Sentences with phrase «powerful organized crime»

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.

Since then the democratic government has made progress in dealing with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure and powerful organized crime networks, but still has a long way to go - thousands of unemployed Albanians emigrate annually to nearby countries.

Suffice it to say, Animal Kingdom is sublime from top to bottom; cobbling together a riveting and altogether powerful organized crime story that's as good as anything Scorsese and Coppola have ever done.

Bo became very popular after a harsh anti-crime crackdown in a city notorious for powerful organized crime syndicates.

Not exact matches

Imagine what would happen if a priest abused the son of a powerful family, perhaps an organized crime family?

Queenpin is the story of a young woman, who remains unnamed throughout, plucked from a two - bit nightclub where she's cooking the books for a pair of half - wits and placed under the wing of the powerful Gloria Denton, a big player in the world of organized crime.