Organized Crime and Public Corruption

Abstract

In this research we try to investigate the perception of “Organized Crime & Public Corruption” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Organized Crime” and its relation with “Public Corruption”. The study also examines several factors of “Organized Crime & Public Corruption” and tries to gauge its effect. Ultimately, the study illustrates a range of factors which are accountable for “Organized Crime & Public Corruption” and tries to explain the overall effect of it.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion2

Relation of Organized Crimes and Public Corruption3

Organized Crime Unit Types4

Ethics and public service6

Government's education policies against Organized Crime and Corruption7

The Future of Organized Crime and Public Corruption8

Conclusion9

Organized Crime and Public Corruption

Introduction

The phenomena of public corruption has several definitions, it can be basically definition of public corruption in the perspective of criminal law is the act of bribery and dishonesty. It can further be explained as the violation of a public official's duty which occurs when a public official is offered a lucrative amount in exchange of favors. Public officials are those people who are elected, hired or appointed to serve in the public departments of the government and the constituency. Public corruption can occur at local, federal and state levels. The term organized crime can be defined as activities of criminal nature carried out by a group of people in an organized manner. Today, one of the major problems of the world is organized crime. Its origins date back to the late nineteenth century and are associated with the creation of the Italian Mafia. Powerful criminal organizations also operate in the United States, Russia, Southeast Asia, Colombia and Nigeria. Organized crime and public corruption goes hand in hand as people from criminal organizations are involved in bribing public officials to gain favors and decisions in favor of themselves. Organizations involved in organized crimes in the world are mainly engaged in drug production and trafficking, weapons smuggling, human trafficking, the kidnapping of young girls and selling them to brothels.

Annual sales are estimated mafia tens of billions of dollars. Retrieved from crime measures are invested in legitimate enterprises. Criminal organizations gain influence not only in the environment of industrialists and financiers, but also penetrate into the world of politics. But the most dangerous phenomenon often resulting in destabilization of the social order is terrorism. Term that means the use of force and violence, the organization and the use of armed attacks on people associated with the government, political opponents, religious, people of other nationalities in order to gain power, an expression of protest, for ransom, extortion certain behavior and intimidating the public. However, this phenomenon is not understood is typical only for today. Kidnapping, extortion, murder for ideological reasons, there were almost always in the history of human development.

Discussion

The relationship between organized crime and corruption is very high and the form of organized crime, terrorism adopted in the Middle East as early as the eleventh century, when it acted in Persia Muslim Brotherhood assassins, created and directed by ...