In one country not so very far away from here, up to 70 % of companies pay protection money to crime syndicates.

Her father had been the head of a well-known crime syndicate.

With the breakdown of the administration, crime syndicates have come up in a big way.

"Is there an actual threat from some international crime syndicate?"

Or that you joined forces with an international crime syndicate, probably not knowing it.

Over the years he uses it as a legal front for his growing organized crime syndicate.

The mayor, however, is secretly a member of a large crime syndicate.

Big Boy's crime syndicate is aggressively taking over small businesses in the city.

"I'd rather be dealing with one guy than some worldwide crime syndicate."

He was, after all, the quintessential crime syndicate hit man.