to the regions problems, instead of a holistic approach to dealing with the security issues posed by these organisations across the region.
Visas for Western countries are in high demand in Africa and embassies say the visa market is a big target for organised crime.
Europol's 2017 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report says: «the abuse of Bitcoin remains a key enabler for criminal conduct on the internet», and warns that other cryptocurrencies are on the rise — especially the likes of Monero or Zcash, which «appear to have more to offer criminals wishing to operate with greater anonymity».
But former Tory Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: «The failure of drugs policy is at the centre of a whole range of criminal problems from organised crime through petty pilfering.
«It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,» the State Department said in a statement released late on Friday.
Organised crime gangs, illegal and unethical practices in the claims industry, and a persistent compensation culture are all combining to create a costly problem for insurers that is to the ultimate detriment of policyholders.
He added: «I think it's regrettable that people have been so quiescent about what the Serious Organised Crime Act has done to people who want to demonstrate.
Along with it, comes the inevitability of increased smuggling activity by Organised Crime Groups...
Therefore, establishing MoUs with organisations such as GCA, designed to confront, address, and prevent malicious cyber activity, is in line with the priorities described in Europol's 2016 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA).»
At a conference to announce the launch of fraud management services for the life insurance sector, V Manickam (pictured), secretary general of the Life Insurance Council, said organised crime in the insurance sector had become so rampant that...
Andy Morling, head of food crime UK (Food Standards Agency), will show how organised crime syndicates are now targeting the food industry.
Peers have approved the use of phone tap evidence in organised crime cases, despite government opposition.
Bruce is coming to terms with the truth that his father was involved with organised crime within Gotham.
Being a «senior head of an international multi million pound organised Crime Network» v. Involvement in the Mull of Kintyre Chinook tragedy 1995 vi.
There is concern that, with many Albanians also landing unchecked in isolated coves, the exodus will set back «by years» the progress made in tackling organised crime.
Vatican City (AFP)- Pope Francis on Monday blasted the «money stained with blood» and «evil power» wielded by Italian organised crime as he met the heads of the country's anti-mafia squad.
We have managed to provide an annual multibillion dollar industry straight into organised crime internationally, fuelling terrorist networks.
Transnational organised crime concerns the whole of the Americas and it can only be solved through a regional solution.
Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Yusuff Tukur Buratai on Monday called for enhanced cooperation for effective routing of insurgency and other organised crimes confronting the lake chad basin.
Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Yusuff Tukur Buratai on Monday called for enhanced cooperation for effective routing of insurgency and other organised crimes confronting the lake...
According to the MP, the allegations made public by the Economic Organised Crime Office (EOCO) who stated they were conducting an investigation into...
However, by the 70s he proved to be the FBI's best tool in controlling organised crime within the country, and he was eventually persuaded by his friend John Connolly to be their informant in all workings of the rival Italian Mafia.
With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham for good.
Either Guy Verhofstadt's book De Verenigde Staten Van Europa which won the first Europe Book Prize four years ago (in English, The United States of Europe), or Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah which won this year's prize, because it describes from the inside the spreading of cross-border organised crime about which we are doing much too little because the shocking scale of it is kept hidden.
Chandler has re-written Boal's script for the movie, which is set in the notorious border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, the film will chronicle the difficult efforts to combat organised crime in the area where the Iguazu and Parana rivers converge.
Law enforcement agencies have cracked down on other encrypted phone companies allegedly catering to organised crime over the past few years.
But the kickbacks for Putin's cronies are on the scale of billions
Mark Galeotti's study of Russian organised crime, the product of three decades of academic research and consultancy work, is more than timely.
«One of my neighbours had his arm broken by a mafia - organised crime crew.
Home Secretary Theresa May and the Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime Karen Bradley will both address the conference.
ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters)- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organised crime and widespread abuse have created a chronic environmental crisis.
Officials from the Home Office insist this measure isn't going to target those who unwittingly assist organised crime and are thereby guilty of the new offence of «participation».
And in Mali, it trains the local armed forces in order to neutralise organised crime and terrorist threats.
Detective Sergeant Toby Howard from Ireland's Drug and Organised Crime Bureau told the BBC that police scientists had difficulty proving substances were psychoactive.
This is not to say that force is not required in the policy response to the poaching of critically endangered wild animals, but that the long history of the «War on Drugs» and organised crime teaches us that going after low level operators that can be easily replaced will do little to deter the king - pins at the top of the trade.
He mentions a Serious Organised Crime operation called Millipede.
The issues surrounding transnational organised crime run deeper than coordination efforts.
«We also face significant challenges with foreign national offenders and organised crime including drugs, money laundering, fraud, criminal finances, intellectual property, immigration and cyber crime.»
«Our Serious and Organised Crime Strategy sets out how the government will make it even harder for criminals to move, hide and use the proceeds of crime,» a spokesperson said.
Tim Probert - Wood, prosecuting, had told Southwark Crown Court: «It is proper organised crime.
Speaking to the Times after the European Serious Organised Crime Conference in Liverpool, he said he could not see a way the «awful scenario» would not happen, based on current trends.
A former Deputy Minister of Energy KT Hammond, has sued the government for directing the Economic and Organised Crime Unit (EOCO) to investigate him over the drill ship saga.