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  Organized Crime Control Bureau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) is one of the nine bureaux that form the New York Police Department.
Formed after the Knapp Commission investigations into police corruption, all investigations within the bureau are conducted by specially structured teams, in an effort to reduce the chance of corruption.
It is involved in using the RICO laws to search and destroy organised criminal activities and seize property and vehicles and imprison it's members.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Organized_Crime_Control_Bureau   (128 words)

  
 Organized Crime Control Bureau Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Organized Cime Control Bureau was established on November 19, 1971 as a direct result of the Knapp Commission hearings on police corruption.
It was decided that all efforts of organized crime enforcement should be centralized in order to combat potential corruption hazards.
All operations of enforcement prone to corruption (Vice, Narcotics, Organized Crime, etc.) were unified under the Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB).
www.nyc.gov /html/nypd/html/occb/occbindex.html   (327 words)

  
 New Jersey State Police - Narcotics & Organized Crime Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Bureau is aligned into five specialized Units which are strategically designed to ensure that the Division of State Police effectively and efficiently complies with all departmental policies and directives as they pertain to narcotics and organized crime enforcement.
The Organized Crime Unit conducts investigations of individuals and groups which are engaged in traditional and nontraditional organized criminal activities.
The investigative expertise of members of the Organized Crime Unit ensures the prompt and appropriate enforcement of violations of New Jersey's Criminal Code, especially violations pertaining to the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute.
www.njsp.org /about/narc.html   (685 words)

  
 Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Organized Crime and the Labor Unions
As an example of the organized crime connection of the union, in 1968 a free parking permit, for a local racetrack that was issued to Local 450 was ultimately used on the car owned by Tony Accardo's wife.
A consequence of organized crime's total domination of the labor movement in Cleveland has been the exertion of power in political and commercial circles where dependence upon unions is a necessity.
Control of these funds allows the syndicate to be a powerful force in the economic lifeblood of the country.
www.americanmafia.com /Crime_And_Labor.html   (11220 words)

  
 The Auto Crime Unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Organized crime was quickly becoming entrenched in the illegal enterprises of vehicle theft: Chop shops, insurance frauds, exporting stolen vehicles and tagging operations.
Upon its creation, the newly formed Auto Crime Division was charged with a most specific mission: to investigate and combat the organized theft of motor vehicles by targeting major auto crime violators and investigating vehicle insurance frauds with an emphasis on organized crime involvement.
As a division of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, its focus was refined to fully devote its efforts to the investigation of organized vehicle theft, insurance fraud, counterfeit motor vehicle documents and other auto related crimes.
www.nyc.gov /html/nypd/html/occb/autocrim2.html   (196 words)

  
 Cutting Crime and Restoring Order: What America Can Learn from New York's Finest
Crime had been going up 25 percent a year in the three years previous to 1990, and ridership had been falling by the hundreds of thousands.
Although it was containing crime, and it was beginning to reduce it, it was not making the wholesale types of reductions that we saw in 1994 and 1995, and that we are seeing now in 1996.
Crime in the subways was crime of opportunity, committed by people who were not paying the fares but who were carrying a weapon and were wanted on warrants.
www.heritage.org /Research/Crime/HL573.cfm   (8919 words)

  
 USAM 9-110.000 ORGANIZED CRIME AND RACKETEERING
Once a RICO indictment has been approved by the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section and has been returned by the grand jury, a copy of a file-stamped copy of the indictment shall be provided to the Section.
Thus, although the involvement of traditional organized crime will not be a requirement for approval of proposed prosecutions, a prosecution will not be authorized unless the violent crimes involved are substantial because of the seriousness of injuries, the number of incidents, or other aggravating factors.
It is especially important that the memorandum include a discussion of the nexus between the enterprise and the crime of violence, the defendant's relationship to the enterprise, and the evidentiary basis for each section 1959 count.
www.usdoj.gov /usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/110mcrm.htm   (2746 words)

  
 Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Witnesses are difficult to rely upon because of those operating within organized crime circles are often bound by loyalty and fear of reprisal; those outside are often unable to provide a complete picture of criminal activity and also fear retaliation if their cooperation with law enforcement is revealed.
Investigations of organized crime, therefore, often entail complex efforts, such as the infiltration of these groups, the use of confidential informants, and the use of intensive surveillance, including court-ordered wiretaps an other electronic eavesdropping.
The Bureau has been successful in establishing partnerships with numerous law enforcement agencies, working closely with the New York City Police Department Detective Squad and an investigative unit of the New York State Police, both assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, as well as the office’s own Detective Investigators, who are assigned to the Bureau.
www.queensda.org /Divisions%20and%20Bureaus/Investigations%20Division/Organized%20Crimes%20and%20Rackets.htm   (1306 words)

