Question 1

What type of organizational structures do Colombian criminal organizations have?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​subcultural traditional 
B) ​Sicilian Mafia-style 
C) ​bureaucratic 
D) open 
A) ​subcultural traditional 
B) ​Sicilian Mafia-style 
C) ​bureaucratic 
D) open C

Question 2

Beginning in 1929,the political party in Mexico known as _____________ has dominated Mexican politics using authoritarian methods to ensure one-party rule.​

Accepted Answer

Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)​

Question 3

Which of the following emerged as a leader of the Gulf cartel,controlling drug trafficking throughout northeastern Mexico and along the Gulf of Mexico?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Juan Garcia Abrego 
B) ​Carlos Lehder-Rivas 
C) ​Fabio Ochoa 
D) Pablo Escobar 
A) ​Juan Garcia Abrego 
B) ​Carlos Lehder-Rivas 
C) ​Fabio Ochoa 
D) Pablo Escobar A

Question 4

Until the 1970s,the importation of marijuana and cocaine into the United States was largely a(n)_____________ operation,although the suppliers were Colombian.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Italian 
B) ​Turkish 
C) ​Cuban 
D) Albanian 
A) ​Italian 
B) ​Turkish 
C) ​Cuban 
D) Albanian

Question 5

Mexican organized crime is best understood against a backdrop of all of the following characteristics,except:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​patron-client relationships. 
B) ​political patronage. 
C) ​endemic corruption. 
D) philanthropic activities to avoid detection. 
A) ​patron-client relationships. 
B) ​political patronage. 
C) ​endemic corruption. 
D) philanthropic activities to avoid detection.

Question 6

Narcolullabis are songs that glamorize drug trafficking through Mexican history.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What kind of image did Pablo Escobar,the most notorious member of the Ochoa crime cartel,cultivate for the people in Envigado,a barrio outside Medellín?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​a Robin Hood image 
B) ​an Al Capone image 
C) ​a John Gotti image 
D) a Pope-like image 
A) ​a Robin Hood image 
B) ​an Al Capone image 
C) ​a John Gotti image 
D) a Pope-like image

Question 8

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry is in which organizations?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Mexican 
B) ​Russian 
C) ​Italian 
D) Colombian 
A) ​Mexican 
B) ​Russian 
C) ​Italian 
D) Colombian

Question 9

The most notorious of the Colombian drug cartels are those of Medellín and:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Estacas. 
B) ​Tijuana. 
C) ​Cali. 
D) Sinaloa. 
A) ​Estacas. 
B) ​Tijuana. 
C) ​Cali. 
D) Sinaloa.

Question 10

In contrast to the Medellín cartel,the Cali cartel has preferred to avoid:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​becoming involved in national politics. 
B) ​using violence. 
C) ​becoming involved with sex trafficking. 
D) selling heroin to those in European countries. 
A) ​becoming involved in national politics. 
B) ​using violence. 
C) ​becoming involved with sex trafficking. 
D) selling heroin to those in European countries.

Question 11

As opposed to those in the United States,Mexican crime bosses have often been fugitives under no incentive to keep low profiles by avoiding violence.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Who does the Tijuana cartel employ to commit murders on the U.S.side of the border?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Arizona street gang members 
B) ​California street gang members 
C) ​New Mexico street gang members 
D) Florida street gang members 
A) ​Arizona street gang members 
B) ​California street gang members 
C) ​New Mexico street gang members 
D) Florida street gang members

Question 13

Mexican drug organizations have diversified their criminal enterprises into the realm of ransom kidnapping and:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​identity theft. 
B) ​international bank fraud. 
C) ​extortion. 
D) sex trafficking. 
A) ​identity theft. 
B) ​international bank fraud. 
C) ​extortion. 
D) sex trafficking.

