Andrew Brown wrote: > Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:4395B978.50606 > @zmsl.com: > >> Not all organized crime is violent. Anti-trust violations /are/ a crime >> and they are also "organized". > > I think you're blurring an essential distinction. Organised crime does not > mean crime committed by organisations. It means crime committed by > organisation whose core businesses are illegal -- drugs, prostitution, > extortion, gambling -- where they operate.
No, organized crime means exactly that - crime committed/prepared in an organized manner (ie not impulse crime, or individual crime) The organization can be created specifically for the crime or exist beforehand for other objectives. What the law recognizes is people working together can do a lot more harm than people working separately on their own, so any sort of organization will also lead to stronger punishment (also states do not like hostile organizations - they're more a threat to them than individuals) In this context company memos ordering criminal actions are indeed organized crime (however I doubt anti-trust violations are a criminal charge, looks more like a civil charge to me) -- Nicolas Mailhot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
