Japanese, Russian, Chinese, and Mexican Organized Crime

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Organized crime is an international issue and it exists in several different countries, such as; Italy, China, Japan, Russia and the United States of America. Although all these groups of organized crime have many things in common they tend to have different ways of doing something, or they may not do them at all. Many also commit similar types of crimes, and others commit crimes other groups would not. It is thought that the Russian Mafia has existed in Russia for several centuries. When Russia was still the Soviet Union, corruption began to develop because of the Communist era. Citizens were so desperate to pay bills, buy groceries, and more; that they began to steal from one another, as well as get into forms of organized crime. As the Soviet Union fell Russian organized crime was unleashed into the world, from Russia to the U.S and more. Russian organized crime groups commit crimes such as; extortion, white captive trafficking, automobile theft, counterfeiting, hostage taking, prostitution, weapons smuggling, murder, drug trafficking, and fraud. In Japan there is the Yakuza, also known as the 'Japanese Mafia', which consists of up to 2,500 families. The three largest groups in the Yakuza are the Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyaoshi-kai, and Inagawa-kai. These three groups together have around 61,100 members, or seventy-three percent of the gangster population in Japan. These organizations have been in existence for about 300 years, and have their roots in the Tokugawa period (1600-1867), when Japan united under a central system of government (Abadinsky, 2010, 2007) . Some suggest that the Yakuza are the true heirs of the samurai, as the samurais formed structured groups of organized crime after the feudalism in Japan ended. T... ... middle of paper ... ...larities an accident, or on purpose? No one can really answer that, but what they can answer is how they are a like in some ways. They all in it for the monitory gain, as well as the power. When one group is weakened another makes their move in order to replace them. These groups all still commit similar crimes, such as; money laundering, extortion, drug trafficking, etc. Their operations are also quite similar where they have a chain of command, boss, and soldiers. Organized crime groups are not afraid to turn against one another if a job is not completed as requested, or if they feel they have been betrayed. Bibliography Abadinsky, H. (2010, 2007). Organized Crime, 9th Edition. Wadsworth. Works Cited Abadinsky, H. (2010, 2007). Organized Crime, 9th Edition. Wadsworth. Websites http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=811&catid=22&subcatid=147

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