Deck 7: Black Organized Crime

Question 1

Who did Barnes meet at the New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility?

A) Lucky Lucciano
B) Bumpy Johnson
C) Frank Lucas
D) Matthew Madonna

Answer 1

D

Question 2

________ are organized for the express purpose of distributing drugs.

A) Cultural gangs
B) Entrepreneurial gangs
C) Drug gangs
D) Political gangs

Answer 2

B

Question 3

l Rukns was founded by Jeff Fort as a __________ religious organization.

A) Muslim
B) Moorish
C) Buddhist
D) Jewish

Answer 3

B

Question 4

n 1987, Fort and four members of the El Rukns were convicted of plotting terrorist acts on behalf of:

A) Moammar Gadhafi
B) Osama bin Laden
C) The Weathermen
D) The Ku Klux Klan

Question 5

nder the name of ___________, GDs engaged in voter registration drives and have supported unsuccessful candidates for the city council.

A) Rock the Vote
B) 21st Century VOTE
C) Southside VOTE
D) Young Grassroots Independent Voters

Question 6

hich of the following has made West Africa attractive for the development of criminal organizations?

A) wide inequalities in wealth
B) unchecked population growth
C) rapid and uncontrolled urbanization
D) all of these

Question 7

amaican criminal groups have proven quite troublesome in the United Kingdom, where they are referred to as __________.

A) posses
B) "Yardies"
C) rankings
D) patrons

Question 8

Which of the following African-American organized crime groups in Chicago adopted the bureaucratic model?

A) El Rukns
B) the Royal Family
C) the Gangster Disciples
D) the Latin Kings

Question 9

he structure of African criminal organizations is most closely akin to that of ___________ organized crime in the United States.

A) Italian
B) Russian
C) Asian
D) Latino

Question 10

__________ are strongly grounded in a neighborhood identity, and members may be involved in crime, including drug trafficking.

A) Cultural gangs
B) Entrepreneurial gangs
C) Drug gangs
D) Political gangs

Question 11

___________ picked up Mafia heroin packages from "Pleasant Avenue."

A) Frank Lucas
B) Nicky Barnes
C) Bumpy Johnson
D) Marty Bock

Question 12

he remaining El Rukns have assumed their former name. hat is that name?

A) Gangster Disciples
B) Young Ambassadors
C) Black P. Stone Nation
D) the Royal Family

Question 13

hich of the following leaders formed the Gangster Disciples?

A) Hoover and Barksdale
B) Lucas and Barnes
C) Hoover and Lucas
D) Barksdale and Barnes

Question 14

About how many members does Chicago's Gangster Disciples have?

A) 60
B) 600
C) 6,000
D) 60,000

Question 15

African-American criminals dominated the __________ racket in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago until they were overpowered by violent white gangsters.

A) numbers
B) drug
C) prostitution
D) labor

Question 16

Blacks have traditionally been locked out of many activities associated with organized crime, such as __________.

A) numbers
B) prostitution
C) labor racketeering
D) drugs

Question 17

Important black criminal entrepreneurs were operating in the United States in the early decades of the _____________.

A) seventeenth century
B) eighteenth century
C) nineteenth century
D) twentieth century

Question 18

hich African American organized crime group in Chicago is headed by Jeff Fort?

A) El Rukns
B) the Royal Family
C) the Gangster Disciples
D) the Bloods

Question 19

The stateside Country Boys organization was restricted to __________ from rural North Carolina who actively trafficked the Lucas "Blue Magic" brand of heroin.

A) other drug dealers
B) blood relatives and friends
C) Nigerians
D) former criminals

Question 20

What was Barnes' nickname?

A) Mr. Untouchable
B) The Serpent
C) The Butcher
D) The Invisible Man

Question 21

The Gangster Disciples (GDs) extort money from other drug dealers for the right to sell in areas in which the GDs assert control.

Question 22

Under the name of ____________, GDs engaged in voter registration drives and have supported unsuccessful candidates for the city council.

Question 23

hich of the following is (are) trafficked in West Africa?

A) narcotics
B) women and children
C) precious metals
D) all of these

Question 24

Criminal organizations in West Africa use techniques similar to those of legitimate traders and business people typical of a lineage-based society.

Question 25

riminals in the poorest sections of Kingston, Jamaica, are known as __________?

A) cadres
B) hoods
C) rankings
D) patrons

Question 26

The Gangster Disciples require a corporate-style structure.

Question 27

amaican posses differ from other trafficking groups in that their members are:

A) mostly family members
B) well-educated
C) importers, wholesalers, and distributors
D) less violent than most other organized crime groups

Question 28

Blacks have traditionally been locked out of some activities associated with organized crime.

Question 29

hich of the following describes the structure of African criminal organizations?

A) project-based cells organized by kinship along ethnic or clan lines.
B) disperse after the operation.
C) re-group at a later date for another operation.
D) all of these.

Question 30

Entrepreneurial gangs are organized for the express purpose of distributing drugs.

Question 31

n 1996, thirty-four persons in three countries were arrested for being part of a Nigerian drug ring that had been in business for fifteen years. he group's leader was known as __________.

A) the Butcher
B) the Policeman
C) the Man
D) the Weasel

Question 32

The bureaucratic model was adopted by Chicago's best-known African American crime group, the _____________.

Question 33

The Vietnam War enabled African American criminals to gain access to Asian sources of heroin.

Question 34

El Rukns was founded by Frank Lucas.

Question 35

The primary symbol of the Black P. tone Nation is the six-pointed "star of David" and crossed pitchforks.

Question 36

Nigerian cells target financial institutions through credit card fraud.

Question 37

African-American criminals dominated the __________ racket in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago until they were overpowered by violent white gangsters.

Question 38

t the national level, posses have one or more top leaders, sometimes called:

A) generals
B) captains
C) kings
D) presidents

Question 39

amaica is a transshipment center for cocaine from ___________.

A) Brazil
B) Colombia
C) Mexico
D) the Dominican Republic

Question 40

amaican posses have a reputation for being even more violent than other organized crime groups.

Question 41

hat variables make West Africa attractive for the development of organized crime?

Question 42

What was Nicky Barnes' role in the development of Black organized crime?

Question 43

Who was Frank Lucas, and how did he impact Black organized crime?

Question 44

___________ gangs are organized for the express purpose of distributing drugs.

Question 45

The most notorious of the Nigerian operations is the ________________.

Question 46

hat are the principal features of cultural gangs?

Question 47

hat are the principal features of entrepreneurial gangs?

Question 48

The___________ and the Crips are heavily armed and quick to use violence.

Question 49

hat caused the Blackstone Rangers' split with the Black Power/civil rights movement in the 1960s?

Question 50

Jeff Fort founded the __________, a "Moorish" religious organization.

Question 51

n contrast with the American Mafia, African-American criminal groups have an inherent weakness. What is that weakness and how is it manifested in African-American criminal groups' operations?

Question 52

Discuss the organized criminal activities of the Nigerians. hat is unique about Nigeria and drug trafficking?

Question 53

The ___________ criminal entrepreneurs are the most significant of the African crime groups.

Question 54

Explain the bureaucratic structure of the Gangster Disciples. hat is the weakness of this model?

Question 55

The former name of the El Rukns was the ______________.

Question 56

Jamaican posses are known for their violence. riefly discuss the history of these posses and their violent activities.

Question 57

_____________ gangs are strongly grounded in a neighborhood identity.