ORGANIZED CRIME

INVESTIGATION
ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG) - ALIASES: AL-HARAKAT AL-ISLAMIYYAH, BEARER OF THE SWORD,
FATHER OF THE SWORDSMAN

ALPHONESE GABRIEL “THE SCAR FACE’ CAPONE - BOSS OF CHICAGO OUTFIT

AL QAEDA - IN ARABIC, THIS MEANS THE BASE. FOUNDED BY OSAMA BIN LADEN IN 1980

AMADO CARILLO FUENTES - LORD OF THE SKIES

AMATEUR BOMBER - CAN BE DESCRIBED AS EXPERIMENTS

ANTHRAX - A SINGLE CELL ORGANISM THAT IS PRODUCED BY A FERMENTATION PROCESS, SUCH

AS THAT BY WHICH BEER IS MADE. CAUSED BY BACILLUS ANTHRACIS AND THE EFFECTS OF
EXPOSURE INCLUDE A SEVERE INFECTION THAT ATTACKS THE SKIN, LUNGS, AND
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. DIRECT CONTACT WILL CAUSE FORMATION OF DRY SCABS ALL
OVER THE VICTIMS BODY AND CAN DEVELOP INTO SYSTEMATIC INFECTION. WHEN INHALED,
THE AGENT ATTACKS THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM WITH SYMPTOMS APPEARING FROM ONE TO
SEVEN DAYS

AYMAN MOHAMMED RABIE AL-ZAWAHIRI - BORN JUNE 19, 1951. AN EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN,
ISLAMIC THEOLOGIAN AND LEADER OF AL-QAEDA AFTER OSAMA BIN LADEN.

BLACK MARKET – ILLICIT TRADE IN GOODS COMMODITIES IN VIOLATION OF OFFICIAL

REGULATION, IN WHICH CASE THE PRICE IS LOWER THAN THE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE(SRP)

BLISTERING AGENTS - THERE ARE THREE COMMON OF THIS TYPE; THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN
ARE MUSTARD GAS, LEWISITE, AND PHOSGENE OXIME. MUSTARD GAS, FIRST USED IN WORLD
WAR I, WILL CAUSED BLISTERING ON THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE BODY, AS WELL AS ON
INTERNAL ORGANS. IT WILL GENERALLY CAUSE BLINDNESS AND THEN DEATH BY RESPIRATORY
FAILURE

BOOKMAKING - “BOOK” BETS ON TWO TYPES OF EVENTS - HORSE AND SOMETIMES DOG RACES
AND SPORTING EVENTS SUCH AS FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, AND BOXING. IN
EARLIER DAYS, “HORSE PARLORS” OR “WIRE ROOMS,”

BOTULINUM TOXIN - A PROTEIN MADE BY THE CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM BACTERIA. EXPOSURE

TO THE TOXIN, THE NERVE CELL SYNAPSES ARE AFFECTED, CAUSING PALSY, SPASMS, AND
THEN PARALYSIS

BUREAUCRATIC - IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY SPECIALIZED FUNCTION. THE CORPORATION, THE

POLICE, AND THE MILITARY ARE EXAMPLES OF BUREAUCRACIES, THAT MODE OF
ORGANIZATION

BUSINESS OF SEX - ORGANIZED CRIME’S INVOLVEMENT IN SEX AS A MONEYMAKER HAS

CHANGED WITH THE TIMES. HOUSE PROSTITUTION (WHOREHOUSES OR BORDELLOS) WAS AN
IMPORTANT SOCIAL PHENOMENON DURING THE DAYS OF LARGE-SCALE IMMIGRATION;
IMMIGRANTS WERE MOST OFTEN UNATTACHED MALES, SINGLE OR TRAVELING WITHOUT THEIR
WIVES. COMMERCIAL SEX, USUALLY CONFINED TO INFAMOUS VICE (“RED LIGHT”) DISTRICTS IN
URBAN AREAS, WAS A TARGET OF SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS REFORMERS.

CAMBODIA - DRUG TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING ARE THE MOST NOTABLE ORGANIZED
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN CAMBODIA WHICH ARE WIDELY CONTROLLED BY THE CHINESE AND
MYANMORESE. OTHER ACTIVITIES INVOLVED GAMBLING, CORRUPTION, PROSTITUTION AND
MONEY LAUNDERING. DUE TO PEOPLE’S BELIEF OF THE EFFECT OF HAVING SEX WITH VIRGIN
WOMEN, PROSTITUTION BECAME ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ORGANIZED CRIME.
CHARLES “LUCKY” LUCIANO - FATHER OF “MODERN ORGANIZED CRIME” IN UNITED STATES

CHOCKING AGENTS - ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CHOKING AGENTS IS PHOSGENE GAS. THIS AGENT
DAMAGES THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND CAUSES THE LUNGS TO FILL WITH WATER, AND THUS
CHOKES THE VICTIM.