  
 History of Organized Crime-the Mafia-LCN per Peter Vaira
Napoli’s conviction for participation in the criminal enterprise defined in  Charge I of the Indictment and the other substantive crimes proves that he was an associate of numerous organized crime figures who were part of the Manna faction of the Genovese family.
For the reasons set forth in the opinion above, the GEB attorney demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that Napoli was an associate of the Genovese crime family, and in that capacity, knowingly associated with members and associates of the LCN.
Napoli was convicted of the federal crimes of labor racketeering, kickbacks, extortion and  RICO.
www.ipsn.org /napoli_fallacara_D96-65.HTM   (3849 words)

  
 ARTICLE: NEW YORK CITY AS ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The court focused on the broad societal goal in passing Local Law 42 - the elimination of organized crime - and found that the contract termination provisions were a reasonable means to achieve that end.
As for the provision limiting membership in organizations with ties to organized crime, the court interpreted the law to mean that membership is prohibited only if the licensee knows or should have known that a person holding a position in the organization has "been convicted of being or is a member of an
First, documenting organized crime's presence and activities is extremely valuable; it forces courts to confront the problem that the strong remedies are intended to solve.
www.thelaborers.net /lexisnexis/articles/42nylschlrev1069.htm   (8439 words)

  
 Calgary Police Service - Organized Crime Control Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This national organization facilitates the exchange and dissemination of information and intelligence between law enforcement agencies to effectively address the spread of organized and serious crime.
CISA defines organized crime as two or more persons consorting on a continuing basis to participate in illegal activities either directly or indirectly for gain.
In addition to the sworn members of this section, two crime analysts develop strategic intelligence and provide the section with a strategic focus by identifying and monitoring trends in organized and serious crimes.
www.gov.calgary.ab.ca /police/inside/ccis.html   (239 words)

  
 Copstat Security Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jim came to Copstat after 23 years with the NYPD - the last seven of which he was assigned, as a Lieutenant, to the Organized Crime Control Bureau and the prestigious New York Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force.
Tom is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy.
A veteran of 23 years in the NYPD, he held supervisory assignments to Chief of Detectives Staff, Organized Crime Control Bureau, Manhattan Major Crimes Unit and was a Group Supervisor with the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force.
www.copstat.com /staff.html   (351 words)

  
 G. Robert Blakey
Professor Blakey’s extensive legislative drafting experience resulted in the passage of the Crime Control Act of 1973, the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 and the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Title IX of which is known as "RICO".
He helped draft and secure passage of Title III on wiretapping of the federal 1968 Crime Control Act, and has been personally involved in drafting and implementing wiretapping legislation in 39 of the 43 states that have enacted such laws.
Racket Bureaus: Investigation and Prosecution of Organized Crime, with R. Goldstock and C. Rogovin (NILE 1978).
www.nd.edu /~ndlaw/faculty/facultypages/blakey.html   (958 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Investigative Programs - Organized Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
However, in Masseria's attempt to control organized crime across the country, he became a casualty of the war that resulted.
Tieri, recognized on the street as the Genovese family boss in the late 1970s, was convicted for operating a criminal organization through a pattern of racketeering which included murder and extortion.
After the convictions of Tieri and Salerno, Lombardo was in failing health and handed full control of the Genovese family over to Gigante.
www.fbi.gov /hq/cid/orgcrime/lcn/genovese.htm   (900 words)

  
 Chapter 1
If crime levels decline, but members of the community are reluctant to approach police for fear of a negative encounter, then we have not truly met our obligations to the public.
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www.usccr.gov /pubs/nypolice/ch1.htm   (5060 words)

  
 Carlo Gambino
He organized Murder Inc., which some say never existed.
Crime Inc. was supposed to be Anastasias hit squad to keep the families in order.
That was marked "Organized Crime Control Bureau." He was under constant surveillance.
www.gambino.com /bio/carlogambino.htm   (845 words)

  
 The Twice-Top Cop
Kelly has held some 25 different commands in the NYPD: He was a beat cop in East Harlem and a captain in Crown Heights.
And unlike Bratton, Kelly did not have an unbridled mandate from his boss to go after crime and disorder.
Controlling the streets was never a Dinkins priority.
newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/politics/newyork/features/5589/index1.html   (1402 words)

  
 Investigative Support Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Investigative Support Division is responsible for administering confidential investigative funds and maintaining fiscal records relating to the Organized Crime Control Bureau's budget.
The Organized Crime Control Bureau seeks the public's participation and assistance in combating organized criminal activity within New York City.
In either case the complaint will be thoroughly investigated by the skilled and experienced men and women assigned to the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
www.nyc.gov /html/nypd/html/occb/isd.html   (246 words)

  
 Carlo Gambino His rise as New York's mafia king
Carlo Gambino was born on August 24, 1902 from a wealthy family in Palermo, Sicily, that was a part of the so-called Honored Society, a criminal brotherhood that used codes of honor and millions of Italian Lira to control illegal businesses in Sicily.
He was the most treacherous and vicious killer, murdering his closest friends and his bosses in his determined rise to the top of one of the most powerful and brutal American Crime Families.
When the feds were ready to finally deport Gambino, his crime family bought off two powerful but always unnamed US Senator, to allow him to remain in the United States.
www.ipsn.org /gambino.html   (898 words)

