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Discuss the history of organized crime in America.
It can be said that organized crimes began in the year 1920 in America. This stretches all the way to the 21st century. It of course did not start in the rural areas of America because these places do not have a lot of crime going on,(Mullany, Ratner, & Aguirre 2018). Unlike rural areas, urban centers are exposed to so much and therefore are more prone to organize crimes. This exposure and civilization among other things made people come together. Some people from different cultures and backgrounds formed organized crime groups and others from the same culture organized the same with reasons related to their cultural beliefs.
Organized crime which has been happening for quite a long time now proves to be a dynamic enterprise. Currently it does not only have people from urban areas of America but has connections from all over. So many people who benefit in diverse ways have involved themselves in organized crimes. Some people are just antagonists who are against the law and others are just thugs who intend to disrupt the peace of other people and also want to get resources and other things from people forcefully. Laziness has been one of the main reason as to why so many people are into organized crimes.
Different people when asked, explain that the got involved in organized crimes because of different reasons. The first reason and the reason that most people give is because of lack of fairness which led to their rebellion. This is the root of all organized crime. Of course there are others that entered into organized crimes because they wanted to do illegal things like drug trafficking and other things but the government could not let them.
Include in your discussion a definition of organized crime; a detailed, thorough example of a criminal organization currently operating in the United States; the types of crimes it engages in; and (if possible) who its leadership is.
Organized crime is a group of people who are either national, international or even local who are involved in illegal activities. Most of them have leaders that lead them and operate under certain rules. These organized crimes are normally formed because they want to get some profit from whatever illegal substance they sell. Some sell or deal with legal things but obtain them illegally like through robbery or black mail and others even kill the owners of whatever they need in cold blood just to be able to have whatever it is that they want,(Walker, 2017). These groups are normally terrorist group and others are even motivated by the politics of the country.
The criminal organization currently operating in the United States is one that is known as “progressives”. This is actually the most dangerous criminal group. It has kept the people in the states in terror because if anything would go wrong there would be nothing left of the citizens. This group is a political group that is based in the states and collaborates with other criminals from outside the states. These people terrorize everyone from the smallest child to a woman who has no husband. The particularly fight with the government because they believe that they should cut off the head first.
Their leadership is not disclosed therefore no one knows their leadership. Their main aim is to overthrow the constitution. After doing this, they intend to eliminate the freedom of speech, right to land and property ownership, the right to freedom among others. They want to be allowed to use taxpayer’s money for their own benefit. They also free immigration rights where they can allow anyone to enter and live the country without being searched.
The other thing that the progressives really want to do away with is religion. They are against various religions and only believe that people should follow their faith or else they should nopt believe in any particular faith. These people want to dictate every single thing that happens in the United States. In California where they are especially situated, no one talks politics because of the fear of whatever might happen to him or her. People live in fear here because terrorists do not announce when they want to attack. They attack even college students which has been the current issue that has been going on of late.
Include a discussion of rival criminal organizations.
Their main rival criminal organization is the Italian-American mafia. This is a group of criminals that is older than the progressives or democrats and have a lot more people compared to the democrats. It is also powerful and has really influential people,(Olásolo, 2018). They have conducted a lot of crimes compared to the democrats. Because of that therefore, they have a lot of resources and all of their attacks are more calculated and less messy.
According to them, democrats are standing in their way because in most cases democrats block them when they want to conduct a heist or terrorism because they say that America is their territory. It is well known that terrorists have rules and one of them is not letting other terrorists attack their territories. The only way that the democrats manage to not be overthrown by the mafias is because they have paid highly qualified terrorists to go and spy on the mafias and therefore they are normally ahead of them by a step or two. This has helped them a lot because they cannot compete with the mafia’s resources wise.
Discuss the history of terrorism in America, and make sure to include domestic terrorism in your history (do not forget that prior to 9/11, the most devastating terrorist attack on U.S. territory was perpetrated by a fellow American).
America has experiences a lot of terrorism cases over the last two decades. However, there are a few that are notable and that were able to have a big impact in the United States. Some of the reasons of the terrorism being political issues and monetary issues,(Lachicotte& Army, 2017). People hat want to overthrow the government and come up with their own rules so that they can dictate the states are the ones tha5t are in these terrorist groups. The saddest thing is that even after seeing the impact of this attacks there are still young people who get recruited even to date in these terrorist groups because of a promise of good money.
The worst part is that there are those who are brainwashed into thinking that those groups re the ones that are right and everyone is wrong. These are the people who become the worst people when they advance in these groups because they are constantly told that whatever they are doing is the right thing. Other terrorist groups that are associated with cults and other religions like the Islam extremes in the United States make the young recruits believe that they are doing the right thing according to Allah. The use these people to do bombings and make them sacrifice their own lives in the name of sacrificing for the sake of Allah.
Other terrorist attacks like the very first bombing that was done in 1978 and some years afterwards were done by people who could not come to terms with the fact that other people were making bombs. He did not want people to have bombs because he thought that his technology was being stolen and he also thought that it was not okay for Americans to be in possession o0f bombs. This technology to him was not something that America was supposed to have.
Detail the various terrorist activities and the organizations behind them that have taken place on U.S. soil
The first terrorist activity that happened was a drug and weapon smuggling activity. This happened in 1995 when this group was still young and had no followers yet. This people got these drugs from bigger cartels from other states and they were t distribute them to smaller criminal group. The FBI however got a hint and they were waiting for the package same time s the terrorist. The Italian-American mafia who were anew group but known by the FBI were really smart because they leaked the information on purpose to draw away the attention of the FBI and therefore the transaction was successful.
The other terrorist attack is the one that was conducted by Hesham Mohammed who stood at the airport and began random shootings. A couple of people died because of this. He was also killed by an officer who short him,(Walker, 2017). When investigations were done on why he did that they found out that he had no personal issues of revenge or something related to that. He was just a person who had religious beliefs that made him think that killing people was the right thing to do. Although there were no further explanations there are still questions of why he thought the airport would be the perfect place.
Another terrorist attack was the property destruction and vandalism that was conducted by a man known us Aaron and three other accomplishes. It was on September 2002 and they managed to destroy a lot of people’s properties. They did not give the main reason behind doing this. They were able to destroy a lot of people’s cars because they were actually aiming for peoples things and they manages to destroy three different buildings that belonged to people and were still under construction.
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Lachicotte III, M. G. P., & Army, U. S. (2017). US-Mexican Border: Official US Army Strategy Against Transnational Criminal Organizations & The New Presidential Order: Preventing Criminal Organizations, International Trafficking & Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States. e-artnow.
Mullany, J. T., Ratner, B. R., & Aguirre Jr, A. (2018). THE POWER BEHIND TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL NETWORKS (Doctoral dissertation, Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School).
Olásolo, H. (2018). Is International Criminal Law an Appropriate Mechanism to Deal with Transnational Criminal Organizations?. In International Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Organizations and Transitional Justice (pp. 91-102). Brill Nijhoff.
Walker, D. G. (2017). Wildlife Trafficking Funds Criminal Organizations and Social Instability.
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