CHOLERA - AN ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE CAUSED BY VIBRIO CHOLERA. SYMPTOMS

INCLUDE A SUDDEN ONSET OF NAUSEA AND OR VOMITING ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE
DIARRHEA AND A RAPID LOSS OF BODY FLUIDS

COMPUTER CRIME - ANY CRIME ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. ANY CRIME WHERE COMPUTER IS USED AS A TOOL OR AS A TARGET
OR INCIDENTAL TO THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME. ALSO KNOWN AS CYBERCRIME.. WILLIAM
GIBSON – COINED THE WORD CYBERSPACE

COMPUTER VIRUS - IS A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT CAN COPY ITSELF AND INFECT A
COMPUTER WITHOUT PERMISSION OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE USER

CONSTITUTE A UNIQUE SUBCULTURE - MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP

CONSIDERED THEMSELVES DISTINCT FROM THE CONVENTIONAL SOCIETY. THEY LOOK AT THE
SOCIETY AS “WEAK AND STUPID” AND TREAT THEM WITH DERISIONS IF NOT CONTEMPT, AND
THEREFORE NOT SUBJECT TO ITS RULES. THIS IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS “THE
UNDERWORLD

CORRUPTEE - A PUBLIC OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR ANYBODY WHO NOT A

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO CAN HELPS THE ORGANIZATION

CORRUPTER - THE ONE WHO CORRUPTS OR BRIBES, INTIMIDATE OR THREATENS, NEGOTIATE

OR “SWEET TALKS” INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER, OR ANYONE WHO WOULD BE OF HELP IN OBTAINING SECURITY AND IMMUNITY FROM
POSSIBLE ARREST, PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENTS.

COVERED TRANSACTION IS A TRANSACTION IN CASH OR OTHER EQUIVALENT MONETARY

INSTRUMENT INVOLVING A TOTAL AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF PHP500,000.00 WITHIN ONE (1)
BANKING DAY.

CRACKING - IS A HIGHER FORM OF HACKING IN WHICH THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS

CULMINATES WITH THE PROCESS OF DEFEATING THE SECURITY SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ACQUIRING MONEY OR INFORMATION AND/OR AVAILING OF FREE SERVICES

CRIMINAL SYNDICATES - COMMONLY INVOLVED IN SOPHISTICATED CRIMES SUCH AS

PROSTITUTIONS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER ORGANIZED FORM OF BOTH ARE INVOLVED
IN DRUG TRAFFICKING PARTICULARLY OF HEROIN FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AS WELL AS
EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND SMUGGLING OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS VICES.

DEMONSTRATE SPECIALIZATION/DIVISION OF LABOR - THERE IS A NEED FOR ESTABLISHED

FUNCTIONAL POSITION FILLED WITH QUALIFIED MEMBERS.

DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS - DDOS ATTACKS CAN BE COMMITTED BY

EMPLOYING MULTIPLE COMPUTERS CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE MASTER COMPUTER SERVER
TO TARGET A PARTICULAR SERVER BY BOMBARDING IT WITH THOUSANDS OF PACKETS OF DATA
IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERWHELM THE SERVER AND CAUSE IT TO CRASH

DOMESTIC TERRORISM - POLITICALLY ORIENTED EXTREME VIOLENCE THAT IS PERPETRATED BY

RESIDENTS OF A COUNTRY WITHIN THAT COUNTRY IN ORDER TO FORCE A CHANGE IN
GOVERNMENT OR HOW IN SOCIETY FUNCTIONS

DRAGON SYNDICATES (HEM) - IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE CHINESE TRIADS, A NAME
POPULARIZED BY MARTIN BOOTH’S MUCH ACCLAIMED STUDY “THE DRAGON SYNDICATES: THE
GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF THE TRIADS (NEW YORK: CARROLL AND GRAF, 2000). THE TRIAD
CAME FROM THE SYMBOLIC TRIANGLE IN THEIR FLAG WHICH INDICATES THE THREE (3)
ELEMENTS: THE HEAVEN, THE EARTH AND THE MAN.
DRUG SYNDICATE. – ANY ORGANIZED GROUP OF TWO (2) OR MORE PERSONS FORMING OR
JOINING TOGETHER WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING ANY OFFENSE PRESCRIBED UNDER
THIS ACT. (SEC. 3, RA 9165)

DRUG TRADE - FROM THE FARMERS TO THE PRODUCERS, THE SMUGGLERS, THE STREET
DEALERS, AND THE USERS, THE DRUG TRADE IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. IT
IS PROTECTED AND OVERSEEN BY POWERFUL GROUPS KNOWN AS DRUG CARTELS THAT MAKE
HUGE PROFITS FROM THIS MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS - A TYPE OF IP ADDRESS THAT CHANGES EVERYTIME THE INTERNET USER
ACCESSES HIS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. IT IS USUALLY ASSIGNED TO DIAL-UP OR BASE
SPEED BROADBAND SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS (EG. ISP BONANZA, SURFMAXX, PLDT MYDSL
128KBPS SERVICE ETC.)

