Organized criminal syndicates of thieves or pickpockets existed historically
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SUPPORTED
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Historical archives and criminological studies confirm that organized criminal syndicates, including gangs of thieves and counterfeiters, operated during past centuries.
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Professional Сrime in the Kursk Gubernia in the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Century: Materials from the State Archive of the Kursk Region
2021 · cited by 0
Archival records from the 19th and early 20th century demonstrate that horse theft and other offenses were routinely carried out by organized criminal groups with clearly distributed roles.
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“Money Thieves” in Russia: On the History of Counterfeiting in the Kursk Gubernia in the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Century
2023 · cited by 0
Historical analysis of professional crime documents the existence of tightly knit criminal communities and networks engaging in offenses such as counterfeiting on a systematic basis.