![]() ![]() Illegal importation of tobacco and alcohol Much of the activity in which OCGs are involved is demand-led - that is to say, where there is a demand for a product, and the legitimate economy cannot satisfy that demand at an acceptable price, organised crime will fill the vacuum. OCGs are also incredibly flexible, opportunistic and quick to respond to changes in demand - witness the growth in human trafficking activities from Turkey almost within days of the migrant crisis starting. He says that “enterprise takes place across a spectrum that includes both business and certain kinds of crime” and it is that perspective that I will be using here. Smith argues that this is the wrong way to look at Organised Crime, and I agree. The structure of the professionally managed corporation provided the most useful parallel to the equivalent area of criminal activity. ![]() The professionally managed corporation was the predominant model and.Beyond such product classification, size and ownership were the major distinctions within business.Business was best understood in terms that encompassed legitimate and legal products or services.Business and crime were distinct and totally separate categories of behaviour.Smith suggested that traditional models of organised crime, particularly the Alien Conspiracy theory were flawed, and pointed out that that theory made five assumptions: Instead, I have looked at what Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) do, and applied Dwight C Smith’s Enterprise Theory of Organised Crime (1980) to the problem, to see what the results may be. I have not, if you were concerned, started to hunt out and chat to Triad Snakeheads, La Cosa Nostra Capos, or Yakuza Kumichos. In this post, I will address the issue of how organised crime feels about Brexit. I am not bound by such restrictions - I think that the vote to leave was a mistake, and that the consequences of leaving the EU will be less than beneficial for the UK. The judges were very clear in their judgement ( R v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, ex p Miller EWHC 2768 (Admin)) that “Nothing we say has any bearing on the merits or demerits of a withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union” (para 5). This will be done by triggering Article 50 TEU, and in the last week or so the High Court has held that the government cannot do this by operation of the prerogative, and must go before Parliament. It will not have escaped your notice that on 23rd June 2016, Britain voted by a narrow majority to leave the European Union. If I was an OCG, I would be buying light aircraft, booze, a million Marlboro, and praying for a quick, hard Brexit. Simon Sneddon Senior Lecturer in Law has a different take on Brexit and Article 50. ![]()
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