ECONOMIC CRIME - REFERRED TO AS COMMERCIAL CRIMES AND KNOWN ALSO AS “WHITE

COLLAR” CRIMES. COINED BY EDWIN SUTHERLAND. ANY ACT CHARACTERIZED BY FRAUD,
CONCEALMENT, OR A VIOLATION OF TRUST AND ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE APPLICATION
OR THREAT OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR VIOLENCE

ENFORCER - THE ONE WHO MAKES FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE KILLING (INJURING OR
CARRYING OUT THE TASK PHYSICALLY, ECONOMICALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY) THE MEMBERS
OR NON-MEMBERS.

ETHNOCENTRIC - THE CATEGORY OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WHICH IS AIMED AT

ESTABLISHING A DOMINANT OR SUPERIOR RACE THAT WILL BE LOOKED UPON BY THE ENTIRE
POPULACE IN THE WORLD.

ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME - THE DELIBERATE EVASION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND

REGULATIONS BY INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES IN THE PURSUIT OF “PERSONAL INTEREST AND
BENEFIT.” WHERE THESE ACTIVITIES INVOLVE MOVEMENTS ACROSS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES,
OR IMPACTS UPON THE WORLD AS A WHOLE, THEY CAN BE TERMED "INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME”

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 265 - CREATING THE OSETC FOR A STRONGER CAMPAIGN AGAINST
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME - THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ENVOY ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
IS THE AGENCY CONCERNED IN RESOLVING OVERLAPS IN SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES AND
DETERMINES THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY COMPETENT TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUE

FIREARMS TRAFFICKING - REFERS TO THE ACT OF ANY PERSON WHO, THROUGH THE USE OF
ANY FRAUDULENT MACHINATIONS, SHALL IMPORT OR BRING INTO, OR EXPORT FROM, THE
PHILIPPINES, OR ASSIST IN SO DOING, ANY FIREARM OR PARTS THEREOF, EXPLOSIVE OR
AMMUNITION OR MACHINE, IMPLEMENTS, EQUIPMENTS OR TOOLS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF
FIREARMS.

FRANCISCO GROUP - DRAGON OR KURATONG BALELENG GROUP, NOW LED BY MANUEL

FRANCISCO, OPERATES IN VISAYAS AND MINDANAO. MINDANAO MAFIA (1995) FOUNDER –
OCTAVIO “ONGKOY” PAROJINOG

HACKING - IS THE ACT OF ILLEGALLY ACCESSING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM/NETWORK OF AN

INDIVIDUAL, GROUP OR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR APPROVAL OF THE
OWNER OF THE SYSTEM

HAMAS "ENTHUSIASM“- AN ACRONYM OF ḤARAKAT AL-MUQĀWAMAH AL-ʾISLĀMIYYAH "ISLAMIC

RESISTANCE MOVEMENT"). IS THE PALESTINIAN SUNNI ISLAMIC OR ISLAMIST POLITICAL PARTY
THAT GOVERNS THE GAZA STRIP

HAVE NO POLITICAL GOALS - ORGANIZED CRIME IS BASICALLY MOTIVATED BY MONEY AND

POWER. IT IS NOT SOCIAL DOCTRINE NEITHER POLITICAL BELIEF NOR IDEOLOGICAL
CONCERNS THAT MOTIVATED LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS.
POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT MAY BE PART OF ITS ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING
PROTECTION FOR ITS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

HEZBOLLAH - LITERALLY "PARTY OF GOD“. IS A SHI'A MUSLIM MILITANT GROUP AND POLITICAL
PARTY BASED IN LEBANON. RECEIVES FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FROM IRAN AND
SYRIA, AND ITS PARAMILITARY WING IS REGARDED AS A RESISTANCE MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLDS

HIERARCHICAL - AN ORGANIZED CRIME HAS A VERTICAL POWER STRUCTURE WITH AT LEAST

THREE (3) RANKS. THE AUTHORITY IS INHERENT IN THE POSITION AND DOES NOT DEPEND ON
WHO HAPPENS TO BE OCCUPYING IT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SEE MENTIONED ABOVE THE
CORRUPTEE, CORRUPTER AND ENFORCER

HONG KONG ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS - TRIADS, SUCH AS “WO SING WO” AND 14K ARE
TWO OF THE MANY TRIADS IN HONGKONG. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
RANGING FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING TO CORRUPTION.

HORSE-RACE WAGERING - THE OLDEST OF THE MAJOR BOOKMAKING ACTIVITIES, ILLEGAL

HORSE-RACE WAGERING RANKS BEHIND SPORTS WAGERING.