Question 14

Mexican drug trafficking groups are bureaucratically organized,but built around familial relationships.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The defeat of the PRI in Mexico ruptured a longtime implicit arrangement between narcotrafficantes and the PRI-controlled government.What was the consequence?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​There was a reduction of violence. 
B) ​There was an upsurge in violence. 
C) ​There was no change in the level of violence. 
D) The cartels formed a new political party. 
A) ​There was a reduction of violence. 
B) ​There was an upsurge in violence. 
C) ​There was no change in the level of violence. 
D) The cartels formed a new political party.

Question 16

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry remains in the hands of the Mexican organizations.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The cocaine legacy in Colombia has been allowed to continue due in large part to both the delegitimization of government and:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Mexican cartel support. 
B) ​civil wars. 
C) ​increased support of communism. 
D) Italian mafia involvement. 
A) ​Mexican cartel support. 
B) ​civil wars. 
C) ​increased support of communism. 
D) Italian mafia involvement.

Question 18

The term _____________ identifies a criminal network whose structure resembles that of a holding company.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term _____________ identifies a criminal network...

Question 19

When the FARC government was unseated in Mexico in 2000,an unparalleled level of violence erupted as drug lords struggled for supremacy since they no longer were going to be afforded protection from corrupt government officials.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the early 1990s,Mexican criminal organizations struck a deal with which country's criminal organizations,whose cocaine they were moving from Mexico into the United States on a contract basis?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Haiti 
B) ​Colombia 
C) ​Russia 
D) Albania 
A) ​Haiti 
B) ​Colombia 
C) ​Russia 
D) Albania

What type of organizational structures do Colombian criminal organizations have?

Beginning in 1929,the political party in Mexico known as _____________ has dominated Mexican politics using authoritarian methods to ensure one-party rule.

Which of the following emerged as a leader of the Gulf cartel,controlling drug trafficking throughout northeastern Mexico and along the Gulf of Mexico?

Until the 1970s,the importation of marijuana and cocaine into the United States was largely a(n)_____________ operation,although the suppliers were Colombian.

Mexican organized crime is best understood against a backdrop of all of the following characteristics,except:

Narcolullabis are songs that glamorize drug trafficking through Mexican history.

What kind of image did Pablo Escobar,the most notorious member of the Ochoa crime cartel,cultivate for the people in Envigado,a barrio outside Medellín?

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry is in which organizations?

The most notorious of the Colombian drug cartels are those of Medellín and:

In contrast to the Medellín cartel,the Cali cartel has preferred to avoid:

As opposed to those in the United States,Mexican crime bosses have often been fugitives under no incentive to keep low profiles by avoiding violence.

Who does the Tijuana cartel employ to commit murders on the U.S.side of the border?

Mexican drug organizations have diversified their criminal enterprises into the realm of ransom kidnapping and:

Mexican drug trafficking groups are bureaucratically organized,but built around familial relationships.

The defeat of the PRI in Mexico ruptured a longtime implicit arrangement between narcotrafficantes and the PRI-controlled government.What was the consequence?

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry remains in the hands of the Mexican organizations.

The cocaine legacy in Colombia has been allowed to continue due in large part to both the delegitimization of government and:

The term _____________ identifies a criminal network whose structure resembles that of a holding company.

When the FARC government was unseated in Mexico in 2000,an unparalleled level of violence erupted as drug lords struggled for supremacy since they no longer were going to be afforded protection from corrupt government officials.

In the early 1990s,Mexican criminal organizations struck a deal with which country's criminal organizations,whose cocaine they were moving from Mexico into the United States on a contract basis?

