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Chapter 8

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Without a doubt the most compelling development in organized crime at the beginning of the twenty-first century is the development of this type of group.   Transnational Organized Crime Group The S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Group The European Union Group The Nigerian Drug Group

	As a complex social phenomenon, organized crime has always been highly sensitive to developments in the economy, the political environment, and the social world. What has affected both the opportunities and constraints confronting organized crime?   New computer and communications technology Ease of international transportation Dramatic changes in global politics and economics The growth of international trade

	As a result of their increasingly transnational character and following the lead of transnational corporations, what have criminal organizations done with other criminal organization more and more?   Moved in the direction of more flexible, fluid, network structures in response to changes in the global economy Sought out strategic alliances with other criminal organizations Operated more covertly Launched a world wide war with other organizations

	What is one of the reasons the Colombian cartels have passed much of their wholesaling cocaine business to Mexican drug organizations?   Opium growers in Colombia work under contract Chemists sell to trafficking organizations with which they often have contracts The cartels smuggle the heroin into the United States The increasing Colombian role in the production and sale of heroin

	Like most criminal organizations in the early stages of establishing their control of a market share in prohibited substances, this organization still clings to the excessive use of violence for control.   The Medellin cartel Mexican syndicates The Colombian cartel The Cali cartel

	The United States has experienced a tremendous influx of people from which country since 1959?   Colombia China Mexico Cuba

	The area where the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet seems an isolated, very out of the way place for a major convergence of transnational organized crime groups to occur. This area is referred to as what?   The Free-Trade Zone Ciudad del Este The Ivory Coast The Tri-Border Area

	Which organized crime group operating in the United States was able to deflect most law enforcement efforts to control their activities?   The Tongs Chinese Street Gangs The Triads All of the above

	In the first eight years after the nationalist victory in Vietnam, about 650,000 Indochinese immigrated to the United States. What kind of backgrounds did most of these immigrants have?   Arms dealing Drug trafficking, prostitution, and other crimes Money laundering Investment fraud

	What is one of the best growth areas for organized crime in Central and Eastern Europe?   Insurance fraud Drug trafficking Prostitution Money laundering

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