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PLENTY of organized crime has nothing do with drugs. A huge subset of organized crime is involved in counterfeiting - which is a billion dollar industry by itse

by aestra 13y ago

PLENTY of organized crime has nothing do with drugs. A huge subset of organized crime is involved in counterfeiting - which is a billion dollar industry by itself. Counterfeiting consumer products (designer purses, shoes...) medication, and even FOOD. Yes, food is a big one. https://reportingproject.net/occrp/index.php/en/cc-blog/1758.. https://reportingproject.net/occrp/index.php/en/cc-blog/1758.... As well as other form of crime - prostitution and human trafficking, gun running, identity and credit card theft and other "cybercrimes," and "legal" debt slavery.

xixi77 13y ago
The argument wasn't that drugs were the only area in which organized crime operates; it was that it is by far the biggest one (although I have even harder time considering prostitution to be a crime). But, other things are criminal already, and just because an ability to monitor financial transactions makes some forms of crime more difficult, does not by itself make it a good idea. Surely if domestic law enforcement had the same powers that NSA has would make a lot of crime harder, and allow police to catch thousands of real criminals -- but, would it be a good idea?