I see these organized crime groups as like a political party/faction/gov't that simply aren't in power, at least not publicly. Arguably, the Chinese gov't can

I see these organized crime groups as like a political party/faction/gov't that simply aren't in power, at least not publicly. Arguably, the Chinese gov't can be the equivalent of Yakuza in China, except they're publicly in power. The US gov't also does extrajudicial killings, but is probably much more democratic than the above two groups (probably because of larger public presence).