• organised crime

organizedcrime (uncountable)

1. A largecriminalorganization, or agroup of such organizations, that deals inillegal goods and services.

   Organized crime is largely responsible for the nation’s illicit drug trafficking.

   • 2025 March 19, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, “Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country”, inCNN‎^[1]:

     The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight againstorganized crime and narcotics.

2. Thecrimesperpetrated by those organizations.

   Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.

• Camorra
• Mafia
• mob
• triad
• yakuza