CJ 477 First Half Study Guide
1. Define organized crime using the California statutes, the United Nations
Convention, and as we defined it in class.
2. List the characteristics of organized crime as outlined by the Kefauver
Commission, and review the Commission’s general impact on organized
crime in America.
3. List the characteristics of organized crime as outlined by Abadinsky.
4. Discuss the Sternlieb and Hughes study regarding the impact of gambling on
Atlantic City.
5. Discuss the Albanese study regarding the impact of gambling on Atlantic
City.
6. Discuss the history and development of the Yakuza. Outline its current
organization, activities, and name at least three of the specific groups that
currently operate in
Japan.
7. Discuss the history and development of the Sicilian mafia from the middleages until today.
8. Discuss the evolution of the term, "mafia".
9. Discuss the history and development of the American mafia from the 1800s
until today.
10. Outline the general organization of an American mafioso family.
11. Review and discuss the major points raised by Firestone in his article
regarding mob members and mob behavior.
12. Explain how the numbers racket works.
13. Explain and expand on the major points articulated by Luttwak and Asnis in
their articles on the Russian mobs.
14. Define and discuss the concept of racketeering.
15. Provide a genealogy of the American godfathers from 1931 until 2001, giving
names and approximate years of their "reign".
16. Discuss these union fraud and racketeering practices:
double deposit/loan/kickback scam
hiring hall scams
paper locals (all three kinds)
pension loan fund scams
strike insurance
sweetheart contracts
17. Review the story line, as discussed in class, of what lead up to Hoffa’s death
and the details of that “execution.” Include the roles of Bufalino, Fitzsimmons,
the Nixon
administration, Sheeran, and Provenzano in your response.
18. Discuss the history of prostitution law in the western world from roughly 1800
until today.
19. Discuss the rulings of these court cases:
Ratzlaf v U.S.
Reves v. Ernst and Young
U.S. v. 92 Buena Vista Avenue
U.S. v. James Daniels
U.S. v. Sullivan
20. Discuss the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 in the context of its
whistleblowing provision, and the concept of Qui Tam suits as articulated in the
False Claims
Act of 1863.
21. Discuss RICO in the context of its role as an organized crime fighting
instrument. Review the court cases surrounding its application, what has to be
shown for a case to
be successfully brought under a RICO prosecution/civil action, and the
potential impact upon those who are convicted and/or face a civil judgment under
the RICO
statutes.
22. Discuss the difference between the concepts of In Personam forfeiture and
In Rem forfeiture.
23. Discuss the concept of money laundering and review the provisions of
several American laws that address this matter, as well as several related
international
conventions. Include some reference to CTRs, smurfing, Ratzlaf v. U.S.,
and FinCen.
24. Detail each step of the money laundering process, with some focused
discussion of Step 2 options as reviewed in class (boilerplate model, mobile
asset/chop model,
Hawala system, electronic transfer, false invoices, land flipping, hot plastic).
25. Review and discuss the eight strategies that the United Nations recommends
countries undertake to combat money laundering, and explore the whistleblowing
and Qui Tam laws that are in place in the United States in this context.
26. What are the characteristics of businesses that have a low risk of being
infiltrated by organized crime.
27. Discuss the difficulties of prosecuting Asian organized crime groups.
28. Discuss the history and development of the Triads. Outline its current
organization, activities, and name some of the groups that currently operate in
Southeast Asia.
29. Review the predictions of Hyatt and Tafoya regarding the state of organized
crime in the 21st century.
30. Discuss the history and development of the Colombian drug cartels (with a
focus on the life and times of Pablo Escobar).
31. Discuss the history and development of the major Mexican drug cartels, and
review their current activities as well as the current situation “on the streets.”
32. List and discuss the history and activities of the four major motorcycle gangs
in America.
33. Discuss the Protect Act and its provisions, and specifically explore in some
detail the legal conflicts it accentuates.
34. Provide a detailed description of the following in the context of our class
discussion:
Albert Anastasia
Apalachin, New York/Joseph Barbara
Aryan Brotherhood
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)
Barker-Karpis Gang
Bicheiros
Black Sox Scandal (Charles "Chick" Gandil/"Sports" Sullivan)
Bonnie and Clyde
Boston Brinks Robbery of 1950
Lepke Buchalter
Tommaso Buscetta
Roberto Calvi
Camorra/Ndrangheta
Alphonse Capone
Judith Exner Campbell
Frank Costello
Thomas Dewey
"Legs" Diamond (John T. Nolan)
John Dillinger
Pablo Escobar/Medellin Cartel
FARC/ELN
Jimmy Frantiano
Carlo Gambino
Vito Genovese
Sam Giancana
Vinny "The Chin" Gigante
Gizya/Jizya
John Gotti
Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano
Michael Greco
Hawala
David Hennessey
Jimmy Hoffa/Robert Kennedy
Jamaican Posse
Jessie James
"Machine Gun" Kelly (George Kelly Barnes; how did this case impact the
development of federal law enforcement)
Richard "The Ice Man" Kuklinski
La EME, La Nuestra Familia, Texas Syndicate
Meyer Lansky
Sonny Liston
Lucky Luciano
Marcello/Giancana/Johnson connection re JFK assassination
McClellan Committee
Money Laundering (CTRs, smurfing, American laws, international
conventions, FinCen)
Night of the Sicilian Vespers/Castellammarese War
Nishinstvo
Nugan-Hand Bank
Omerta/Vorovskoy Zakon
The Outfit
Pizza Connection Episode/Gaetano Badalamenti
Sidney Reilly
Toto Riina/Corleonesi family
Arnold Rothstein
Russian mobs (Semion Mogilevich, Viktor Bout)
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Hasan Ben Sabbah
"Dutch" Schultz (Arthur Flegenheimer)
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Sokaiya
Mont Tennes
Tongs
Triads
Johnny Torrio
Joseph Valachi
Yakuza
Yamaguchi Gumi
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CJ 477 Second Half Study Guide (remember that the final is
comprehensive)
1. Explain the Ermann and Lundman corporate deviance typology and give
actual detailed examples/case studies for each of the categories.