ICAC- INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION - IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE

CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIT INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING ILLICIT ACTIVITIES OF THESE TRIADS

IDENTITY THEFT - DEFINED AS THE CRIMINAL ACT OF ASSUMING PERSON’S NAME, ADDRESS,
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND DATE OF BIRTH IN ORDER TO COMMIT FRAUD

IDEOLOGY - BODY OF IDEAS AFFECTING THE SOCIAL NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF AN

INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP, A CLASS OR A CULTURE”. BOVIER DEFINES IT AS “A SET OF DOCTRINES
OR BELIEFS THAT FROM THE BASIS OF A POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND OTHER SYSTEMS”.

IN-GROUP ORIENTED ORGANIZED CRIME - MANNED BY SEMI-ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL WITH THE

END VIEW OF ATTAINING PSYCHOLOGICAL GRATIFICATION SUCH AS ADOLESCENT GANGS.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT - IS USED INTERCHANGEABLY WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

PIRACY WHICH IS THE UNAUTHORIZED COPYING OF GOODS, OR WORKS SUCH AS SOFTWARE,
FOR RESALE BY WAY OF PROFIT OR TRADE; THE PRODUCTION AND SALE BY WAY OF TRADE OF
COPIES OF GOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF THE OWNER OF THE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; THE FACILITATION OF THEIR PRODUCTION, AND THE DISTRIBUTION
OF SUCH GOODS INCLUDING IMPORTATION AND RETAILING; COUNTERFEITING OR PIRATING OF
GOODS FACILITATED BY USE OF THE INTERNET OR SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES, OR PIRACY OR
THEFT OF INFORMATION OR BROADCASTS, OR UNAUTHORIZED PHOTOCOPYING OF BOOKS
FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES, OR OF UNAUTHORIZED END-USER PIRACY OF SOFTWARE BEYOND
THE PURCHASER’S LICENSE, OR PIRACY OF DOMAIN NAMES OR COMPANY NAMES, OR
COUNTERFEITING OF CURRENCY; THE UNAUTHORIZED MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
COPIES OF SUCH GOODS AND WORKS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO APPEAR TO BE SO SIMILAR TO
THE ORIGINAL AS TO BE PASSED OFF AS GENUINE EXAMPLES. THIS INCLUDES USE OF FAMOUS
BRANDS ON CLOTHING NOT MANUFACTURED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF THE TRADE
MARK, AND EXACT COPIES OF CDS CONTAINING ANY MATERIAL OR SOFTWARE, WHICH ARE
TRADED IN A FORM INTENDED TO BE INDISTINGUISHABLE TO ORDINARY CONSUMERS FROM
THE GENUINE PRODUCT. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT IS “THE LEGAL OWNERSHIP BY A
PERSON OR BUSINESS OF A COPYRIGHT, DESIGN, AND PATENT, TRADE MARK ATTACHED TO A
PARTICULAR PRODUCT OR PROCESS WHICH PROTECTS THE OWNER AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED
COPYING OR IMITATION. SUCH PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PRODUCT
DIFFERENTIATION AND CONFER TEMPORARY MONOPOLY ADVANTAGES TO SUPPLIERS” (PASS,
LOWES AND DAVIES 1993: 265). THE TERM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INCLUDE
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS, TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS, GEOGRAPHIC
INDICATIONS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS, PATENTS, LAYOUT-DESIGNS.

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - POLITICALLY-ORIENTED EXTREME VIOLENCE THAT IS

PERPETRATED BY RESIDENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF ONE OR MORE COUNTRIES AGAINST
THE INTEREST OF ANOTHER COUNTRY OR BY MEMBERS OF A VIOLENT FOREIGN POLITICALLY
DIRECTED ORGANIZATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE COUNTRY BEING ATTACKED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FORCING A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT OR IN HOW SOCIETY FUNCTIONS

INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY - THE TRAFFICKING, DISTRIBUTION, POSTING, AND DISSEMINATION

OF OBSCENE MATERIAL INCLUDING CHILDREN’S NUDE PICTURES, INDECENT EXPOSURE, AND
CHILD SEX SLAVERY POSTED INTO THE INTERNET, LIVE STREAMING VIDEOS AIRED THROUGH
THE INTERNET
IP ADDRESS - SERIES OF NUMBERS ASSIGNED BY AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER TO AN
INTERNET USER WHEN IT CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET

ISP - STANDS FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. IT PROVIDES INTERNET SERVICE TO INTERNET
USERS.

JEMAAH ISLAMIYA - DATES OF OPERATION: 1993- PRESENT. ALIASES: "ISLAMIC CONGREGATION,

ISLAMIC COMMUNITY, ISLAMIC GROUP. BASE OF OPERATION: INDONESIA; MALAYSIA;
PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE. FOUNDING PHILOSOPHY: CREATE AN ISLAMIC STATE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ASIA TO INCLUDE SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, SOUTHERN
THAILAND, AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. JI WAS ADDED TO THE UNITED NATIONS 1267
COMMITTEE'S LIST OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA OR THE TALIBAN ON
25 OCTOBER 2002 UNDER UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1267

JIHAD - THE TERM WHICH REFERS TO THE HOLY WAR WAGED BY MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC
RELIGION AGAINST THE JEWS.
KEANDAL EMENING SCARUPS (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) - ALTHOUGH NOT CONSIDERED AS
CRIMINAL GROUPS, THEY ALSO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES SOMEWAY TO HELP THE WEAK
AND THE POOR. THEY ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND FAITHFULNESS. ORGANIZED
CRIMINAL GROUPS COME IN THE FORM OF POLITICAL GROUPS USED AS HENCHMEN (RIGHT
HAND) TO ATTACK POLITICAL RIVALS

KINKANG CHINESE – IN COORDINATION WITH MNDAA, PROTECTS CULTIVATION AREAS AND

REFINING OF DRUGS.

