gain	n		[gein]	заробіток, прибуток
difficulty		n	[`difikəlti]	рl труднощі, перешкоди
swallow		v	[‘swɔlou]	ковтати
excrete v			[eks`kri:t]	виводити
bribe	v		[braib]	давати хабар
pay	n		[pei]	плата, виплата
convert (into) v			[kən`və:t]	перетворювати у щось

Ex. 14. Say what you know about activities of organized crime in the world, using the information below :

ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE SPHERE OF DRUG

TRAFFICKING

I. East Asia

TRIADS. CHINESE TRIADS – location – Hong Kong. Approximate number of members worldwide – 300,000, in Hong Kong – 100,000. The most important criminal organizations are:

SUNYEE ON (Hong Kong) – 40,000 members; WO GROUP (Hong Kong) – 20,000 members;

UNITED BANBOO GANG (Taiwan) – 20,000 members;

BIG CIRCLE GANG (China);

JAPANESE JAKUZA – 87,000 members. “Families” SUMIYO SHI – RENGO (Tokyo) and GUMI (KOBE-OSAKA) also belong to the famous syndicates.

II. Middle East

LEBANON CONNECTION is located in Bekaa Valley (the Syrian border). All cannabis and poppy straw are controlled by ASHAIYA (clan) – 20,000 members, including YAFFA – 5,000 members.

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III. Europe

ITALIAN MAFIA includes 450 clans with 17,000 members (soldati) and covers 4 regions in the South of Italy.

Sіcily – 186 MAFIA clans – 5,000 active members.

Calabria – 140 NORANG-HETA-clans – 5,100 active members.

Campagne (a large part of Naples) – 106 CAMORRA clans - 5,000 members.

Apulla – 20 NUOVA clans – 1,400 active members.

RUSSIAN AND CAUCASUS “MAFIOSI”, the so-called

“Russian mafia”, “CIS mafia”.There are criminal groups of former soviet nomenclature (communist party and state bureaucrats, military officers, etc), there are also criminal ethnic gangs from Caucasus region – Chechens, Georgians, Azerbaijanis. The latter specialize in drug trafficking. There are 3,500-5,000 organized crime groups in CIS.

IY. North America (the U.S.A)

La COSA NOSTRA (LCN) – 1,700-2,000 members and 20,000 associated. Location – Chicago; New York – Benanno, Genovere, Lucchese, Colombo (the so-called Pizza-Connection) Families.

Y. South America (Colombia)

COLOMBIAN CONNECTION

There are 15,000 armed members in MEDELLIN CARTEL; 100,000 members are involved in drug trafficking. The strongest competition – CALI-CARTEL – includes 80,000 members.

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ILLEGAL HEROIN TRAFFICKING

(cultivate and smuggling)

Ex. 15.Retell the text in English using the following phrases:

The headline of the text is … .

The text speaks about … in details.

The text provides much information on …

БОРОТЬБА З ОРГАНІЗОВАНОЮ ЗЛОЧИННІСТЮ В УКРАЇНІ

Організована злочинність - найбільш руйнівне явище, що істотно позначається на соціальному, економічному і культурному розвитку будь-якої країни. Для України, яка переживає глибокі соціально-економічні реформи та об’єктивно ослаблена ними, важливою стала проблема поширення впливу організованої злочинності на всі сфери суспільного життя. Організовані злочинні угруповання через свої структури намагаються привласнити право

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