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The United States passed the Organized Crime Control Act in 1970 to legally define what constitutes a criminal enterprise. This law described organized crime as unlawful activities of a highly organized and disciplined association.
Money laundering equated to about 1.6 trillion US dollars globally in 2009 according to United Nations estimates. This figure represented approximately 2.7% of global GDP that year.
Al Capone became a notorious example of tax evasion when sentenced to eleven years in federal prison in 1931. He was ordered to pay $215,000 in back taxes along with accrued interest.
A malicious program infiltrated factory computers in mid July 2010 spreading to plants around the world. This attack marked the first assault on critical industrial infrastructure sitting at the foundation of modern economies.
Patron-client networks create fluid interactions between smaller units within an overall criminal network while valuing social familiarity and tradition over rigid rules. Bureaucratic models differ by enforcing complex authority structures with extensive division of labor where written regulations replace cultural practices as the primary guide for action.