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available, as are loans.
These establishments provide ready employment for the street gangs. There have been numerous incidents of major gang clashes caused by rival syndicates which object to the opening of a new establishment in the proximity of their own.
DRUG TRAFFICKING
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Street level drug trafficking ranges from individuals selling a few packets to known customers to larger syndicates employing lookouts and couriers with a daily turnover of $100,000 or more. Membership of a triad is usually necessary if a person deals at street level. If a dealer operates in an area where his society dominates then he can operate almost without any harassment from other gangs. With the small syndicates not a great deal of money is in fact being made but it certainly allows the dealers to enjoy a reasonable standard of living.
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Traffickers no longer carry with them a hundred or more packets. They usually place individual packets at various locations, receiving money from customers who are then told to go to that location to pick up the drugs.
GAMBLING
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Gambling is a major source of income for organised crime. The gross income of some of the larger syndicates can be as much as tens of millions of dollars. Gambling takes two forms, illegal casinos and bookmaking.
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Some of the casinos in existence today have adopted elaborate security measures and have several premises available in order to be able to move location. Customers are picked up from various late night restaurants and ballrooms and are transported to the casinos. Registered associations are often used as temporary casinos, as are restaurants.
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The organisers will often be present but they will have already made arrangements, in the event of a police raid, for low level members of their syndicates to admit to operating the
establishments.
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In many of the cases that now appear before the courts the table money only amounts to a few thousand dollars. To avoid confiscation and to
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