Illegal Drugs Essay

Kramer’s syndicate didn’t take bets, they were gamblers. The group was known to bet as much as $400,000 a day through a vast network of illegal bookmakers from across the country. You would assume that this group of professional gamblers encountered all kinds of impropriety, but he’d be the first to tell you that there is a surprising level of honor in this illegal trade. “In my dealings in the world, the people I tend to have trouble with are the suits and ties to whom a handshake doesn’t mean…

Howard Campbell’s article, Drug trafficking stories: Everyday forms of Narco-folklore on the U.S.-Mexico border, provides a collection of stories that reveal the commonality of drug dealing and consumption (329). Campbell describes: A woman sells heroin at nightclubs on the other side of the border. Despite being physically handicapped she sells out her…

In, ¨Markheim¨ by Robert Louis Stevenson this supernatural story takes place on Christmas day when Markheim wants to acquire a gift for a woman he is courting, but along the way he plans to murder the dealer at the pawnshop and steal money. Markheim ends up stabbing him with a dagger on the dealer´s back. This then leads to Markheim going crazy and leads to him start talking to this alter ego of his. It is this alter ego that represents the dark side or evil of Markheim. It is this phenomenon…

As I watched Savannah Hart accept the annual New York City perseverance award with a standing ovation from the audience on TV, I lost it. That moment was the last straw. Savannah Hart is loved by the entire world. Little kids all across the nation look up to her. She singlehandedly discovered the cure for cancer while devoting her life to helping the school districts of New York City and the education system in Africa. Nevertheless, she does all this while coping with a serious heart…

the law, to let a citizen know a SAR has been filed. Doing so, may give criminal a warning to destroy any evidence associated with the crime. (Suspicious Activity Reporting—Overview). Money laundering is the process of legitimizing ill-gotten or illegal revenues by creating a paper trail that makes the currency appear as if it was the result of a legitimate business. Common money laundering schemes consist of opening cash businesses such as laundromats or restaurants. The owners of these…

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is a memoir of two men’s lives who held many similarities with each other; not only did they have the same name, but they were both born in the same area of Baltimore in the 1970s, were raised most of their lives without fathers, and were faced with similar situations and experiences while growing up. The author, after facing numerous challenges along his path, ends up with a highly successful future, while the other Wes Moore, ends up with a lifetime sentence in…

It goes without saying that any gang-related activity is unethical, yet what makes that so? An underground economy is defined, as “illegal economic activity which entails transactions where a good/service is illicit, or the transaction itself does not meet government regulations and requirements” (Investopedia 2015.) So what if the sale and production of the drugs that many gangs distribute became legalized? Would it then be easier…

caught trying to sell $200 worth of heroin to an undercover cop in 1974. After being arrested the cops later found $600 in cash, paraphernalia for cutting heroin, and a picture of her with other known drug dealers in her apartment. The cops suspected that she had connections to the top dogs in the drug ring. For these crimes she received 10-20 years in prison, and after serving 8 months of her sentence her decided that she couldn’t take it and escaped. During the years of her escape; she was so…

writing in my book, highlighting marks anything possible to get my point across and to understand certain sections. The most interesting chapter in this book was chapter 3 which was about, how junkies aka addicts are people to and have jobs in the drug trade. They may be low on the totem pole but they are used for the operation and not to get the bigger guys caught. Also, in this chapter they speak on the neighborhood lango and how they have to learn it so they can understand the community…

members that follow the pathways. The general Hispanic/Latino population in the U.S. is also changing the traditional concentration of Hispanic gangs in specific regions of the country. Certain family characteristics such as involvement in illegal activities, drug use in household, incarceration histories, and neglected parental supervision among Hispanic/Latinos are an integral part of the social profile of gang members. This is understandable in light of the strong cultural influence of…