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Exam 5: Colombia and Mexico

What type of organizational structures do Colombian criminal organizations have?​

Beginning in 1929,the political party in Mexico known as _____________ has dominated Mexican politics using authoritarian methods to ensure one-party rule.​

Which of the following emerged as a leader of the Gulf cartel,controlling drug trafficking throughout northeastern Mexico and along the Gulf of Mexico?​

Until the 1970s,the importation of marijuana and cocaine into the United States was largely a(n)_____________ operation,although the suppliers were Colombian.​

Mexican organized crime is best understood against a backdrop of all of the following characteristics,except:​

Narcolullabis are songs that glamorize drug trafficking through Mexican history.​

What kind of image did Pablo Escobar,the most notorious member of the Ochoa crime cartel,cultivate for the people in Envigado,a barrio outside Medellín?​

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry is in which organizations?​

The most notorious of the Colombian drug cartels are those of Medellín and:​

In contrast to the Medellín cartel,the Cali cartel has preferred to avoid:​

As opposed to those in the United States,Mexican crime bosses have often been fugitives under no incentive to keep low profiles by avoiding violence.​

Who does the Tijuana cartel employ to commit murders on the U.S.side of the border?​

Mexican drug organizations have diversified their criminal enterprises into the realm of ransom kidnapping and:​

Mexican drug trafficking groups are bureaucratically organized,but built around familial relationships.​

The defeat of the PRI in Mexico ruptured a longtime implicit arrangement between narcotrafficantes and the PRI-controlled government.What was the consequence?​

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry remains in the hands of the Mexican organizations.​

The cocaine legacy in Colombia has been allowed to continue due in large part to both the delegitimization of government and:​

The term _____________ identifies a criminal network whose structure resembles that of a holding company.​

When the FARC government was unseated in Mexico in 2000,an unparalleled level of violence erupted as drug lords struggled for supremacy since they no longer were going to be afforded protection from corrupt government officials.​

In the early 1990s,Mexican criminal organizations struck a deal with which country's criminal organizations,whose cocaine they were moving from Mexico into the United States on a contract basis?​

Introduction to Organized Crime

Explanations for Organized Crime

United States

Italy and Albania

Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Asia

Africa

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Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

Organized Crime Statutes

Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime

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What type of organizational structures do Colombian criminal organizations have?

Beginning in 1929,the political party in Mexico known as _____________ has dominated Mexican politics using authoritarian methods to ensure one-party rule.

Which of the following emerged as a leader of the Gulf cartel,controlling drug trafficking throughout northeastern Mexico and along the Gulf of Mexico?

Until the 1970s,the importation of marijuana and cocaine into the United States was largely a(n)_____________ operation,although the suppliers were Colombian.

Mexican organized crime is best understood against a backdrop of all of the following characteristics,except:

Narcolullabis are songs that glamorize drug trafficking through Mexican history.

What kind of image did Pablo Escobar,the most notorious member of the Ochoa crime cartel,cultivate for the people in Envigado,a barrio outside Medellín?

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry is in which organizations?

The most notorious of the Colombian drug cartels are those of Medellín and:

In contrast to the Medellín cartel,the Cali cartel has preferred to avoid:

As opposed to those in the United States,Mexican crime bosses have often been fugitives under no incentive to keep low profiles by avoiding violence.

Who does the Tijuana cartel employ to commit murders on the U.S.side of the border?

Mexican drug organizations have diversified their criminal enterprises into the realm of ransom kidnapping and:

Mexican drug trafficking groups are bureaucratically organized,but built around familial relationships.

The defeat of the PRI in Mexico ruptured a longtime implicit arrangement between narcotrafficantes and the PRI-controlled government.What was the consequence?

Control of most of the world's cocaine industry remains in the hands of the Mexican organizations.

The cocaine legacy in Colombia has been allowed to continue due in large part to both the delegitimization of government and:

The term _____________ identifies a criminal network whose structure resembles that of a holding company.

When the FARC government was unseated in Mexico in 2000,an unparalleled level of violence erupted as drug lords struggled for supremacy since they no longer were going to be afforded protection from corrupt government officials.

In the early 1990s,Mexican criminal organizations struck a deal with which country's criminal organizations,whose cocaine they were moving from Mexico into the United States on a contract basis?