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Articles about organised crime in country, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

america

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'country perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'articles about organised crime' is the wordplay.
'articles' becomes 'aa' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'crime' with letters rearranged gives 'meric'.
'aa' going around 'meric' is 'AMERICA'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for america that I've seen before include "Federation" , "Camera I found in the continent" , "United States" , "Continent named after Vespucci" , "'Country named after Vespucci, Italian navigator (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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