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Robert M. Brzenchek. Transnational Organized Crime and Gangs
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Gangs 101. Spirituality of Gangs Perspectives
Gangs and Belief in the Immaterial
Spirituality
Planets and Gods
Alchemy and Astrology as a Spiritual Science
Subculture Theory
Path Goal Theory
Social Control Theory
Summary
Inside the Mind of a Bad Guy
Introduction
Inside the Mind of the Good Guy versus the Bad Guy
My Gang and Criminal Bio
South Florida: Cocaine Cowboys to Oxy Express
The Plant
Payment
Marketers
Payment
Operations, Clinical, and Medical
The Owner
Everyone Benefits
Section 2: Gangs from the Inside Out
Welcome to the Mind of the Affected
“The Pursuit of Happiness”
“Reality of the Hood”
Reality of the Suburbs
Building a Foundation
TIER 1 Group Facilitation—Mentorship—Clinical—New Experiences
TIER 2 Group Facilitation—Mentorship—Clinical—Spirituality—New Experiences—Incentives
TIER 3 Group Facilitation—Mentorship—Clinical—Spiritual—Career Development
The Money Trail
Fraud at the Educational Level
Fraud at the Youth Corrections Level
The Overview
United Front
Summary
ISO 27000
Summary
Transnational Organized Crime
Groups
MS-13
MS-13 West
MS-13 East
La Cosa Nostra (LCN)
Russian Mafia “Mob”
Chinese Triads
Goodfellas
Social Media’s Influence
Summary
The Problem
Prevention
Community Policing
Threats from Transnational. Organized Crime Groups
Measures to Improve Cybersecurity
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
How Gangs Are Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
How Gangs Are Compromising. Police Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Updating Legislation to Address. Criminal Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Summary
Why Does Cybersecurity Matter?
Intervention
What Is an ISMS?
Cybersecurity Process
How Do You Manage Risk, Mitigate Vulnerabilities, and Maintain Compliance?
Cyber Risks to Consider
Major Vulnerability Areas
Private and Public Companies
Compliance with standards and laws protects a business and executives from liability
Building a More Mature Organization
Full lifecycle. PHASE ONE: ASSESSMENT AND TESTING SERVICES
PHASE TWO: GAP ANALYSIS, REMEDIATION, AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES
Cyber Security and Insider Threat Assessment
Threat Assessment and Risk Management from a Commonsense Perspective (CSP)
Summary
Technology Intelligence
Suppression
Freedom of Information versus. Privacy and Security
Freedom of Information: An Overview
Freedom of Information Act
Problems That Can Arise without. Freedom of Information
Privacy and Security
The Need for Privacy and Security
Threats to Security and Privacy
Finding a Solution
Building Better IT Infrastructure
Defining Free Information
Summary
Countering Threat Networks
Suppression
Security Environment Overview
Considerations Help Frame the Problem
A Comment on Intelligence
Threat Networks
Financing
Technology/Science
Communications
Messaging/Narrative
Populations Support
Recruitment
Training
Indoctrination
Safe Havens
Weapons
Transportation
National Security Threats: “4 + 1”
Tools of the Trade
“Takeaways”
Summary
Expanding Surveillance Technologies
The Use of Technology and Information Management to Combat Transnational Crime
Low-Hanging Chad
The International Legal Frameworks. and Obstacles to Enforcement
The Promise of New Technology
Global Trade and the Environment
Environmental Crime
The Utilization of Remote Sensing and Other Technologies by Nongovernmental and Intergovernmental Organizations
New Approaches to International Crime, Law, and Diplomacy in an Era of Global Commerce
The Use of New Technologies in the Next Generation of Environmental Laws and. International Agreements
Implementation across Agencies. and Governments—the Hard Part
Conclusion: International Cooperation in the Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Summary
Notes
FBI Organized Crime Case
Paesan Blues, Roberto Santini Criminal Enterprise
Summary
Findings and Conclusions
Proposed Solution
References
Index
About the Author
About the Contributors
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As the CEO of SERAPH (https://www.seraphproblemsolving.com/school-gangs) for the past fifteen years, I have provided the risk management, security management training, and security system redesign for the House of Blues/Live Nation Corporation, SBE Entertainment Group, Lucky Strike Entertainment, the Gaylord Hotel chain, and The Oncenter–Pirro Convention Center. I am also currently a federal law enforcement instructor and SME for the HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and MAGLOCLEN Middle Atlantic–Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network programs. Since 1995, I have trained over 100,000 local, state, and federal law enforcement officers.
I have also been a frequent expert with media outlets, including a featured episode of Forensic Files (“Bump and Run,” Season 3, Episode 21 [2002]) and a new History Channel series entitled True Monsters. In 2002, I was given a presidential appointment to the U.S. Selective Service system, and in 2004, I became a member of the FBI’s InfraGard program.
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Thus, Cocoa’s core focus on spirituality and religion in the study of gang members is a significant part of the whole. Recall that alchemy and astrology are foundational principles that guide religious teachings often unbeknownst to the followers of the religion because the lessons of these sciences are simplified via allegory and tradition. Too often, however, religion seeks to direct the behavior of individuals by assigning an overall intent to the entire group. This is empowering from the point of view that having intent makes all the difference in one’s livelihood and well-being. But it does somewhat limit a person’s drive to develop a truly personal intent that satisfies all of who they truly are. Protestant Christianity, for example, has established that its adherents strive for a life that is “Christlike,” while followers of the patron saint Santa Meurthe (a saint revered by many Mexican gang members and Sicario) embrace a hyperawareness of death and intentionally strive to live life for the moment, as tomorrow is not promised. Given this understanding, there is no doubt that religion and spirituality will be designated as a chief ingredient, for students and scholars of gang culture, as well as policymakers and practitioners, in the discussion of gangs and gang prevention. We now will review some foundational theories regarding deviant behaviors and transnational organized crime.
The contemporary political climate has always influenced the overarching narrative within the scholarly community. The subculture theory is no exception. Subculture theory is derived from a collection of methodological research dating from the late 1940s. Implications from the theory have the power to change the social paradigm, as it is heavily steeped with ethical and moral considerations. The theory focuses on defining and describing deviance from a social perspective. Frontrunners of the theory utilize methodological means and controlled variables to analyze data as objectively as possible. However, we cannot ignore that the theory is born out of a specific system and historical framework. Generally, subculture theory explains the emergence of antiestablishment and delinquent behavior within a given system.
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