Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.

“Crime was a dirty public secret in Empire. No one talked about it, and if you listened to the Learned Council, you'd think Empire…

— A. Lee Martinez

Any time that you have a sporting event with a Vegas line to it, there's always going to be somebody involved in organized crime…

— Tim Donaghy

The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government…

— Kurt Schmoke

Terrorists are as big a threat to our future, perhaps bigger, than organized crime.

— William J. Clinton

Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from…

— Jonathan Alter

I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized…

— Anthony Bourdain

Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize…

— Li Bingbing

Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on…

— Sam Branson

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and…

— Ban Ki-moon

Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my…

— Zachary Lazar

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.

— Warren Christopher

When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

— Frank Capra

We must regard Sarah Palin as the Carmella Soprano of the GOP -- an enabling wife of organized crime, who sees, hears and speaks…

— Cintra Wilson

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not…

— Sam Branson

A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is…

— Le Ly Hayslip