2. Discuss the following in the context of corporate and/or government crime:
Bhopal, India/Union Carbide Disaster
Ivan Boesky
CIA Covert Operations - Italy, Guatemala (Arbenz/Armas), Iran
(Mosaddegh/Shah), Cuba (Bay of Pigs), Vietnam (Operation Phoenix),
October Surprise, Iran/Contra
Defense Industry Frauds - Revolving Door Concept; Open End vs. Closed
End Contracts
Doolittle Report
Dresden Incineration Bombing
Adolph Eichmann
Electric Industry Price Fixing
Enron
Equity Funding Corporation
Ford/Pinto Affair
General Motors/Corvair Affair
Interpol
Love Canal Episode
Medicare/Medicaid Fraud (different types)
Michael Milken
J. P. Morgan
Pharmaceutical/Chemical Dumping (different types)
Planned Bankruptcy
Charles Ponzi and the general Ponzi Scheme
Rape of Nanking
Pol Pot
John D. Rockefeller
Rocky Flats, Colorado
Oskar Schindler/Chiune Sugihara/Raoul Wallenberg/Irena Sendler
Teapot Dome Scandal
Times Mirror-Chandler Trust Tax Evasion Scam
Tuskegee Experiments
3. Discuss the Watergate episode and be able to identify the following
persons/organizations (see the class handout as well):
Archibald Cox
CREEP
John Dean
Deep Throat
Sen. Sam Ervin
Leon Jaworski
John Mitchell
Plumbers
Judge John Sirica
Woodward and Bernstein
4. Discuss the development of the opium/heroin trade from an historical
perspective.
5. Discuss the history of the criminalization of marijuana in the United States
(Anslinger, DuPont, Mellon).
6. Discuss the concept of government corruption. Discuss the two forces that
seem to be increasing our awareness and response to corruption. What are
some of the
methods used to measure corruption and how extensive is it (refer
particularly to the Transparency International research)? Review some of the
international conventions
against corruption.
7. Discuss the Iran/Contra episode and be able to identify the following:
Ricardo Bilonick
Boland Amendments
George Bush, Sr.
California Cocaine Connections (Blandon, Ross, Meneses)
William Casey
Eugene Hasenfus
Albert Hakim
Robert McFarlane
Manuel Noriega
Oliver North
Operation Nifty Package
John Poindexter
Sandinista
Somozas/Contra rebels
8. Discuss Operation Nifty Package and the dynamics of the subsequent trial of
Manual Noriega.
9. Discuss the concept of International Law, including definitions of war crimes,
crimes against peace, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
10. Review the development of the international courts that now exist, and
provide some details regarding the current aspects and operations of these
tribunals.
11. Discuss the history and development of the Holocaust, including the
principles outlined by Hitler in Mein Kampf, and a detailed review of the seven
graduated solutions
to the “Jewish problem” as they evolved over time.
12. Review the historical episode known as Operation Hummingbird or Night of
the Long Knives, and the events that unfolded thereafter.
13. Review the historical development of the Nuremberg Trials, discuss the legal
arguments that were raised during the trial, and the extra-legal aspects of that
tribunal.
14. Identify and discuss in some detail, the five legal arguments that were raised
in the trial of Adolph Eichmann. What was the 6th legal argument, and why
was it not raised in open court?
15. Discuss in some detail:
Armenian genocide.
Cambodian genocide
Rwandan genocide
The Holodomor
The Rape of Nanjing
16. Discuss the life and times of Ferdinand Marcos from an organized crime
context.
17. Discuss a number of problems in prosecuting organized crime.
18. Discuss a number of problems in prosecuting corporate crime.
19. List and discuss ten organized crime fighting tactics. Be able to respond to
some of the difficulties, and the pros and cons for using these tactics.
20. Discuss aspects and elements of the different types of immunity we
reviewed in class (transactional, use, historical, prospective), and review the
ethical and pragmatic
problems of using immunity as a law enforcement instrument in some detail.
21. Discuss the use of informants as a law enforcement tool. Differentiate
between the use of immunity and the use of informants as a law enforcement
tool? Review the
ethical and pragmatic problems of using informants, and discuss the
difference between historical and prospective immunity.
22. Identify the rules of law handed down in the following cases:
Indiana v. Ford Motor Corp
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
U.S. v. Park
23. List a number of long term responses to organized crime we should be
making as a society as proposed by Alexander and Caiden. List a number of
short term responses
to organized crime as proposed by the same authors. Discuss problems
with their ideas.
24. What are some of the proposals set forth by Ermann and Lundman
regarding ways of controlling business corruption.
25. Discuss the major points raised by Moore in his article regarding the future of
organized crime.
26. Review Richard Ofshe's study of Synanon. How are organizations able to
get its members to commit acts of violence. Discuss the ways
Synanon kept people from leaving the organization.