“Organized crime specifically refers to unlawful activities of the members of a highly organized, disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services, including prostitution, gambling, loan-sharking, narcotics, and labor racketeering” (Schmallenger, 2015, p. 319). This differs from white-collar crime in that organized crime involves the criminal activity and participation of a group of people, which is not necessarily the case in white-collar crime. White-collar crime involves typically legal business activity that is influenced or interrupted somehow by the criminal activity of an individual or group. Organized crime involves a group of people who engage in criminal activity by …show more content…
Drug trafficking is defined by Schmallenger on page 338 as “the manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing, and/or exporting of a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance” (2015). There are many different efforts being made to curtail drug trafficking. The DEA follows heroin tracking by identifying where heroin came geographically from via lab testing (Schmallenger, 2015). Legislation has outlined provisions for the seizure of the chemicals and other items used to manufacture drugs (Schmallenger, 2015). Interdiction teams of law enforcement stop vehicles suspected of trafficking drugs in an effort to stop them from entering the United States (Schmallenger, 2015). Law enforcement is also authorized to seize money or other items of value that were exchanged during the purchase of drugs through forfeiture (Schmallenger,