...Include the group’s various business interests over time La Cosa Nostra have been in various business for over 80 years in Miami and across the United States. Through violence and illegal activities they have been able to grow and evolve throughout the years. Law enforcement have weaken the organization throughout the past three decades but have not been able to overcome the organization. The Cosa Nostra various business interest over time have include murder, loan-sharking, extortion, beating, illegal gambling, entertainment places, buildings, food services, garbage companies, drug trafficking, and politic influence. La Cosa Nostra is able to gain control of these business by pure force and corruption. In a 1997 case in Chicago La Cosa Nostra where able to get away with a considerable amount of corruption cases that involved law enforcement, judges, politicians, and lawyers pleading guilty or convicted of the crime. “Jacobs (1999) believes that one of the LCN’s major assets is its general business acumen. They are best described, he says, as being entrepreneurial, opportunistic, and adaptable. They find ways to exploit market vulnerabilities, while at the same time maintaining the necessary stability and predictability that business requires to be profitable. One of the ways they do this is by taking over only a piece of a legitimate business -- and providing a service in return -- rather than taking over the...
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...to the United States in the 1920s. The Mafia’s migration to New York City and other large cities in America to continue criminal activities were seen in the early 1920s. In one particular group called the La Cosa Nostra, LCN, mob, or the Mafia inhabited New York City’s metropolitan area. The LCN consist of a collection of Italian-American families of organized crime (Finckenauer, 2007). The La Cosa Nostra entails five families with its main headquarters in Italy. With each family’s organization resembling the structure of a hierarchy. Its hierarchical structure of organization provides protection along with its social structure protected by corrupt politicians and governmental officials. “For nearly three quarters of a century, beginning during the time of Prohibition and extending into the 1990s, the LCN was clearly the most prominent criminal organization in the United States” (Finckenauer, 2007. P. 1). Bound by blood, oath, and conspiracy members are sworn to secrecy with a very complex and organized organization with strong political ties with dedication to practice crime and protect its members. As the organization began to grow so did its involvement in the drug syndicate, political corruption, and other illegal activities. La Cosa Nostra’s activities cover a wide range of...
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...The definition of Organized crime is “Criminal network; a powerful ruthless large-scale network of professional criminals” In Models of Organized Crime there are two different models the patron client and the bureaucratic. There are many differences between the two different models, but many similarities as well. Each organization is working towards the same ultimate goal, to make a profit but they make their profits in very different ways. Both of those organizations have many things that are the same and also have many things that make them different in their own ways. I will be explaining how both of these two organizations are different and also how they may have things that are the same in the both organizations. I will also explain how things work throughout the both of the organizations and also how things taken place. First of all a “patron-client organization is a group of criminal that patrons who exchanged information, established a network that connections with political leaders and government officials, and access the network of operatives for the purpose of benefiting the group’s clients politically and economically”(pg.1). Therefore, “bureaucratic are organizations that can be formal and consist of rules, regulations, procedures, and protocols that may prevent lower ranking members just like the patron-client from making decisions without administrative approval” (pg.1). “Similarities notwithstanding, the differences between the two models are enlightening...
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...There is a growing recognition that organized crime is increasingly operating through fluid network structures rather than more-formal hierarchies. The traditional paradigm for studying organized crime emphasized identifying the hierarchical or pyramidal structures of criminal organizations. Donald Cressey’s famous analysis was based on the example provided by La Cosa Nostra in the United States. It emphasized the existence of a “nationwide illicit cartel and confederation,” the governing role of a national commission, hierarchical structure, and the clear division of labor between local branches”. Cressey’s analysis, that organized crime was much more fluid than portrayed by the conventional wisdom, but also that stated that relations and network structures played a pivotal role. Networks are one of the most common forms of social organization. They are simultaneously pervasive and intangible, ubiquitous and invisible, everywhere and nowhere. Networks are not an exclusive organizational form and often exist within more traditional hierarchical structures, cutting through divisions based on specialization or rank. It is also possible to have networks in which hierarchical organizations are key participants. Networks are also an important complement to markets, making them more efficient, reducing transaction costs, and providing increased opportunities for both buyers and sellers. These characteristics their pervasiveness, their capacity to coexist both within and outside...