LEGAL RISK - THE POSSIBILITY THAT LAWSUITS, ADVERSE JUDGMENTS OR CONTRACTS THAT
TURN OUT TO BE UNENFORCEABLE CAN DISRUPT OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE OPERATIONS OR
CONDITION OF A BANK.

LEXUS GROUP - SPECIALIZES IN CARNAPPING AND OPERATES IN NCR AND LUZON

LIMITED OR EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP - THE CRITERIA SUCH AS ETHNIC BACKGROUND, RACE,

KINSHIP, CRIMINAL RECORD AND OTHER SIMILAR CONSIDERATION SEEMS TO BE THE BASIS
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP. SPONSORSHIP BY A RANKING MEMBERS
AND BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS ALSO PLAYS IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR RECRUITMENT
SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO: WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT CRIMINAL ACT, FOLLOW THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS AND SECRECY IN THE ORGANIZATION.

LOGIC BOMB - A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS SECRETLY INSERTED INTO A PROGRAM THAT IS

DESIGNED TO EXECUTE IF A PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS SATISFIED. THE BOMB LIES DORMANT
UNTIL A PARTICULAR DATE IS REACHED OR COMMAND ENTERED

LOVE BUG - BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR INCIDENCE OF CYBERCRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES IS THE
“ILOVEYOU VIRUS” OR THE LOVE BUG. THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE, A 23-YEAR OLD STUDENT
(ONEL DE GUZMAN) FROM A POPULAR COMPUTER UNIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES DRAFTED
THE VIRUS WITH THE VISION OF CREATING A PROGRAM THAT IS CAPABLE OF STEALING
PASSWORDS IN COMPUTERS, ULTIMATELY TO HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

LUPO RHU GROUP - LEAD BY LUPO MIGUEL TULIAO; AGUSTIN CAVILAN; AND NESTOR MERIN.

MAFIA - IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A NUMBER OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE

WORLD. THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO BEAR THE LABEL WAS THE SICILIAN MAFIA BASED IN
ITALY, KNOWN TO ITS MEMBERS AS COSA NOSTRA (FAMILY – AFFAIR)
MALICIOUS SENDING OF E-MAILS - THE SENDING OF MALICIOUS AND DEFAMATORY ELECTRONIC
MAILS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTORTING MONEY, OR THREATENING PROSPECTIVE VICTIMS

MARTIRES KFR GROUP - KILLED IN ACTION (KIA)

MAX WEBER – COINED THE WORD ”BUREAUCRACY”

MERCENARY/PREDATORY ORGANIZED CRIME - PERPETUATED FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF DIRECT

PERSONAL GAIN BUT PREY UPON UNWILLING VICTIMS.

MONEY LAUNDERING” IS CALLED WHAT IT IS BECAUSE THE TERM PERFECTLY DESCRIBES WHAT
TAKES PLACE, ILLEGAL OR DIRTY MONEY IS PUT THROUGH A CYCLE OF TRANSACTIONS, OR
“WASHED”, OR “LAUNDERED”, SO THAT IT COMES OUT THE OTHER END AS LEGAL, OR CLEAN
MONEY.

MONOPOLISTIC - AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP ESCHEW COMPETITION. IT STRIVES FOR

HEGEMONY OVER A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, A PARTICULAR “INDUSTRY”, LEGITIMATE
OR ILLEGITIMATE, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. A MONOPOLY, OF COURSE, RESTRAINS “FREE
TRADE” AND INCREASES PROFITS. AN ORGANIZED CRIME MONOPOLY IS MAINTAINED BY
VIOLENCE, BY THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, OR BY CORRUPT RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. A COMBINATION OF BOTH METHODS, VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION,
MAY BE EMPLOYED

MYANMAR - MYANMAR HAS THE LARGEST ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS CONTROLLED BY

MILITARY JUNTA.

MYANMAR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE ARMY – CONTROL THE PLANTATIONS AND

REFINE OPIUM INTO HEROIN AND ALSO PRODUCED METHAMPHETAMINE. TRAFFICKING OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO PAKISTAN AND THAILAND AND CORRUPTION ARE ALSO SOME OF
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP.

NATIONALISTIC - THOSE WHO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE DUE TO THEIR LOYALTY OR

DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTRY.

