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Organized crime activity

  • ProstitutionThe word prostitute derives from the Latin prostituta, which some sources define as a composition of pro meaning up front and statuere to cause to stand.
  • Human traffickingThe act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploiting them…
  • KidnappingThe abduction of Dinah, painted by James Tissot in the 19th century, captures a moment of unlawful removal that has defined legal debates for over a hundred…
  • CounterfeitThe United States Secret Service began its existence to fight a specific type of fraud. In the wake of the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate…
  • Match fixingIn 1919, eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to throw that year's World Series for monetary gain.