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The 24 pages that link to Extortion, each with the reason it gives.

• CoercionBroader topic: Extortion is a specific offense built around coercive demands.

• Organized crimeRelated: Protection rackets turn threats into recurring income and local control.

• CorruptionCompared with: It can accompany corruption, but coercion rather than entrusted authority defines it.

• BriberyCompared with: Extortion pressures a victim to pay; bribery typically involves an offered exchange.

• Hostage-takingRelated: Hostage-taking can serve as the coercive means in an extortion scheme.

• Organized crime in the United StatesRelated: Threats and protection demands have generated revenue and control for criminal groups.

• RacketeeringRelated: Threats can enforce payments, silence witnesses, or secure control in racketeering schemes.

• Cosa NostraRelated: Protection rackets let Cosa Nostra extract income and influence from businesses.

• Mexican drug warRelated: Armed groups have used it to diversify revenue beyond drug trafficking.

• RobberyCompared with: Extortion often uses threats to obtain property later, rather than taking it through immediate force.

• TheftCompared with: Extortion compels a transfer through threats rather than relying on an unauthorized taking.

• RansomNarrower topic: Ransom is a form of coercive demand specifically tied to a captive’s release.

• TriadsRelated: It is among the coercive revenue methods associated with some triad-linked criminal activity.

• Chicago OutfitRelated: Threats could enforce debts, protect illicit markets, and intimidate rivals.

• Protection racketNarrower topic: A protection racket is a recurring form of extortion built around threatened harm.

• YakuzaRelated: Protection demands and coercive payments have been recurring sources of yakuza income.

• Bank robberyCompared with: Extortion can involve threats without the immediate taking typical of a robbery.

• Dutch SchultzRelated: Threats and violence helped Schultz enforce payments and control territory.

• Dawood IbrahimRelated: Extortion has been a recurring allegation against Ibrahim and his associates.

• Kray twinsNarrower topic: Extortion describes the broader criminal method behind several Kray operations.

• Lepke BuchalterRelated: Threats and violence helped Buchalter’s associates enforce rackets and business demands.

• Giuseppe MorelloRelated: Threat-based demands helped criminal groups extract money from immigrant communities.

• Mexican MafiaRelated: Authorities have linked La Eme influence over some street gangs to demands for payments.

• MS-13Related: Extortion is a recurring source of income and control for MS-13 in some communities.