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The ambiguous notion of Victimhood in organized Crime

The ambiguous notion of Victimhood in organised crime is difficult to locate within both organisations and individuals with the former having different political social economic agendas and the latter it are subjected to the nature of the person who is the victim This could be either low levels such as petty theft or high level crime such as human trafficking The Governmental organisation the National Crime Agency in 2014 decipher that a victim of Organised crime is defined as someone who is physically injured killed or suffered psychological trauma through a direct consequence of criminal activity such as sexual abuse and shooting in gangs Alternatively indirectly such as through drug use or stress from criminal activity Further to this a victim of an organised crime may also be defined as not having a direct effect on an individual s physical or mental wellbeing such as loss of money assets such as reputation national security and economic impact For example in the US the World Bank estimates that each year spending to bribe public officials costs 1 trillion causing multiple economic problems and damage to legitimate economic activity US Embassy 2011 



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