I thought most of organized crime was selling illegal products and services—drugs (not about redistribution of wealth), prostitution (I’ve heard mixed things about the % of slavery), lotteries (I wonder how they’re doing now that there are legal lotteries), and smuggling.
Racketeering’s also a traditional pursuit of organized crime, and one that’s more obviously coercive. In the modern era there’s also electronic theft and fraud to deal with—botnets, trade in stolen identity information, that sort of thing.
I’d agree that drugs, prostitution, and gambling are at least equally prominent no matter what era we’re looking at, though.
I thought most of organized crime was selling illegal products and services—drugs (not about redistribution of wealth), prostitution (I’ve heard mixed things about the % of slavery), lotteries (I wonder how they’re doing now that there are legal lotteries), and smuggling.
Racketeering’s also a traditional pursuit of organized crime, and one that’s more obviously coercive. In the modern era there’s also electronic theft and fraud to deal with—botnets, trade in stolen identity information, that sort of thing.
I’d agree that drugs, prostitution, and gambling are at least equally prominent no matter what era we’re looking at, though.