Sentences with phrase «organized crime»

Legal cultivation is expected to remove production from the grips of organized crime while providing a new source of tax revenue.

Until our politicians take organized crime in this country seriously and effectively implement measures to deal with this menace, the situation is only going to get worse.

One that might include making films in other cities with organized crime problems.

It was intended for organized crime at the time, but has now been used against corporations and other organizations.

He says that the facial recognition database can be used to track repeated visits to multiple locations and the facial recognition technology can be especially helpful for merchants targeted by organized crime rings.

The vast majority of that industry — an estimated 85 % — is currently controlled by organized crime.

He accused the incumbent of a number of sins, among them accepting campaign money from organized crime.

Given the somewhat low impact on regular citizens, the costs of fighting organized crime are not cheap enough to justify investing as much money as required.

Movies and TV shows about organized crime are here to stay, and their popularity continues to grow.

Frequently, organized crime doesn't negatively affect many civilians.

It was written to help combat organized crime, but like so many laws, it's scope has been widely expanded by prosecutors seeking to make a name for themselves.

She has fought corruption, prosecuted white collar criminals, brought down organized crime operations and held public officials accountable for their abuses of power.

Their comparison of scientists trying to perform proper science to organized crime leaders is beyond outrageous.

It is obvious that these property crimes are being centrally planned and executed by someone with an honorary masters in organized crime management.

Maybe there was organized crime back when it was overwhelmingly white, but the city was no doubt a much, much safer place as well.

There's deception, betrayal, and organized crime galore.

It's not exactly organized crime yet it remains an industry based on stealing.

While organized crime gets the press, many other forms of insurance fraud happen on a smaller scale but still add up to millions of dollars.

The Australian government believes it has honed in on the cause of increased organized crime.

It follows the son of a police captain as he falls into a life of organized crime.

In the past three to five years, there's been an increase in the scale of illegal wildlife trade, which has become sophisticated and dominated by organized crime.

Fighting organized crime is in the best interests of everybody and after all, for politicians, less crime will make your electorate happier.

It is obvious that these property crimes are being centrally planned and executed by someone with an honorary masters in organized crime management.

These large shipments are associated with major transnational organized crime syndicates, and profits have been tied to the funding of African terrorist organizations.

«We believe that the capture of these criminals on the run will contribute to the dismantlement of transnational organized crime groups who have turned environmental exploitation into a professional business with lucrative revenues,» said Stefano Carvelli, Head of INTERPOL's Fugitive Investigative Support unit.

Teachers being led away in handcuffs and facing sentences usually reserved for members of organized crime families is as clear an indicator as any that high - stakes testing in this country has truly run amok.

White, Exley, and Vincennes find themselves drawn into a tangled and sticky web of violence and betrayal following a multiple murder at a coffee shop that is believed to be part of an effort by Mickey Cohen (Paul Guilfoyle) to consolidate his hold on organized crime in L.A..

However, only three months later, on September 27, 2013, the Financial Service Agency («FSA») ordered Mizuho Bank, a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group («Mizuho»), to submit a business improvement report after an FSA investigation revealed that Mizuho Bank conducted business transactions with organized crime groups (which in Japan are referred to as «anti-social» groups).

They're just trying to protect themselves against organized crimes rings that make a living fencing stolen goods.

Casa Grande, Arizona, features a vintage neon sign park, while renovations are progressing on the historic Formosa Cafe (once a haunt of Hollywood celebrities and organized crime figures) along Route 66 in West Hollywood, California.

The FBI was already using a cellphone microphone to eavesdrop on organized crime as long as a decade ago.

Third - party distributors, like gangs and other organized crimes groups, are vital to the operations of Mexican TCOs.

«There's an offer on the table for me to join the provincials, organized crime division even.

HUMAN SLAVERY Another difficult and impossible situation is where you have forced prostitution through organized crime syndicates.

Ozark was one of the most streamed shows of the summer, and its plot focusing on suburbanites forced into organized crime probably did well with fans of Breaking Bad.

His older brother, Michael, was employed at the same time as a bag man for organized crime boss John Gotti Sr. and shook down union officials for payoffs.

Katko, a former federal organized crime prosecutor for the Justice Department, said Long was wrong to suggest that Muslim immigrants are connected to the amount of crime on the North Side.

If the legislation pases, New Jersey would be the fourth state in the country to use RICO statutes, commonly used in organized crime cases, to prosecute dogfighters.

And, believe it or not, even the participants in the Forex scheme knew they were acting like organized crime does.

The Crips Twins in the game are based on the famous real - life Kray Twins who ran organized crime gang in London during the 1950s and 60s.

Critics Consensus: Raw, brutal, and bitter, Cartel Land offers a ground - level look at vigilante efforts to thwart organized crime at the Mexican - American border.

Investors file a lawsuit against a man said to have ties to Russian organized crime activities and believed to have swindled real estate investors out of over $ 6 million dollars.

Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence as rival gangs affiliated with the major political parties evolved into powerful organized crime networks involved in international drug smuggling and money laundering.

Ministries, the companies involved in the decontamination and decommissioning work, and police have set up a task force to eradicate organized crime from the nuclear clean - up project.

«I started getting involved in investigating organized crime in landfills, and it was all thanks to Congressman Hinchey who, at that time, was an assemblyman,» Isseks says.

The department's Organized Crime Strike Force maintains that in 1974 - 75 a group of gamblers, working for organized crime elements, won huge exacta and trifecta bets on rigged races and lugged hundreds of thousands of dollars out of New York tracks.