Question 1

In Colombia, Jorge Ochoa was convicted of illegally importing: ​

Accepted Answer

A) guns. 
B) women. 
C) immigrants. 
D) bulls. 
A) guns. 
B) women. 
C) immigrants. 
D) bulls. D

Question 2

How many times higher is the homicide rate in Colombia than that of the United States? ​

Accepted Answer

A) four 
B) six 
C) eight 
D) ten 
A) four 
B) six 
C) eight 
D) ten C

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following assisted the drug arrangement between Mexico and Colombia? ​

Accepted Answer

A) NAFTA 
B) FTAA 
C) WTO 
D) IMF 
A) NAFTA 
B) FTAA 
C) WTO 
D) IMF

Question 5

Colombia has had three civil wars; the last in 1948-1958 was known as ____________. ​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Colombia has had three civil wars; the...

Question 6

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 7

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 8

A common element found with organized crime located in both Colombia and Mexico is their extensive involvement in which crime? ​

Accepted Answer

A) counterfeit goods manufacture and sale 
B) drug trafficking 
C) illegal alcohol manufacture and sale 
D) identity theft 
A) counterfeit goods manufacture and sale 
B) drug trafficking 
C) illegal alcohol manufacture and sale 
D) identity theft

Question 9

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

Question 10

Which of the following has historically been a dominant political party in Mexico? ​

Accepted Answer

A) PRI 
B) ASC 
C) PTK 
D) MST 
A) PRI 
B) ASC 
C) PTK 
D) MST

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

The Cali cartel refers to a loose alliance of five major trafficking groups with preeminence shared by the kinship/crime families of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela ("the Chess Player"), his brother Miguel, and José Santacruz Londono ("Don Chepe"). ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What term is used to identify a criminal network of flexible groups with senior managers responsible for coordinating illegal operations? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Sinaloa 
B) La Violencia 
C) cartel 
D) narcocorridos 
A) Sinaloa 
B) La Violencia 
C) cartel 
D) narcocorridos

Question 14

Explain how and why Mexican cartels became involved with methamphetamine. ​

Accepted Answer

Mexican cartels' diversified operations

Question 15

What are narcocorridos ? ​

Accepted Answer

A) low level drug mules 
B) ballads that glorify drug trafficking 
C) drug trafficking routes 
D) cigars laced with methamphetamine 
A) low level drug mules 
B) ballads that glorify drug trafficking 
C) drug trafficking routes 
D) cigars laced with methamphetamine

Question 16

Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business. ​

Accepted Answer

The Medellín and Cali cartels were verti

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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 Re

Question 19

Operating out the southern Pacific state of Michoacana is the ______________, the most fearsome of all of Mexico's drug organizations. ​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Operating out the southern Pacific state of...

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

In Colombia, Jorge Ochoa was convicted of illegally importing:

How many times higher is the homicide rate in Colombia than that of the United States?

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

Which of the following assisted the drug arrangement between Mexico and Colombia?

Colombia has had three civil wars; the last in 1948-1958 was known as ____________.

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

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

A common element found with organized crime located in both Colombia and Mexico is their extensive involvement in which crime?

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

Which of the following has historically been a dominant political party in Mexico?

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.

The Cali cartel refers to a loose alliance of five major trafficking groups with preeminence shared by the kinship/crime families of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela ("the Chess Player"), his brother Miguel, and José Santacruz Londono ("Don Chepe").

What term is used to identify a criminal network of flexible groups with senior managers responsible for coordinating illegal operations?

Explain how and why Mexican cartels became involved with methamphetamine.

What are narcocorridos ?

Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business.

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

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

Operating out the southern Pacific state of Michoacana is the ______________, the most fearsome of all of Mexico's drug organizations.

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

In Colombia, Jorge Ochoa was convicted of illegally importing: ​

How many times higher is the homicide rate in Colombia than that of the United States? ​

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

Which of the following assisted the drug arrangement between Mexico and Colombia? ​

Colombia has had three civil wars; the last in 1948-1958 was known as ____________. ​

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

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

A common element found with organized crime located in both Colombia and Mexico is their extensive involvement in which crime? ​

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

Which of the following has historically been a dominant political party in Mexico? ​

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. ​

The Cali cartel refers to a loose alliance of five major trafficking groups with preeminence shared by the kinship/crime families of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela ("the Chess Player"), his brother Miguel, and José Santacruz Londono ("Don Chepe"). ​

What term is used to identify a criminal network of flexible groups with senior managers responsible for coordinating illegal operations? ​

Explain how and why Mexican cartels became involved with methamphetamine. ​

What are narcocorridos ? ​

Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business. ​

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

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

Operating out the southern Pacific state of Michoacana is the ______________, the most fearsome of all of Mexico's drug organizations. ​

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

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

Organized Crime Goods and Services

Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Organized Crime in Labor Business and Money Laundering

Organized Crime Statutes

Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime

Filters

In Colombia, Jorge Ochoa was convicted of illegally importing:

How many times higher is the homicide rate in Colombia than that of the United States?

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

Which of the following assisted the drug arrangement between Mexico and Colombia?

Colombia has had three civil wars; the last in 1948-1958 was known as ____________.

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

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

A common element found with organized crime located in both Colombia and Mexico is their extensive involvement in which crime?

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

Which of the following has historically been a dominant political party in Mexico?

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.

The Cali cartel refers to a loose alliance of five major trafficking groups with preeminence shared by the kinship/crime families of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela ("the Chess Player"), his brother Miguel, and José Santacruz Londono ("Don Chepe").

What term is used to identify a criminal network of flexible groups with senior managers responsible for coordinating illegal operations?

Explain how and why Mexican cartels became involved with methamphetamine.

What are narcocorridos ?

Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business.

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

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

Operating out the southern Pacific state of Michoacana is the ______________, the most fearsome of all of Mexico's drug organizations.

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?