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Seminar 8 CJ350 Organized Crime Scott Harris Welcome! Questions • Questions on Unit #8 • Questions on anything we have covered • Questions on anything Drugs Scourge or recreation? How many in class have someone they know that has been affected by drugs? positive/negative War on Drugs What was the first drug that started the war? When did the war start? Harrison Act 1914 Methadone Clinics Origination of Drugs Not in the U.S. We are consumers Golden Triangle Golden Crescent Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan By 1998, the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement, made up primarily of Pashtuns, controlled most of the country, and Afghanistan became one of the world’s largest producers of heroin Why is this important? Drug Types Cocaine - do you know where it comes from? Coca plant (not to be confused with cocoachocolate) Country Marijuana Plant Country Are we Winning the War In order to answer this question we must first look at some other questions Is crime down? Is drug use down? What about anciliary costs such as health care? Are the users any healthier? Treatment costs down? If we answer yes, maybe we are winning – if no we definitely are not winning Any Easy Answers Any suggestions?? What do we do? More Laws? Longer sentences? Build more prisons? Throw more money at it? Legalization? Final Project For your Final Project, you will conduct an organized crime investigation on a well-known organized crime figure/organization. In a three- to five-page paper, explain in detail, what strategies, tools, and Federal Statutes you would use in your investigation and subsequent prosecution in Federal Court. Identify the law enforcement strategies, tools, and federal statutes you used in your investigation/prosecution. Apply your knowledge of law enforcement strategies, tools, and federal statutes to the investigation and prosecution of organized crime members. Clearly explain the area you have chosen to investigate. Why you feel it is important Questions Questions over the seminar Questions over anything