Transformation of Organized Crime Groups in Theory and Practice
Enterprises change—adapt or perish. Formerly, the low-tech environment of society generally enabled organized criminals to use low-tech methods successfully. For example, the use or threatened use of violence makes extortion; this may be accomplished without high-tech. However, add high-tech and extortion is possible long distance, including the hijacking of websites, sextortion, and discovery of the vulnerable many miles away. The computer has become more valuable than the car or even the firearm to effectuate organized crime.
However, not everything has changed. Secrecy and intransparency are still essential: organized crime is not overtly capitalized through Nasdaq ...
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