NERVE AGENTS - AGENTS THAT DISRUPT THE MECHANISM BY WHICH NERVES COMMUNICATE
WITH ORGANS THEY STIMULATE. IN OTHER WORDS THE AGENTS GETS THE NERVES TO SEND
THE WRONG SIGNAL TO THE MUSCLES THEY CONTROL AND HENCE, DISRUPT MUSCLE
FUNCTION OF THE BODY

OMERTA - A CODE OF SILENCE AND SECRECY THAT FORBIDS MAFIOSI FROM BETRAYING THEIR
COMRADES TO THE AUTHORITIES. IDEAL OF MANLINESS. NONCOOPERATION WITH
AUTHORITIES. SELF-CONTROL IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. VENDETTA-BLOOD WASHES BLOOD.
NEITHER GOVERNMENT NOR CHURCH TO BE TRUSTED

OPERATIONAL RISK - THE RISK OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS RESULTING FROM INADEQUATE
OR FAILED INTERNAL PROCESSES, PEOPLE AND SYSTEMS OR FROM EXTERNAL EVENTS.

ORGANIZED CRIME - AN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUP SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURED GROUP OF

THREE OR MORE PERSONS, EXISTING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND ACTING IN CONCERT WITH
THE AIM OF COMMITTING ONE OR MORE SERIOUS CRIMES OR OFFENCES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, A FINANCIAL OR OTHER MATERIAL BENEFIT. (UN, PALERMO ITALY,
2000)

ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUP - SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURED GROUP OF THREE OR MORE

PERSONS, EXISTING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE AIM OF
COMMITTING OR MORE SERIOUS CRIMES OR OFFENSES ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS CONVENTION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, A FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL
BENEFIT

OSAMA BIN LADEN - ORGANIZED AL QAEDA. BORN IN 1955 OR 1957 IN THE CITY OF RIYADH.
RESPONSIBLE FOR TRULY HEINOUS TERRORIST INCIDENTS, INCLUDING THE 2001
DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. DIED KILLED IN PAKISTAN ON MAY 2, 2011
(OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR)

OZAMIS GROUP - RESPONSIBLE FOR BOMBING AT ROBINSON GALLERIA ON MARCH 29, 2012.
WILLY ENRIQUEZ, GREGORIO DELA CRUZ

PATRIMONIAL/ PATRON CLIENT (INHERENT) - IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF TRADITIONAL

SOCIETIES THAT CENTERS ON FAMILIES, PATRONS AND THEIR CLIENTS, AND OTHER
PERSONALITIES NETWORKS.

PENTAGON GROUP - OPERATES IN MINDANAO HEADED BY TAHIR ALONTO, A CREATION OF MILF

TO GENERATE FUNDS. ALONTO IS A NEPHEW OF MILF CHAIRMAN AL HAJ MURAD. LIGUASAN
MARSH – SAFE PLACE. FORMER LEADER – FAISAL MOROHOMBSAR.

PERPETUATES ITSELF (TO LAST LONGER) - AN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUP CONSTITUTES AN

ONGOING CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY DESIGNED TO PERSIST THROUGH TIME; THAT IS, BEYOND THE
LIFE OF THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP. IN ORDER FOR THE GROUP TO SURVIVE, IT MUST HAVE AN
INSTITUTIONALIZED PROCESS FOR INDUCTING NEW MEMBERS AND INCULCATING THEM WITH
THE VALUES AND WAYS OF BEHAVING OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM. THIS IS SHOWN BY THE DEPTH
OF THE SUB-CULTURAL ORIENTATION EXHIBITED BY THE GROUP.
PHILIPPINES - THE COUNTRY CONSIDERED AS THE HEAVEN FOR THE SEX INDUSTRY. A NUMBER
OF WOMEN ARE SENT ABROAD AS ENTERTAINERS BUT LATER END-UP AS PROSTITUTES.
THAILAND, JAPAN AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE COMMON PLACES OF THEIR
DESTINATION. YOUNG CHILDREN FOR PEDOPHILES ARE ALSO BEING CATERED.

PHISHING - SENDING FRAUDULENT E-MAILS OR WEBSITE POP-UPS, TO GET VICTIMS TO DIVULGE

SENSITIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUCH AS CREDIT CARD NUMBERS OR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS

PLAGUE - IN NATURAL TRANSMITTAL FORM, THE PLAGUE MAY THE BUBONIC PLAGUE, OR BLACK
DEATH THAT ERADICATED A GREAT NUMBER OF EUROPEAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES. TRANSMITTED
FROM PERSON TO PERSON BY RESPIRATORY TRANSMISSION, THROUGH RATS, OR FROM THE
BITE OF AN INFECTED FLEA. SYMPTOMS ARE HIGH FEVER ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL ACHES,
SEVERE WEAKNESS, AND PNEUMONIA

POLITICAL - THE CATEGORY OF TERRORIST GROUP WHICH AIMS IN RESTRUCTURING THE

SOCIETY.

