The very people whose job is to protect society will deceive people to make illegal money. The politicians that society elects are no better than the corrupt police officers when he or she takes payoffs from organized crime group. Television programs have made me think about organized crime groups as only large groups that make big money. The neighborhood gang is an organized crime group that disrupts the neighborhood and has no respect for members of the community. Movies like American Gangster made me more interested in learning about organized crime groups.
In addition, gangs increasingly are smuggling large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and MDMA (also known as ecstasy) into the United States. Local street gangs in rural, suburban, and urban areas transport drugs within very specific areas, most of what seem to be low socio-economical areas. Some gangs collect millions of dollars per month selling illegal drugs, trafficking weapons, operating prostitutions rings, and selling stolen property. Gangs launder their proceeds by investing in real estate, recording studios, motor cycle shops, and construction companies. The extent of gangs/drugs A proliferation in gangs will also mean a growth in drug and violence in our community’s and threatening society in general.
The mafia had split the U.S.A. into separate territories, with one gang controlling each territory, but there was always internal conflict going on throughout these territories, with mob bosses being deposed and replaced all the time. The mafia had control over all the speakeasies and bootleg alcohol during the prohibition period and made millions from it, which was used to help them commit horrific attacks on other gangs which any normal person would get a life imprisonment for. One of these crimes is the ‘St .Valentine’s Day Massacre’ committed by Al Capone. The mafia is one of the most famous organisations in the world, due to its infamous activities during the 20th Century. Prohibition was the Eighteenth Amendment to
CJA/384 - CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS Personal Perception of Organized Crime Organized crime today is not just huge in the United States, but is huge in most countries around the world. The media has always portrayed organized crime by showing a large family of Italian descent that controls all crime and takes place in either a neighborhood or a city. Movies like “The Godfather” is actually an ideal example of a family based organized crime. This paper will discusses this writer’s personal perception of organized crime, how this writer’s personal perception compares to the definitions that the reading gives, as well as the characteristics that are associated with organized criminal behavior. When this writer thinks of organized crime, the first description that comes to mind is, that of any group a people, whether of cultural group or different races, that runs and controls a certain area of land that could be as small as a town or as large as a state or region of the country.
They both have a high rate of robberies, but Philadelphia has a larger robbery rate than Baltimore. Baltimore and Philadelphia had recent drops in the citizens that are willing to report crimes. Philadelphia is located in the state of Pennsylvania, and the population is estimated 1,447,395. Philadelphia has 10,170 robberies in 2010 . Over the past year the rate of robberies has increased by more than 1,000.
The Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is an organized crime unit that operates out of Mexico, primarily distributing drugs throughout the United States. The Gulf Cartel has several rivals, with the Sinaloa Cartel at the head of the pack. This particular type of organized crime unit (Mexican drug cartels) began making an impact in the early ‘80s and has grown stronger and more violent over the years. The structures of the many drug cartels have been referred to as being run like a “business,” but with violent consequences and the Gulf Cartel is no exception. The increase in power within the drug cartels makes the future of organized crime seem bleak regarding society, but positive for the OC units themselves.
Effects of Organized Crime on Our Society Stephanie Garner Martin Methodist College CJ 360 Effects of Organized Crime on Our Society Organized crime is a group of people who commit various levels of criminal actions along with having some type of criminal relationship with public officials or lawyers (Woodiwiss, 2005). Organized crime was not always in the United States. Sicilian and Italian mafia members became prominent in the United States around the time of prohibition (Woodiwiss, 2005). There are many different words people use to describe organized crime. The most used one is mafia, which is a term from Sicily meaning a secret criminal society (Nicaso & Danesi, 2013).
When I also think of organized crime I think about the drug cartels and all the killings. I think that the drug cartels are so well organized the way they run their drug ring. The drug cartel has people all over the United States working for them including border patrol and custom agents. Organized crime is not only in the United States but all over the world. (LYMAN, 2007) Organized crime includes trafficking with drugs, people, and even firearms.
In my own words, I would describe organized crimes as people who gather together to form a group of personalized opinions which are all the same in beliefs, wants and needs. They are all focused on acquiring and maintaining money, power, and loyalty by any means necessary. As I looked up other definitions of organized crimes, our studies define organized crimes as a group of people who forms and organization and commit crimes in an organized way. By forming a chameleon-like organization disguised as a business of some sort, this makes it difficult to identify who they really are. Although today they are more organized, they are still very violent and will do in some cases whatever it takes to maintain their freedom and get the job done (Lyman, M. D., & Potter, G. W., 2007).
Personal Perception of Organized Crime Tammi Ivey CJA/393 Janurary 9th,2012 Dorothy Massey Personal Perception of Organized Crime Almost every person in the world has a different opinion on what organized crime and how it should be dealt with by the law and and the courts. If you were to ask a bunch of different people what is organized crime you would most likely hear things like, mobs and mafia and things of that nature. When I first started this class that is what I thought of when someone mentioned organized crime, it was all like I saw in the movies and that is what I knew about organized crime. Now I am finding out that prostituion is an organized crime. It is the same thing with drugs as an organized crime, it never occurred to me that drugs and prostituion were concidered organized crimes.