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    Piracy has been a possible subsequence of ocean commerce since ocean commerce was made. However, when a number of Tripolitan pirates started holding american merchant ships as hostages for ransom, the piracy becomes the United States’ problems despite it being in far-off shores. By looking into the history of Tripoli we will be able to learn more about the nation’s early challenges. The phrase ‘To the Shores of Tripoli’ from the Marine’s hymn references the first Barbary war. This war was…

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    Cash for wrecking cars, vans, trucks in Carlton. Car wreckers Carlton service. car wreckers Carlton service Car dismantlers Carlton service. If you are looking to sell your car, van, truck, bus, ute, or 4×4 for cash in Carlton. Then our car wreckers Carlton team can help you out. We are the leading vehicle wrecking company in the Carlton area. We buy all makes and models for wrecking in Carlton. And we pay top cash on the spot in Carlton. We also offer free vehicle removal from your location…

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    Honduras

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    Honduras. An enormous amount of drugs are exported through La Mosquitia, a rainforest like area located in eastern Honduras. This area is not at all heavily populated like the west, making it popular area for to provide landing and transit for drug traffickers (“Honduras Crime”). The lack of people living in this part of the country means that the government does not feel the number of security officers should be high. This has enabled thousands of criminals to be a part of drug smuggling…

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    Charles Taylor was a former Liberian president was sentenced to a 50-year jail sentence on charges of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. In 1989 Charles Taylor stared the Liberia civil war. He was a warlord and was elected president in 1997. For six year, before he was forced into exile in Nigeria he governed Liberia. He was convicted for 11 charges of war crime and crime against humanity. This was for his alleged role in the brutal civil…

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    Gang Creation

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    early life of criminality. In reference to the Rational Choice view on youths joining a gang, “Members of the underclass turn to gangs as a way of obtaining desired goods and services, either directly through theft and extortion or indirectly through drug dealing and weapons sales” (Siegel Pg. 230). Youths that feel as if they are not able to reach their goals economically through conventional means for say getting a job, consider…

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    one and a half to two hour movie. For the movie to be as cohesive and interesting as possible, things have to be changed and added into the story. This was the situation in the movie American Gangster. This is about a Drug kingpin leader, Frank Lucas, and his road to leading the drug industry in the New york, Harlem area. Many scenes that happen in this movie, are altered from the actual history moments for the audience to better like and/or understand the scene. Although much of the movie is…

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    Crime and the Roaring 20’s More than 12,000 murders occurred a year in the mid 1920’s ("The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938"). The reason for this large amount of death and destruction has to do with the crime lords of the 1920’s. These gangsters had a far reaching influence on the way American society operated in the 1920’s. Things like bootlegging, gambling, and even prostitution could all be things that gangsters had operations for ("The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938").…

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    Literary Analysis - The House of the Scorpion Matt is a clone, property of Alacrán Estates a refugee in Atzland, and a drug lord of opium. In The House of the Scorpion Matt, a clone lives life at the fullest with Celia and the person He was cloned from, El patrón. At the age of 7 Matt get’s a bodyguard Tam Lin. Tam Lin takes care of Matt and El patrón. One day Matt is needed for spare parts. Matt escapes to Atzland where He meets Doña Esperanza and takes over opium. The setting plays a big…

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    role model is Tony, selling drugs, and was involved in a robbery. The first thing that put Wes Moore on the path to prison is his only male role model was his brother, Tony. Tony was a drug dealer and a “certified gangsta.” (27) Although Tony made it his mission “to give his little brother information he thought he never got,” (27) Tony made a negative impact because Wes just wanted to be like him. Because of Wes only male role model is Tony, it lead to selling drugs. By the time Wes was…

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    Contraband In Prison

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    be harmful to society and the correction institution. Cell Phones are dangerous to correctional officers because it can cause chaos inside of a prison. They can be used to call members of a gang who was once incarcerated, so they can smuggle in drugs. This is a big problem because the gang member who were once on the inside can have been locked up for a while. He may have learned the guards and know which guards are the turnkey, the climber or the friend.…

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