The Government and Organized Crime

The Government and Organized Crime

Our U.S. Government is the governing authority of our country, separated into three branches, and is often associated with two political units (i.e. Democrat or Republican). They have power to create laws, to administrate decisions, and sort out disputes. These are the people who rule our country and are supposed to represent us. But like any other system, it has its flaws. The main focus is the part of our government that participates in what is known as organized crime and how it has corrupted our country.

For centuries, the government has participated in organized crime, which involves participants who organize themselves into systems for the purpose of fulfilling crimes against others. Organized crimes often have a reputation of importing and exporting goods and services that would be deemed illegal in a particular state or country. This may include drugs, gambling, the sharing of bootlegs, pornography, slave labor, exchange of endangered and/or exotic pets, etc. The main goal of these organizations is two very dangerous tools of control; power and money.

"Taking the State wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities of its founders, administrators, and beneficiaries from those of a professional-criminal class" - ~ Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, The State. This quotation rings a lot of truth. Organized crime is not something that is new; there have been records of government organized crimes for thousands of years. It is often composed of different elements such as a hierarchy, accumulation of capital gains, assorted interests, and the use of force and violence to protect their organization. Among the well known criminal organizations are the Mafia, the Chinese Triad, the Japanese Yakuza, the Mexican drug cartel, and more. There are variations and sub-groups of these terrible organizations, but the real question is why do they continue you co-exist and sometimes flourish in the U.S?

Organized crime is a real problem in our country and continues today, even if the "face has changed". Despite the awareness and attention it has gained from our law enforcement, on both the local and federal, it still remains a problem and danger to the communities it resides, since it has not completely died out. Ray La Foy, author of Truth about Organized Crime in America, presents some revealing facts. According to federal reports, organized crime first came into our country when Mafia leader Giuseppe Esposito arrived here in 1878 from Sicily. This gave rise to more organized crimes such as Las Cosa Nostra, which consists of over 20 family members with 700 members each (Ray La Foy). New York City had a high concentration of the Mafia from 189-1930 arriving from Sicily.

It's also important to note the connection and similarities between the government and organized crimes. Ivan