POLITICAL GRAFT - COMMITTED BY POLITICAL CRIMINALS FOR PURPOSES OF GAINING PROFIT

THOUGH VIOLENCE OR FORCE FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF POLITICAL GOALS OR AMBITIONS
SUCH AS USED OF PRIVATE ARMIES, BUYING OF VOTES OR THREATENING VOTERS.

PROFESSIONAL BOMBER - BUILDS OR BOMBS OR DOES BOTH FOR PROFIT

PSYCHOPATHIC - ACTS WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON

RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT - AKA “BALIK ISLAM” OR “BACK TO ISLAM”. FOUNDER HILARION
DEL ROSARIO SANTOS III AKA HANNAH SANTOS, AKA AHMED SANTOS, AKA HILARION DEL
ROSARIO, CONVERTED TO ISLAM IN 1993 AND MARRIED INTO THE TOP RANKS OF THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)

RED SCORPION GROUP - NORTHERN LUZON, KIDNAPPING & JOEY DE LEON

REPUTATIONAL RISK - THE POTENTIAL THAT ADVERSE PUBLICITY REGARDING A BANK’S

BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ASSOCIATIONS, WHETHER ACCURATE OR NOT, WILL CAUSE A LOSS
OF CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE INSTITUTION.

REVOLUTIONARY - THE CATEGORY OF TERRORIST GROUP WHICH IS DEDICATED TO

OVERTHROW AN ESTABLISHED ORDER AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW POLITICAL OR SOCIAL
STRUCTURE.

REX “WACKY” SALUD GROUP - ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND OPERATES IN CEBU

RICKETTSIA - DISEASE THAT APPEARS IN DOMESTICATED ANIMALS SUCH AS SHEEP, CATTLE,

AND GOATS. SPREAD TO HUMAN THROUGH INHALATION OF PARTICLES CONTAMINATED WITH
ORGANISM

RODRIGO OREJUELA CRIME GROUP (COLUMBIA) - FOUNDER OF CALI COLOMBIA “DRUG CARTEL

RUM-RUNNING, OR BOOTLEGGING - IS THE ILLEGAL BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTING (SMUGGLING)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHERE SUCH TRANSPORTATION IS FORBIDDEN BY LAW. SMUGGLING
IS USUALLY DONE TO CIRCUMVENT TAXATION OR PROHIBITION LAWS WITHIN A PARTICULAR
JURISDICTION.

SEMION MOGILEVICH – “DON SEMYON” BOSS OF ALL BOSSES

SINGAPORE - THIS IS THE COUNTRY WITH THE LOWEST CASES OF ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES DUE
TO STRINGENT LAWS AND SEVERE PENALTIES AND THE GOVERNMENT’S STRONG WILL POWER
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS. CONSIDER AS THE SAFEST CITY.
SMUGGLING - ALSO KNOWN AS TRAFFICKING, IS THE CLANDESTINE TRANSPORTATION OF
GOODS OR PERSONS PAST A POINT WHERE PROHIBITED, SUCH AS OUT OF A BUILDING, INTO A
PRISON, OR ACROSS AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER, IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR OTHER RULES

STATIC IP ADDRESS - A TYPE OF IP ADDRESS THAT IS CONSTANT REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OR

NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS THE INTERNET USER ACCESSES THE INTERNET. IT IS USUALLY
ASSIGNED TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET USERS OR CORPORATE ACCOUNTS

SUICIDAL - MAJOR ATTACK WEAPON IN RECENT YEARS, PARTICULARLY AMONG ISLAMIC

TERRORIST GROUPS

SUPERABLE FAMILY - A KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM (KFR) GROUP WITH A 1 MILLION PRIZE FOR
THE LEADER’S HEAD WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING A SHOOT-OUT WITH LAW ENFORCERS

SYNDICATED CRIMES - COMES WITH A STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION THAT PARTICIPATES IN

ILLICIT ACTIVITY IN SOCIETY USING FORCE, OR INTIMIDATION.

TAIWAN - TAIWAN ORGANIZED CRIME HAS CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE CHINESE TRIADS AND
HONG KONG PARTICULARLY THE UNITED BAMBOO GANG (UBG). THEY ARE INVOLVED IN DRUG
TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, WOMEN AND CHILD TRAFFICKING. FOUR SEAS GANG (FSG)

TERRORISM - THE WORD TERROR DERIVES FROM THE LATIN WORD TERRERE, MEANING “TO
FRIGHTEN”. THE USE OR THREATENED USE OF FORCE DESIGN TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL
CHANGE. THE UNLAWFUL USE OF FORCE OR VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS OR PROPERTY TO
INTIMIDATE OR COERCE A GOVERNMENT, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, OR ANY SEGMENT
THEREOF, IN FURTHERANCE OF POLITICAL OR SOCIAL OBJECTIVES (FBI). AN ACTION THE
URBAN GUERILLA MUST EXECUTE WITH THE COLD-BLOODEDNESS, CALMNESS AND DECISION
(MODERN GODFATHER OF URBAN GUERILLA, CARLOS MARIGHELLA)

THAILAND - THE COUNTRY CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST NOTORIOUS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS
OF SEX INDUSTRY. SUPPLIES OR IMPORTS ABOUT ONE (1) MILLION WOMEN IN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES IN ASIA. BECAUSE PROSTITUTION IS LEGAL.

