Author Question: What differentiates white-collar crime from other forms of crime, and why is it so difficult to ... (Read 61 times)

ts19998 · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

What differentiates white-collar crime from other forms of crime, and why is it so difficult to prosecute?

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Question 2

Identify three of the major organized crime groups of different nationalities that currently operate in the U.S. and discuss the type of crime in which they tend to be most involved.

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prumorgan · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: White-collar crime is more complex and hard to prosecute than other forms of crime. White-collar criminals are typically better educated and able to conceal their activities. The types of crimes that fall under the category of white-collar are difficult to understand for someone who does not have substantial knowledge in accounting or finance. White-collar crimes typically consist of a series of offenses for which it is difficult to produce clear evidence. People with high salaries and a large amount of financial resources typically commit white-collar crimes, so they are able to fight the charges and tie up the courts for an extended period of time.

Answer to Question 2

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Eurasian criminal enterprises refers to organized crime groups comprising criminals born in or with family ties to the former Soviet Union or Central or Eastern Europe. In the U.S., Eurasian criminal organizations are heavily involved in health care fraud, auto insurance fraud, securities and investment fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, extortion, auto theft, and interstate transportation of stolen property as well as human smuggling and prostitution.

Balkan organized crime includes criminal enterprises originating from or operating in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro and is an emerging threat in the United States today. Activities include gambling, money laundering, drug trafficking, human smuggling, extortion, violent witness intimidation, robbery, attempted murder, and murder. They recently have expanded into more sophisticated crimes including real estate fraud.

Asian criminal enterprises have ties to China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Groups from the South Pacific island nations are also emerging as a threat. Activities include traditional racketeering activities: extortion, murder, kidnapping, illegal gambling, prostitution, and loan-sharking. They also smuggle aliens, traffic in heroin and methamphetamine, commit financial fraud, steal automobiles and computer chips, produce counterfeit computer and clothing products, and launder money.

African criminal enterprises are lined to countries such as Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria. Nigerian groups are particularly heavily involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, and financial frauds.

Middle Eastern criminal enterprises originate from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. They engage in activities such as automobile theft, financial fraud, money laundering, interstate transportation of stolen property, smuggling, drug trafficking, document fraud, health care fraud, identity fraud, cigarette smuggling, and the theft and redistribution of infant formula.