Hell's Angels

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This paper examines an organized crime group, stating that one home-grown group many might not see as an example of organized crime is the motorcycle group the Hell's Angels, though this is an example of an organized crime group that has been involved in a wide variety of types of crime and that has done so while creating a corporation-like organization to bring together different chapters under one leadership.

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"Organized crime has been a major issue for the criminal justice system for decades, though the types of gang involved have changed. Probably the best-known of the organized crime groups in America has been the Mafia or Cosa Nostra, which has also had a strong presence in Sicily and throughout Europe. That group developed among Italian immigrant groups by criminals seeking to take advantage of other immigrants. More recently, other immigrant groups have brought their particular brand of crime along with them and have formed new groups, many much more violent than the Mafia, and many structured around the drug trade."

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