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...When the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) became federal law in 1970, it became a highly effective tool in prosecuting mobsters. It provides for extended criminal penalties for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. Violation of the act is punishable by up to 20 years in prison per count. The RICO Act has proven to be a very powerful weapon, because it attacks the entire corrupt entity instead of individuals who can easily be replaced with other organized crime members.[2] Between 1981 and 1992, 23 bosses from around the country were convicted under the law while between 1981 and 1988, 13 underbosses and 43 captains were convicted.[22] While this significantly crippled many Mafia families around the country, the most powerful families continued to dominate crime in their territories, even if the new laws put more mobsters in jail and made it harder to operate. With Sammy Gravano agreeing to cooperate with the FBI and turn state's evidence in 1991, he helped the FBI convict top Mafia leaders in New York. Although not the first Mafia member to testify against his peers, such a powerful mobster agreeing to do so set a precedent for waves of mobsters thereafter to break the code of silence to do the same; giving up information and testifying in exchange for immunity from prosecution for their crimes.[12][26] Aside from avoiding long prison stretches, the FBI could put mobsters in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program...
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...Fuentes Cosme, Angel 2/17/2014 For Educational Use Only Figueroa v. Municipio de San Juan, 98 D.P.R. 534 (1970) 98 D.P.R. 534, 1970 WL 23839 (P.R.) Angela Figueroa, et al., demandantes y recurrentes v. Municipio de San Juan (Gobierno de la Capital de Puerto Rico), demandado y recurrido. En El Tribunal Supremo De Puerto Rico. Número: R-67-157 Resuelto: 11 de febrero de 1970 FEB 11, 1970 Sentencia de Héctor Ruiz Somohano, J. (San Juan) desestimando un pleito de clase contra el Municipio de San Juan. Revocada en cuanto afecta a cierto inmueble y se dicta la sentencia que procede, dejada sin efecto en cuanto afecta a otro inmueble, devolviéndose el caso al tribunal de instancia para hacer ciertas determinaciones. (2) Se describió la finca con una superficie total de 96 cuerdas, 2,732 varas cuadradas, con sus respectivas colindancias por sus puntos cardinales. (3) En virtud de la testamentaría mencionada y de ciertas adquisiciones hechas de otros herederos, los comparecientes vinieron a ser dueños de dicha finca, en determinadas participaciones que no es necesario ahora detallar. (4) En la escritura Núm. 4 mencionada manifestaron los comparecientes que al hacer la división material habían determinado, ‘para el mejoramiento de la finca en beneficio de todos‘, diversas calles y una plaza de recreo que fueron descritas en su extensión y trayectorias. A los efectos de este pleito deben mencionarse las siguientes: (a) La Calle ‘Del Rosario‘ con una trayectoria de Este a Oeste atravesando...
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...Informe técnico Internet de las cosas Cómo la próxima evolución de Internet lo cambia todo Autor Dave Evans Abril de 2011 Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Cisco IBSG © 2011 Cisco y/o sus filiales. Todos los derechos reservados. 04/11 Informe técnico Internet de las cosas Cómo la próxima evolución de Internet lo cambia todo Internet de las cosas (IdC), algunas veces denominado "Internet de los objetos", lo cambiará todo, incluso a nosotros mismos. Si bien puede parecer una declaración arriesgada, hay que tener en cuenta el impacto que Internet ha tenido sobre la educación, la comunicación, las empresas, la ciencia, el gobierno y la humanidad. Claramente Internet es una de las creaciones más importantes y poderosas de toda la historia de la humanidad. Ahora debemos tener en cuenta que IdC representa la próxima evolución de Internet, que será un enorme salto en su capacidad para reunir, analizar y distribuir datos que podemos convertir en información, conocimiento y en última instancia, sabiduría. En este contexto, IdC se vuelve inmensamente importante. Ya están en marcha proyectos de IdC que prometen cerrar la brecha entre ricos y pobres, mejorar la distribución de los recursos del mundo para quienes más los necesitan y ayudarnos a comprender el planeta para que podamos ser más proactivos y menos reactivos. Aun así, son varias las barreras que amenazan con retrasar el desarrollo de IdC, como la transición a IPv6, el establecimiento...
