The Mongols: The Crimes They Commit

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The Mongols are one of the biggest motorcycle gangs and organized crime groups. This writer will examine the Mongols criminal activity to prove that they are an organized crime group. This will be done through the examination of the group’s involvement in racketeering, murder, guns, drugs, and assault.
One crime that the Mongols commit that make them an organized crime group is Racketeering. Racketeering is defined as carrying out illegal business activities, usually by an organized crime group. During a three year investigation called Operation Black Rain 38 members of the Mongols were arrested under a federal racketeering indictment, including the gang’s national president, Ruben Cavazos. This operation was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or the ATF. Agents of the ATF infiltrated the group and became full patch members (Watkins, 2008).
Another crime that the Mongols commit is murder. The often do this to protect their territory and to deal with uncooperative members of the group as well as other reasons. A man named Charles Falco has infiltrated the Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws and he described the Mongols as “way, way more ruthless … because they aren’t afraid to go to prison – forever – so they walk right up, around children, and blow people away” (“Inside The World’s”, 2013). The skull and crossbones patch is awarded to members who commit murder or acts of violence on behalf of the gang (“USA v The Mongols, 2008).
An example of the Mongols murdering over territory is in 2002 during the River Run motorcycle rally in Nevada. On the first night of the rally a Mongol walked into a group of Hells Angels outside of a casino and a fight broke out over territory. Sixty to Seventy people, all armed...

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