Organized Crime
A 1978 United States government report uses three pages
to define the term organized crime. For our purposes, we
will consider organized crime to be the work of a group
that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises
involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs, prostitution,
gambling, and other illegal activities. Organized
crime dominates the world of illegal business just as large
corporations dominate the conventional business world.
It allocates territory, sets prices for goods and services,
and acts as an arbitrator in internal disputes.