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to France and then to the United States through Canada. The French
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to move large amounts of product into domestic and
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purposes, running gambling machines, restaurants, etc.
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1599:"How organised is organised crime in France?"
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2289:The James Bond Bedside Companion
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1307:Venturi crime family (defunct)
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857:Revitalization: 2000–present
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871:Milieu corso-marseillais
822:Gang des Tractions Avant
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358:Milieu corso-marseillais
279:, used as shorthand for
173:into the legal economy.
2621:Gang de la Brise de Mer
1478:Bande des Trois Canards
1362:Patacchini crime family
1338:Campanella crime family
1328:Barbieri crime family (
1173:Gang de la Brise de Mer
1087:Bande des Trois Canards
671:"The Godfathers": 1980s
541:Origins: 1910s to 1920s
505:Wholly illegal activity
431:(French: "specialist")
323:, or Kurdish terrorist
216:Gang de la Brise de Mer
2381:Gang of Pusi i Mezinit
2314:Geldwäsche in Germania
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1323:Mondoloni crime family
1297:Francisci crime family
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1243:List of crime families
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2706:Banda della Magliana
2663:Al-Zein crime family
2542:KrejÄŤĂĹ™ organization
2250:. 12 September 2023.
2122:Le Point, magazine.
1856:on November 10, 2007
1353:Mariani crime family
1335:Barresi crime family
1311:Carbone crime family
1262:Carbone crime family
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916:Musée des Beaux-Arts
877:" (1930s to 1980s).
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617:Tractions Avant gang
485:Carbone crime family
2926:Södertäljenätverket
2547:Mrázek organization
2475:Quality Street Gang
2130:on 26 December 2014
1705:The Huffington Post
1385:Other major groups
1379:Hornec crime family
968:List of French mobs
939:Hornec crime family
657:Milieu of Marseille
633:white-collar crimes
285:le milieu interlope
245:underground economy
52:disambiguation page
2982:Tambovskaya Bratva
2935:Post-Soviet states
2921:Original Gangsters
2761:Sardinian banditry
2746:Sacra Corona Unita
2470:Lyons Crime Family
2292:. Crossroad Press.
2040:Sauvadet, Thomas,
2028:Sauvadet, Thomas,
1401:In popular culture
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2408:Montenegrin mafia
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