Exam 7: Black Organized Crime

The Vietnam War enabled African American criminals to gain access to Asian sources of heroin.

n contrast with the American Mafia, African-American criminal groups have an inherent weakness. What is that weakness and how is it manifested in African-American criminal groups' operations?

___________ picked up Mafia heroin packages from "Pleasant Avenue."

hich African American organized crime group in Chicago is headed by Jeff Fort?

Criminal organizations in West Africa use techniques similar to those of legitimate traders and business people typical of a lineage-based society.

Important black criminal entrepreneurs were operating in the United States in the early decades of the _____________.

hat are the principal features of entrepreneurial gangs?

The ___________ criminal entrepreneurs are the most significant of the African crime groups.

nder the name of ___________, GDs engaged in voter registration drives and have supported unsuccessful candidates for the city council.

n 1996, thirty-four persons in three countries were arrested for being part of a Nigerian drug ring that had been in business for fifteen years. he group's leader was known as __________.

__________ are strongly grounded in a neighborhood identity, and members may be involved in crime, including drug trafficking.

he structure of African criminal organizations is most closely akin to that of ___________ organized crime in the United States.

African-American criminals dominated the __________ racket in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago until they were overpowered by violent white gangsters.

The Gangster Disciples (GDs) extort money from other drug dealers for the right to sell in areas in which the GDs assert control.

The___________ and the Crips are heavily armed and quick to use violence.

hat variables make West Africa attractive for the development of organized crime?

The Gangster Disciples require a corporate-style structure.

Under the name of ____________, GDs engaged in voter registration drives and have supported unsuccessful candidates for the city council.

Jeff Fort founded the __________, a "Moorish" religious organization.

amaica is a transshipment center for cocaine from ___________.