Editing Organized crime (section)

====Corporate crime====
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Corporate crime refers to crimes committed either by a [[corporation]] (i.e., a [[business entity]] having a separate legal personality from the [[natural person]]s that manage its activities), or by individuals that may be identified with a corporation or other business entity (see [[vicarious liability (criminal)|vicarious liability]] and [[corporate liability]]).  Corporate crimes are motivated by either the individuals desire or the corporations desire to increase profits.<ref name="Social Class and Crime">{{Cite web|url=https://revisesociology.com/tag/corporate-crime/|title=corporate crime|website=ReviseSociology|date=19 July 2021 }}</ref>  The cost of corporate crimes to United States taxpayers is about $500 billion.<ref name="Social Class and Crime"/>  Note that some forms of corporate corruption may not actually be criminal if they are not specifically illegal under a given system of laws. For example, some jurisdictions allow [[insider trading]]. The different businesses that organized crime figures have been known to operate is vast, including but not limited to pharmacies, [[import-export companies]], [[Check-cashing business|check-cashing stores]], tattoo parlors, zoos, online dating sites, liquor stores, motorcycle shops, banks, hotels, ranches and plantations, electronic stores, beauty salons, [[real estate company|real estate companies]], daycares, [[Picture frame|framing stores]], taxicab companies, phone companies, shopping malls, jewelry stores, modeling agencies, dry cleaners, pawn shops, [[pool hall]]s, clothing stores, [[Freight company|freight companies]], [[Charity (practice)|charity foundations]], youth centers, recording studios, sporting goods stores, furniture stores, gyms, insurance companies, [[Security company|security companies]], [[law firms]], and [[private military companies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leadershipgirl.com/white-collar-crime-affect-your-company/|title = Business Finances: How White Collar Crime Can Affect Your Company - Leadership Girl|date = 23 May 2017}}</ref>  One example of this is a tequila factory in Mexico collaborating with the organized crime group CJNG. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalby |first=Chris |date=2020-06-10 |title=Mexico's Criminal Groups and Tequila Industry Continue Thorny Relationship |url=https://insightcrime.org/news/brief/mexico-criminal-groups-tequila/#:~:text=The%20CJNG%20is%20far%20from,this%20may%20not%20be%20enough. |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=InSight Crime |language=en-US}}</ref>