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Introduction
The case clearly reveals that the mafia group have formed drug and corruption syndicate
whereby it is easier for them to evade the law and carry out their illegal activities unsuspectedly.
Syndicate is often very complex. It means that the mafia group has wide network that spans to
other countries. This means that the investigation strategies should be very comprehensive and
should cut across national borders. In this paper, I will describe how I will advance the
investigation strategy. Among the things I will cover include identification of issue,
identification of important stakeholders to cooperate with, identification of the investigation
strategy, financial investigation and profiling and securing evidence.
Identifying the issue
In any investigative project of the syndicate nature, the success depends on how well the
issue is identified. From the case, it is clear that the mafia has formed a strong syndicate
involving even professionals and former police officers. This means that the syndicate is
supported by quality information on how to escape the law without being noticed. Issues such as
these are aggravated by the fact that dominated positions in drug trafficking are acquired by
organized criminal groups, the level of professionalism and unity of which is increasing every
year. Historically, this activity related to drug trafficking has always been organized: one group
of people sowed poppy seeds, the other harvested, the third processed, the fourth transported, and
the fifth sold drugs. However, in our opinion, it is impossible to identify such functionally
organized activities and organized crime in the drug business today. As revealed from the case,
organized crime is characterized by a complex management mechanism, universal specialization,
and the international scale of activity. There are many examples, it is enough to recall the largest
Colombian drug cartels6- Cali and Medellinsky. It is becoming increasingly difficult to single

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out certain areas in the structure of organized crime: organized crime in the economic sphere
associated with the illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons, etc. Nevertheless, drug trafficking
remains one of its most dangerous manifestations. Furthermore, as the case revealed, the
activities of criminal groups involved in the drug business are not limited to drug manipulations.
Including corruption, violence, money laundering, arms trafficking, and more, it goes beyond the
borders of one state. Criminal communities of various countries integrate with international drug
cartels.
Identifying important stakeholders to involves
Although the case shows that the country has Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), there is
need to find out other stakeholders, which may include the investigation agencies from other
states. This is exactly what America, Italy, Russia, China and Columbia did in 1992. According
to the American Senator D. Kerry, along with the Italian mafia, Japanese yakuza, Chinese triads
and Colombian drug cartels, Russian groups are already part of the core of the new global
criminal organization formed by the five most powerful criminal communities in the world. And
the result of several meetings of leaders of Russian and Italian groups in the summer of 1992 was
the decision to form a strategic alliance with a clear distribution of roles: Italians are involved in
the acquisition and sale of drugs, while Russians provide security for transit routes and a trading
network in the CIS7. Consequently, in the current case, I will have to look for all possible
stakeholders from within and without the country. I will also consider companies as key
stakeholders. Specifically, I will use certified public accountants to get important information
regarding the movement of the funds used to facilitate the illegal activities. Foreign anti-money
laundering practices have proven that CPAs should submit reports of suspected money
laundering crimes. Although they have a duty of confidentiality, they are not restricted in