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> Organized crime exists in many places where it’s not funded by drug trade. Organized crime will likely never truly go away, but it has flourished because of
by jmcgough 6y ago
> Organized crime exists in many places where it’s not funded by drug trade.
Organized crime will likely never truly go away, but it has flourished because of the war on drugs (just as it did in America during the prohibition era).
- bigbubba 6y agoRight, there is a keen difference between organized crime thriving or merely existing. That it would continue to exist misses the point.
- Aerroon 6y agoThere's also a difference in the way organized crime manifests itself. Kidnapping schemes can't really exist for organized crime in the developed countries. The state security forces would stomp them out too quickly.
- Ekaros 6y agoOr if they do, they focus on high value targets. And those high value targets in a free market should be able to pay for their own protection.