by OlBlueEyesClub » Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:35 pm
The Mafia isn't responsible for Organized Crime . They're just not . The definition of Organized Crime itself is "a category of international, transnational and local groupings of highly centralized enterprises consisting of criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity for money or profit". So even if its local, as long as they're groupings of individuals engaged in criminalistic activity simply for money, its Organized Crime. There were plenty of groups here prior to the CN who were engaged in the above. Whether it was the Irish gangs in NY, who had political connections to Tammany Hall long before the Italians did, or the Chinese based gangs who ran opium dens and prostitution in American cities dating back to the early 1900's and even earlier , it was Organized Crime. The average street gang , whether we'd like to admit it or not, is Organized Crime . The Taliban/Al-Qaeda and ISIS is Organized Crime before its Terrorism. They engage in illegal activity to help a portion of its funding for its activities toward terrorism and it's weapons buying. You had black groups in Chicago which were engaged in the policy racket among other things that were organized , and had political protection in it's own wards prior to Al Capone and Johnny Torrio , and they only worked with each other and within their own neighborhoods, this is another example of Organized Crime. Just factually speaking, Organized Crime was here prior to the Italians immigrating here and bringing it's "secret societies".
The Mafia isn't responsible for Organized Crime . They're just not . The definition of Organized Crime itself is "a category of international, transnational and [b]local[/b] groupings of highly centralized enterprises consisting of criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity for money or profit". So even if its local, as long as they're groupings of individuals engaged in criminalistic activity simply for money, its Organized Crime. There were plenty of groups here prior to the CN who were engaged in the above. Whether it was the Irish gangs in NY, who had political connections to Tammany Hall long before the Italians did, or the Chinese based gangs who ran opium dens and prostitution in American cities dating back to the early 1900's and even earlier , it was Organized Crime. The average street gang , whether we'd like to admit it or not, is Organized Crime . The Taliban/Al-Qaeda and ISIS is Organized Crime before its Terrorism. They engage in illegal activity to help a portion of its funding for its activities toward terrorism and it's weapons buying. You had black groups in Chicago which were engaged in the policy racket among other things that were organized , and had political protection in it's own wards prior to Al Capone and Johnny Torrio , and they only worked with each other and within their own neighborhoods, this is another example of Organized Crime. Just factually speaking, Organized Crime was here prior to the Italians immigrating here and bringing it's "secret societies".