Organized Crime
Cleervette A Leslie
Southern New Hampshire University
Abstract
Organized crime is a national or local grouping of an highly Cooperated group of criminals, who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit other criminal organizations, such as terrorist, are politically motivated. Sometimes people are force to do business with gangs Example: when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for so-called "protection". Gangs may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. An organized gang can also be referred to as a mob. In the UK, police estimate about 38,000 people are involved in an organized crime which involves 6,000 operating various groups. The Mexico's drug war, is another organized group ,the Mexican drug cartels are considered the "greatest organized crime group threat to the United States" according to a report issued by the United States Department of Justice. In the United States, the organized Crime Control Act came to affect in 1970 which states that a highly discipline association group was form to stop organized crime, this was referred to as racket
Definition of what constitutes organized crime varies from country to country. Organized crime involves many different criminal activities throughout several countries, activities may include human trafficking, illicit goods, weapon and drugs, armed robbery, counterfeiting and laundering money almost all the crime areas have an organized aspect.
History of Organized Crime
Organized crime started on the island of Sicily in the 18th century located in the southern part of Italy, Italian organized crime and criminal organizations infiltrated the social and economic life of many regions in Southern Italy, the most notorious Sicilian Mafia, which would later expand into some foreign countries including the US. Organized crimes was based primarily in Sicily, the Sicilian Mafia formed in the mid-19th century by clans which