Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a form of illegal business, some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, rebel forces, and separatists, are politically motivated.

Jan 19, 2025 · organized crime, complex of highly centralized enterprises set up for the purpose of engaging in illegal activities. Such organizations engage in offenses such as cargo theft, fraud, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and the demanding of “protection” payments.

Organized crime is a continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand. Its continuing existence is maintained through corruption of public officials and the use of intimidation, threats or force to protect its operations.

The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is applicable to all forms of serious crime of transnational nature committed by organized criminal groups. More than two decades after its adoption it is among the most ratified international legal instruments.

Oct 31, 2012 · Every day, international organized criminals threaten the lives and properties of U.S. citizens by committing every imaginable type of serious crime, from sophisticated cyber crimes to trafficking in human beings, the theft of intellectual property to money laundering, traditional rackets, and labor racketeering, all protected by a vicious cycle...

Nov 15, 2023 · Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime. White House Announcement, July 25, 2011. A White House Fact Sheet on the Strategy. The Executive Order Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations

Organized crime is an ongoing coordinated criminal operation that systematically seeks to profit from unlawful activities that are high in demand. The continuing existence of organized crime is supported through corrupt officials who protect the operations.

Our Organized Crime unit works hand in hand with all of INTERPOL’s police services to identify major figures involved in transnational crime, the associated criminal networks and their activities. The ultimate objective is to stop the organizations themselves from operating.

Organized crime, as a multifaceted phenomenon, involves a systematic collaboration of individuals or groups engaging in criminal enterprises to achieve specific objectives. These activities encompass a broad spectrum, ranging from traditional pursuits such as racketeering and extortion to contemporary issues like drug trafficking and money ...

organized crime, Crime committed on a national or international scale by a criminal association; also, the associations themselves. Such associations engage in offenses such as cargo theft, fraud, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and the demanding of “protection” payments.