Question 1

hat place has been likened to "Chicago of the twenties?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia 
B)  Moscow 
C)  Chechnya 
D)  Odessa 
A)  Georgia 
B)  Moscow 
C)  Chechnya 
D)  Odessa

Question 2

Russian Organized Crime has generated great concentrations of wealth and power. What will be the future of these oligarchies? Will their leaders and leaders' descendants be Russian equivalents of Astor, Vanderbilt, Drew, Gould, Sage, Rockefeller, and Stanford? Will their wealth and power become institutionalized?

Accepted Answer

There is not a specific correct answer t

Question 3

hich of the following is one of the overarching and sometimes overlapping categories of Russian organized crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  sportsmen and veterans 
B)  ethnic-based groups 
C)  the vory 
D)  all of these 
A)  sportsmen and veterans 
B)  ethnic-based groups 
C)  the vory 
D)  all of these

Question 4

Currently, in the territory of the former Soviet Union, organized crime wields power over all the economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

ilitary veterans are one source of personnel for criminal organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How was the new vory that emerged in the 1980s different from the previous version of the organization and why did it change?

Accepted Answer

It was more violent, less interested in

Question 7

ikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize. hich of the following was a consequence?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet republics drew closer together 
B)  nothing changed 
C)  the USSR splintered into Russia and 14 other independent states 
D)  all of these 
A)  the Soviet republics drew closer together 
B)  nothing changed 
C)  the USSR splintered into Russia and 14 other independent states 
D)  all of these

Question 8

Semion Mogilevich, a Ukrainian-born Jew with a degree in economics, made his first fortune by defrauding fellow Jews who were fleeing to ______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Semion Mogilevich, a Ukrainian-born Jew with a...

Question 9

hich of the following activities is associated with Russian organized crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  trafficking in women for the sex industry 
B)  trafficking in marijuana 
C)  smuggling immigrants into the country 
D)  cloning cell phones 
A)  trafficking in women for the sex industry 
B)  trafficking in marijuana 
C)  smuggling immigrants into the country 
D)  cloning cell phones

Question 10

Post-1987 economic liberalization in Russia paved the way for the entry of _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  criminal organizations 
B)  improved law enforcement 
C)  bank regulations 
D)  all of these 
A)  criminal organizations 
B)  improved law enforcement 
C)  bank regulations 
D)  all of these

Question 11

escribe the fuel oil scam.

Accepted Answer

Using fraudulent documents, the fuel oil

Question 12

Nomenklatura are ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  thieves with a code of honor 
B)  elite Communist bureaucrats 
C)  czarists 
D)  Chechen crime groups 
A)  thieves with a code of honor 
B)  elite Communist bureaucrats 
C)  czarists 
D)  Chechen crime groups

Question 13

he three overlapping categories of Russian organized crime are sportsmen and veterans, __________ -based groups, and the vory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of he three overlapping categories of Russian organized...

Question 14

rom which of the following did Russian organized crime emerge?

Accepted Answer

A)  sports clubs and military 
B)  ethnic-based groups 
C)  vory 
D)  all of these 
A)  sports clubs and military 
B)  ethnic-based groups 
C)  vory 
D)  all of these

Question 15

In what way did economic liberalization foster organized crime in Russia?

Accepted Answer

It awakened the entrepreneurial spirit o

Question 16

Describe the organizational structure of the vory.

Accepted Answer

It is hierarchical and headed by a vor v

Question 17

How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change Russian organized crime?

Accepted Answer

It created opportunity for a huge expans

Question 18

hich of the following is true about the contemporary vory?

Accepted Answer

A)  They allow female members 
B)  Tattoos are not required 
C)  Only former convicts can be members. 
D)  They are less well-organized than the old vory. 
A)  They allow female members 
B)  Tattoos are not required 
C)  Only former convicts can be members. 
D)  They are less well-organized than the old vory.

Question 19

Russian organized crime traffics women for the sex industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

hich of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russian criminals began their criminal careers as members of adolescent street gangs in ethnic ghettos. 
B)  Russian organized crime encompasses any ethnic or national groups from the territory of the former Soviet Union. 
C)  In the former Soviet Union, law enforcement resources have been inadequate to deal with the menace of organized crime. 
D)  The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the Communist era. 
A)  Russian criminals began their criminal careers as members of adolescent street gangs in ethnic ghettos. 
B)  Russian organized crime encompasses any ethnic or national groups from the territory of the former Soviet Union. 
C)  In the former Soviet Union, law enforcement resources have been inadequate to deal with the menace of organized crime. 
D)  The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the Communist era.

hat place has been likened to "Chicago of the twenties?"

hich of the following is one of the overarching and sometimes overlapping categories of Russian organized crime?

Currently, in the territory of the former Soviet Union, organized crime wields power over all the economy.

ilitary veterans are one source of personnel for criminal organizations.

How was the new vory that emerged in the 1980s different from the previous version of the organization and why did it change?

ikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize. hich of the following was a consequence?

Semion Mogilevich, a Ukrainian-born Jew with a degree in economics, made his first fortune by defrauding fellow Jews who were fleeing to ______________.

hich of the following activities is associated with Russian organized crime?

Post-1987 economic liberalization in Russia paved the way for the entry of _______________.

escribe the fuel oil scam.

Nomenklatura are ________________.

he three overlapping categories of Russian organized crime are sportsmen and veterans, __________ -based groups, and the vory.

rom which of the following did Russian organized crime emerge?

In what way did economic liberalization foster organized crime in Russia?

Describe the organizational structure of the vory.

How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change Russian organized crime?

hich of the following is true about the contemporary vory?

Russian organized crime traffics women for the sex industry.

hich of the following statements is false?

Introduction to Organized Crime

Development of Organized Crime in the United States

The American Mafia

Explaining Organized Crime

Italian Organized Crime and the Albanian Connection

Latin American Organized Crime

Black Organized Crime

Asian Organized Crime

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

Goods and Services”

Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

Organized Crime: Statutes

Organized Crime: Law Enforcement

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Exam 9: Russian Organized Crime

hat place has been likened to "Chicago of the twenties?"

hich of the following is one of the overarching and sometimes overlapping categories of Russian organized crime?

Currently, in the territory of the former Soviet Union, organized crime wields power over all the economy.

ilitary veterans are one source of personnel for criminal organizations.

How was the new vory that emerged in the 1980s different from the previous version of the organization and why did it change?

ikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize. hich of the following was a consequence?

Semion Mogilevich, a Ukrainian-born Jew with a degree in economics, made his first fortune by defrauding fellow Jews who were fleeing to ______________.

hich of the following activities is associated with Russian organized crime?

Post-1987 economic liberalization in Russia paved the way for the entry of _______________.

escribe the fuel oil scam.

Nomenklatura are ________________.

he three overlapping categories of Russian organized crime are sportsmen and veterans, __________ -based groups, and the vory.

rom which of the following did Russian organized crime emerge?

In what way did economic liberalization foster organized crime in Russia?

Describe the organizational structure of the vory.

How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change Russian organized crime?

hich of the following is true about the contemporary vory?

Russian organized crime traffics women for the sex industry.

hich of the following statements is false?

Introduction to Organized Crime

Development of Organized Crime in the United States

The American Mafia

Explaining Organized Crime

Italian Organized Crime and the Albanian Connection

Latin American Organized Crime

Black Organized Crime

Asian Organized Crime

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

Goods and Services”

Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

Organized Crime: Statutes

Organized Crime: Law Enforcement

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