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...Internet of things ( Internet de las Cosas) Uno de los temas motivantes para la realización del proyecto de final de carrera, fue un concepto que hoy en día se esta mencionando con frecuencia: Internet of things. Internet de las cosas (IoT, por su siglas en inglés) se refiere a la interconexión digital de objetos cotidianos con Internet. Pero la interconexión de ellos no es el problema, “dar sentido a los datos" es el verdadero desafío, y también ,la gran oportunidad. Es por esta razón que se pensó en una idea para darle “vida” a algo cotidiano y conectarlo con el entorno de forma que aporte valor a la sociedad. http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/innov/IoT_IBSG_0411FINAL.pdf Asimismo, se hizo la siguiente la pregunta : ¿Que es otra cosa es de gran importancia para las personas , y que se podría solucionar con IoT ? Luego de varias discusiones e investigaciones se vio que las personas cada vez tienen menos tiempo para realizar sus tareas .Una de las razones de esto es que con la evolución de las diferentes tecnologías, el hombre se encuentra conectado al mundo virtual de forma cada vez mas constante, y su vida se llena de tareas a realizar. (referencia) Es por esto que el Tiempo, es un recurso y hay que saber administrarlo. (el tiempo es dinero) Entonces, se pensó como se puede ayudar a administrar el tiempo de una persona con IoT, y en que tareas cotidianas se pierde tiempo inútil. Tecnologias Bluetooth La tecnología Bluetooth ya existe...
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...MAPAS DE GESTION PRAGMATICA Y VISIONARIA EN ORGANIZACIONES (M2H) Profesor Supervisor Propuesto: Mario Tarride F. Profesor Externo Invitado: Ph D Kenneth Massey CONTENIDOS DE LA PROPUESTA MAPAS DE GESTION VISIONARIA Y PRAGAMATICA EN ORGANIZACIONES 1. Resumen de la propuesta: Todas las organizaciones intentan planear para el corto y largo plazo y ser consecuentes en las acciones que toman para asegurar los intereses de la organización para hoy y para mañana. A fines de los años 90, Bud Vieira, en el marco de su participación en la empresa consultora Internacional BDA (Business Design Associates) publicó un Documento de Trabajo denominado “Cultivating the Visionary Enterprise”, que fue utilizado por esta empresa en Telefónica CTC Chile con el nombre en español de “Mapa de Dos Horizontes” y que esta incorporado como Anexo a esta presentación. Vieira señala en él que hay diferencias cualitativas entre pensar y actuar frente a las demandas pragmáticas del presente y anticipar el horizonte visionario de mañana. Es decir “el mañana” a largo plazo es cualitativamente diferente que “el mañana” a corto plazo. El mapa muestra el carácter revolucionario de mover a la organización de un espacio a otro y porque al no entender el carácter revolucionario de pasar de un horizonte a otro puede atraparla en un presente continuo con un futuro ilusorio. Prepararse para el largo plazo es un acto cualitativamente diferente que prepararse uno para...
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...La Cosa Nostra (the Mafia) is most defiantly a gang, it should be considered among the highest organized gangs in the world. Even translating the Italian word, La Cosa Nostra "This thing of ours" (Mafia, 2014) can tell someone about the gang’s intensions. The Mafia is the foremost organized criminal threat to American, the nationwide alliance of criminals dedicated to pursuing crime and protecting its members. The structure described “La Cosa Nostra” am sure street and motorcycle gangs will share similar structures, but they may differ in some ways. According to Johnston (201), “Each gang is made up several families’ it can range from fewer than ten to more than one hundred” (Johnston, 2014). Since they are composed of more than five people it is considered a gang “specifies that a criminal street gang must have five or more members to qualify as a gang” (Howell, 2012, p.72). With the help of outside sources (e.g. online articles), I will described the difference between the gangs. Mafia (2014) The family is structured by the leader known as the boss, just below the boss is the underboss second in command, beneath the underboss are several capos the key to being a successful capo is making money. And lastly the soldiers the lowest rank among the Mafia. Sometimes the Mafia will use associates not actual members of the Mafia, but they work with Mafia soldiers and capos on various criminal activities (Mafia, 2014). Groups like street and motorcycle gangs are as well organized as...
