With infamous gangsters such as Whitey Bulger and Al Capone both the federal government and individuals states have adapted to the lessons learned from these criminals. Both federal and state law enforcement have bounded together to create joint task forces that work together to take on criminals and their networks. With the increasing drug problem, states such as Texas have some of the harshes punishments for the trafficing of illegal drugs. Acts such as the Texas Controlled Substances Act are some of the ways states have evolved to control and combat the growing drug problem plaquing our country (Texas Drug Trafficking / Distribution Laws. n.d.). Departments dedicated to investigating specific crimes such as the white collar crime division
