Arms trafficking
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Weapons trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transna
Illegally trafficked small arms and light weapons captured by the United States Fifth Fleet, May 2021
A tower of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya
Organized crime
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Organized crime refers to groups of centralized enterprises that engage in, and aim to profit from, illegal activities. Some forms of organized crime exist simply to meet demand for illegal goods or t
Arms trafficking
…part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations. The illegal trade of small arms, unlike other organized crime commodities, is more closely associated with exercising power in communities instead of achieving economic gain. Scholars estimate illegal arms…
American Mafia mobster Sam Giancana
Jamaican gang leader Christopher Coke
Tattooed yakuza gangsters
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Kowloon Walled City in British Hong Kong was controlled by local Chinese triads.