Personal Perception of Organized Crime

Personal Perception of Organized Crime

Introduction

As the world has modernized so has crime and criminals. The present era is confronted with organized crimes that pose a danger to the normal fabric of the national as well as international community. The emergence of the organized crimes in all parts of the world requires through evaluation as to the people behind it and the ways of achieving their goals. Organized crime creates a sense of horror and violence and disrupts the peacefulness of the social environment. The concept of organized crime is now being frequently researched as today we confront increased terrorism, violence, and interlinked crimes. The criminals groups behind these crimes dominate the world and are a major threat to law-enforcing firms and as well as common man.

Discussion

My definition of organized crime

According to me organized crime are various crimes that are not merely committed in an organized manner but by an organized group. Such a group may have its network within a state or even abroad. Organized crimes are carried out for specific political or financial purposes and make those people their targets who are of consequence. For instance, the terrorist groups of today against whom America has waged a war against terror are organized groups. These include Taliban and Al-Qaeda. They have their networks around many parts of the group especially in countries of their creed. These organized groups are involve in major crimes such as kidnapping of an important political person or a group of people, hijacking a plane or a cruise so that their demands may be met , bomb blasting to create wide spread terror for a certain political purpose, etc. These groups, in many cases, are not concerned with money. They have some major political concerns especially if the terrorist groups like Taliban and Al-Qaeda are concerned. Other organized and long-established organized groups are concerned with money which is of great amount. It is for certain that the group activity does not occur for small amounts of money. However, it can be as such that certain members of the group may be involved in other criminal activities that are not part of the group's planning. The concern with money is not just a onetime concern, that is to say these organized crimes are committed by organized groups who get together not merely for committing on crime. They are involved in a chain of criminal activities to serve the purposes of their material gain, for instance, they may be involved in wide scale kidnapping, drug smuggling and massacre.

I heard of an organized crime just a few days back. It took place in Mexico. The criminals were involved in organ trafficking. The group called as “knights templar's group” was indulged in kidnapping children and harvesting their organs (The guardian, 2014). The group's main source of income is illegal mining as well. Hence, organized crimes can be various forms of crimes committed at a wide scale and by a group that is ...