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...It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies. Reliable sources indicate that the Cosa Nostra laid out no more than six thousand dollars last year for personalized stationery, and even less for staples. Futhermore, they have one secretary who does all the typing, and only three small rooms for headquarters, which they share with the Fred Persky Dance Studio. Last year, organized crime was directly responsible for more than one hundred murders, and mafiosi participated indirectly in several hundred more, either by lending the killers carfare or by holding their coats. Other illicit activities engaged in by Cosa Nostra members included gambling, narcotics, prostitution, hijacking, loansharking, and the transportation of a large whitefish across the state line for immoral purposes. The tentacles of this corrupt empire even reach into the government itself. Only a few months ago, two gang lords under federal indictment spent the night at the White House, and the President slept on the sofa. HISTORY OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES In 1921, Thomas (The Butcher) Covello and Ciro (The Tailor) Santucci attempted to organize disparate ethnic groups of the underworld and thus take over Chicago. This was foiled when Albert (The Logical Positivist) Corillo assassinated Kid Lipsky by locking him in a closet and...
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...Mafia What is the Mafia? Some believe the word Mafia was the battle cry of an Italian rebellious group- this battle of cry was the following: "Morte all Francia Italia anelia!" (Italian for "death to the French is Italy's cry!"). Others defined the Mafia as, name for loose association of criminal groups, sometimes bound by blood oath and sworn to secrecy. Despite both of these definitions the Mafia has evolved into a very complex and organized society of crime. Present time it doesn't represent Italian gangs, it also includes Russian, Japanese and Chinese gangs just to mention a few. The purpose of this work is to describe some of the aspects of the Mafia. the reason of naming Mafia in this way was that a member of this group who was riding a motorcyle snatched a carried daughter from a woman kidnapping her; however, such a woman hurried following him crying “Ma figlia! Ma figlia! “ which means in English "My daughter! My daughter!" many believe that the Mafia was born in order to protect and help the less fortunate. The methods used to help and protect were, and still remain illegal. Today, the organization still continues to practice these acts or "rituals." The difference between early Mafia and modern Mafia, is that during late 1800's to early 1900's, the Mafia used these illicit crimes to help their families and the noble good less fortunate, now they abuse their power and distribute the "dirty money" in abundance amongst themselves. In order for an individual...
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...My perception of organized crime Ravin Hipshire CJA-384 The way I would define Organized crime would be a group of people that are committing any type of crime against a community, city or state. I would think of it as a group of any ethnicity. You see Organized crime groups such as MS-13. To a lot of people they would look like just a gang of violent offenders. To me, I see them as a organized crime group. I also think that any group that is involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, violence, and torture should be considered some type of organized crime. When I did some of the reading I looked at how the organized crime world id defined. It is a little bit more elaborate than that of mine. One of the things I didn't think about until I read it was the torture part. I never realized that this is also something that should be considered. Another part of the reading that I did not know is that there was an organized crime ring ran by a African American woman in the 30's and 40's called the forty thieves. I always thought of the Italian families running organized crime and that was all I knew or even cared to know. I never thought about their being Irish, Jewish, and other countries like this involved in organized crime. I was quite shocked to read about the Irish Immigration and see that they as well as Sicilian people were so oppressed by others that they created there own group of people which started the whole Mafia business...
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... One of the greatest movies ever made is by far The Godfather. The film tells about poverty, the turn of the century, a family, and the hierocracy of politics in America. Being the first film that brought the real-life Cosa Nostra and Mafia to reality on the screen; it gave the public and viewers a new awareness and insight into the life of gangsters through the lens of organized crime. The term “Mafia” meaning Cosa Nostra or “our thing” was brought to the U.S with the migration of many Italians from Sicily in 1914. Many Italians turned to the Mafia life as a way of functioning as an alternate to the state, with its own “rights, treaties, and problems” (History.com).I believe that the film The Godfather is an amazing film in history because behind its gangster plot, is a classic story of an American family tracing its journey from immigration and poverty to assimilation and success. In filming the movie The Godfather, America and all the people were experiencing a time of turmoil and change. Accurately depicting the Sicilian-American experience of migration to America, speaks to many others who can relate to the immigration communities everywhere. A main quote used throughout this film is “its business, not personal” (Bruno) Used multiple times, the meaning of why it’s used is simply stated: “They do this in part to hide from the public the violent reality of what they do” (Bruno). The business that Don “Vito” and his son Michael are wrapped in is, the life of the...
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