Organized Crime In America

Organized has been threatening the safety of Americans for decades now and its seems whenever we get ahead organized crime just seems to creep its way back up. America has tolerated organized crime for years as well. This is because America has been ignoring it, we focus on other crimes. One case of assault can deliver a more maintained uproar than does the everyday unlawful profiteering of organized crime. This article by Henry S. Ruth showcases some of the factors that play a role in organized crime as being a step ahead. One reason organized crime is always a step ahead of society is the performance of services. This means organized crime helps a person out in whatever situation they're in and the person now owes them a favor. Basically …show more content…
Fear contributes and has many purposes in organized crime. An individual can fear being hurt physically or mentally from organized crime as well as the fear of losing a loved one. This is how organized crime groups take advantage of these fears. They use methods in which fear plays a role such as of extortion, where organized crime groups try obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. If they do not get what they want they will use fear and maybe even physical attacks to gain what they desire. Fear is huge when it comes to organized crime, but the failure of perspective plays a part in organized crime. Time and time again people get the perception that organized crime operates in a separate world of crime, that it targets only those who are greedy and are getting what they deserve. But this far from the truth and it is because of this perception that organized crime does not get the attention that it requires. Even though public officials do acknowledge organized crime they see it as a small problem compared to other situations. But in truth organized crime gains about twice as much money from its unlawful operations as criminals get from every single other sort of criminal action joined. Still too many Americans heed the advice that organized crime is a tiny part of the crime problem. The limited perspective which most of the public and its governmental servants possess about …show more content…
Corruption is probably one of the main obstacles when trying to control organized crime. First there is law enforcement corruption, in which organized crime groups make deals with an officer of the law. Even one of the most honest police officers can fall prey to corruption. Next is the corruption that involves alliances with people of high respect. The alliance between the respectable's and organized crime is peculiarly frustrating because it is very difficult to catch. This due to lack of evidence, and without it definite analysis between the two party's is hard to