  
 Animal Planet :: Animal Precinct — Meet the Agents
She has received training from both the New York City Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is a state-certified instructor in the field of law enforcement.
Prior to working at the organization, she was a member of the New York City Police Department.
It is his hope that crimes involving animals will eventually be viewed as seriously as crimes involving people.
animal.discovery.com /fansites/animalprecinct/bios.html   (1464 words)

  
 Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption: Organized Crime Enforcement
Containment of Transnational Organized Crime: Comments on the UN Convention of December 2000.
"The Church's Moral Condemnation of the Mafia and the Clergy's Role in the Parish." Trends in Organized Crime 5(3): 39-44.
Beare, M. "Corruption and Organized Crime: Lessons from History." Crime, Law and Social Change.
www.yorku.ca /nathanson/bibliography/enforcement.htm   (3242 words)

  
 Rocketry Online - Special Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 40, exempts propellants used in model rocket kits from ATF regulation.
In February of 1997, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms sought to initiate discussion within their ranks about "high power rocketry," as today's high performance large model rockets have come to be known.
Another misconception is that you must belong to a national rocketry organization or that you be certified by a national rocketry organization to a certain level in order to purchase federally regulated motors.
www.rocketryonline.com /special_report.shtml   (4174 words)

  
 Organized Crime Investigation Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The liaisons that developed over the years with various state and federal law enforcement agencies resulted in the creation of two (2) Joint Organized Crime Task Forces in late 1983.
During 1984 the Investigation Analysis Section of OCCB was re-titled the Organized Crime Investigation Division (OCID).
o develop long-term investigation of traditional and non-traditional organized crime activities in conjunction with federal and state agencies, and target individuals participating in criminal enterprises for prosecution in state and federal courts.
www.ci.nyc.ny.us /nypd/html/occb/ocid.html   (236 words)

  
 Applied Risk: Featured News
The fine is the latest in a series of fines against health maintenance organizations and other healthcare plans resulting from ongoing reviews by Commissioner Oxendine’s office of claims data that the plans are required to submit quarterly.
The arrests are the result of an investigation known as Operation Fraud Fools, the latest in a series of undercover operations in Queens County targeting auto insurance fraud that began in 1991.
The operation was conducted by the New York State Insurance Department Frauds Bureau, the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau Auto Crime Division and the Queens District Attorney’s Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau.
www.appliedriskcontrol.com /news02_06.asp   (2387 words)

  
 02_17.htm
and the N.Y. Police Dep't Organized Crime Control Bureau has reportedly found evidence that the Gambino and Luchese crime families forged corrupt alliances with bosses of N.Y.C.'s laborers, carpenters and bricklayers unions that reaped tens of millions of dollars in recent years.
SandS is owned by Sara Riggi, the daughter of John Riggi, who is allegedly the DeCalvacante crime family boss for N.J. and who is in prison on a racketeering conviction.
Tarantino was an ex-convict and later identified by investigators as a Bonanno crime family associate.
www.nlpc.org /olap/UCU/02_17_04.htm   (583 words)

  
 Bonanno crime family operation raided 20 indicted for gambling, illegal bookmaking, fencing by David Greene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The raid was executed by detectives of the Organized Crime Investigation Division and the Organized Crime Control Bureau of the NYC Police Department.
Detectives soon infiltrated the organization and became partners with the club’s caretaker, identified as Alfio Indiviglia, in the illegal sports-betting operation that led to a court-ordered wiretap of the location in November 2000.
The case will be prosecuted by Rackets Bureau Senior Investigator Counsels Vincent Heintz and Julie Garrett-Hamilton, who will prosecute the case under the supervision of Rackets Bureau Chief Patrick Dugan.
www.bxtimes.com /News/2002/1219/Front_Page/036.html   (596 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version - Their number is up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was a family affair, but it was citywide and took in $5 million a year, authorities said yesterday in announcing they had smashed an illegal numbers betting ring.
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said seven people, including the family patriarch, were arrested following a two-year investigation by his Rackets Bureau and the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau.
He said the probe showed the ring pulled in $400,000 a month from bettors who played their numbers in dozens of small stores in mostly Hispanic neighborhoods across the city, hoping to strike it rich on three lucky numbers.
nydailynews.com /news/crime_file/v-pfriendly/story/216767p-186498c.html   (324 words)

  
 Police Practices and Civil Rights in New York City
Furthermore, the SCU and Organized Crime Control Bureau, which includes the Narcotics, Organized Crime Investigation, and Auto Crime Divisions, were the only specialized units to maintain independent records of the number of UF-250s prepared.
For example, the Street Crime Unit was deployed to the 71st Precinct in the southern end of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for 52 weeks in 1998.
Although the youth has committed no crime and have no prior record, his or her face is now logged into the criminal justice system.
www.usccr.gov /pubs/nypolice/ch5.htm   (9467 words)

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