Scott Joubert Introduction To Criminal Justice

Crj 101 mod assignment 14

Joseph Hockenbury

Northern Essex

Author Note This paper is being submitted on December 6, 2017, for Scott Joubert introduction to criminal justice

Title of Paper Criminal groups are groups of criminals or former criminals that have gotten together and became a unit.

Usually to work together to reach a common goal shared amongst them. Intending to commit crimes and activities that are illegal according to the law. Mostly to obtain money or other means. While some other criminal organization are politically motivated commonly terrorist groups One crime family is the Solntsevskaya Bratva they are thought to have a revenue of $8.5 billion dollars. They are a Russian mafia that is more run decentralized

It is also the largest drug cartel to reside in Mexico. They are a drug cartel money laundering crime family, gang. Its thought that they are able to make in three billion dollars revenue. While that might not be as high for international means when compared to the Solntsevskaya, it is a large amount when you compare it to its peers also in Mexico. They might not make as much money as the Solntsevskaya but the Sinaloa Cartel is considered to be the largest drug trafficking crime family in the world on a global scale. It is known that they are considered the middle man between south America’s drugs and the thirsty north American market. The Sinaloa Cartel show their resilience not to go down and separate and have their criminal empire dissolve from the fact that their leader was arrested and the crime family has yet to dissolve or to fall into civil war for control of the family, the family has been able to keep stable after the loss of their leader. Not only have they stayed stable, but it is thought they will remain stable and keep being a crime family and will keep their title of being the largest drug cartel in the world. Meaning that as for the future of the Sinaloa Cartel they will not only remain as a crime family and a big member in drug trafficking, but their reputation will keep

While the branch of the Italian mafia in the united states has been dwindling down its still going strong in the home country of Italy. One of the most successful of these groups is the Camorra. They work in gun trafficking, drug counterfeiting, prostitution along with extortion. They are thought to make four and a half billion dollars. The Camorra has been thought to originated in the nineteenth century. Once formed as a gang in prison to protect themselves in prison. But once members were released from incarnation the gang spread. It was no longer a small prison gang, it was now a lack for better words a real gang. Due to the political mess in Italy in the eighteen hundreds the gang was able to flourish and grow. Becoming stronger and obtaining more power through the public it has gotten to the point were the gang can’t be destroyed and not for a lack of trying. Not only has the community tried to get rid of the gang but the government has also tried to help with little or no results. This has caused journalists to research and investigate independently to try to get evidence to the crime family but their efforts still mostly fall short. the crime family is one of oldest and most powerful families and it is thought to remain that