TOTO RIINA - “MAFIA BOSS” AND WAS ARRESTED ON 1993

TRAFFICKING IN PERSON (TIP) (MODERN-DAY SLAVERY) - REFERS TO THE RECRUITMENT,

TRANSPORTATION, TRANSFER OR HARBORING, OR RECEIPT OF PERSONS WITH OR WITHOUT
THE VICTIM'S CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE, WITHIN OR ACROSS NATIONAL BORDERS BY MEANS
OF THREAT OR USE OF FORCE, OR OTHER FORMS OF COERCION, ABDUCTION, FRAUD,
DECEPTION, ABUSE OF POWER OR OF POSITION, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE VULNERABILITY
OF THE PERSON, OR, THE GIVING OR RECEIVING OF PAYMENTS OR BENEFITS TO ACHIEVE THE
CONSENT OF A PERSON HAVING CONTROL OVER ANOTHER PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EXPLOITATION WHICH INCLUDES AT A MINIMUM, THE EXPLOITATION OR THE PROSTITUTION OF
OTHERS OR OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, FORCED LABOR OR SERVICES,
SLAVERY, SERVITUDE OR THE REMOVAL OR SALE OF ORGANS. SECTION 3A, RA 9208

TRANSNATIONAL CRIME - A CONTINUING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OF GROUP OF PERSON WHICH IS

PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE GENERATION OF PROFITS, IRRESPECTIVE OF NATIONAL
BOUNDARIES AS A RESULT OF GLOBALIZATION (UNITED NATION)

TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME - IS A CRIME PERPETUATED BY ORGANIZED CRIMINAL

GROUP WHICH THE AIM OF COMMITTING ONE OR MORE SERIOUS CRIMES OR OFFENSES IN
ORDER TO OBTAIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, A FINANCIAL OR OTHER MATERIAL BENEFITS
COMMITTED THROUGH CROSSING OF BORDERS OR JURISDICTIONS

TROJAN HORSE - IS A FILE THAT APPEARS HARMLESS UNTIL EXECUTED. TROJAN HORSES DO
NOT INSERT THEIR CODE INTO OTHER COMPUTER FILES

TYPHOID FEVER - CAUSED BY AN ORGANISM CALLED SALMONELLA TYPHOSA WHICH CAUSES

FEVER AND FRONTAL HEADACHES

UNITED WA STATE ARMY (UWSA) – UNDER THE COMMAND OF WEI-HUSEH-KONG – HAS

CONNECTION WITH SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND NORTH AMERICA.

VIC YU GROUP - ENGAGES IN ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND OPERATES IN VISAYAS.

VIETNAM - “NAM CAM GANG” IS ONE OF THE MOST NOTED ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP IN VIETNAM
AND KNOWN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ONE OF THE MAJOR TRANSIT POINT OF DRUGS IN
LAOS, MYANMAR, CHINA AND TAIWAN FROM CAMBODIA. VIET-CHING - HEADED BY MINK CHEE
PHY

VORY V ZAKONE - AKA “THIEVES WITH CODE OF HONOR”. IT IS THE SICILIAN COUNTERPART,
LINKED TO A TERRITORIAL-BASED PROVISION OF PROTECTION SERVICES

VYACHESLAV “YAPONCHIK” IVANKOV – FIRST MAJOR ETHICALLY PROSECUTED.

WARAY-WARAY GROUP - AN ETHNIC GROUP ENGAGED IN KIDNAP FOR RANSOM OPERATIONS.

MEMBERS ARE EITHER BELONG FROM THE FAMILY CLAN OR NATIVES FROM SAMAR AND LEYTE.
THEIR LEADER WAS ARRESTED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2005.

WEBSITE - A PORTFOLIO OF A PERSON / ORGANIZATION / ENTITY / COMPANY WHICH IS POSTED

ON THE INTERNET FOR ACCESSIBILITY WORLDWIDE.

WEBSITE DEFACEMENT - IS THE UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATION OF A WEBSITE

WILLINGNESS TO USE ILLEGAL VIOLENCE AND BRIBERY - VIOLENCE IS READILY AVAILABLE AND
ACCEPTABLE IN AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL. BRIBERY
BECOMES NECESSARY SO AS TO PROTECT ITS OPERATION AND INSURE LESSER CHANCE OF
DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION.

WORM - SPREAD ITSELF TO OTHER COMPUTERS WITHOUT NEEDING TO BE TRANSFERRED AS

PART OF A HOST

YAKUZA (8-9-3) OR BORYOKUDAN - IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP IN

JAPAN