Organized crime has been a threat to the citizens of the United States since the beginning of immigration into the United States. These organized crimes started out with La Costra Nostra (LCN) in the five points of New York City, and have now developed into other ethnicity based criminal organizations as well as street level gangs. The FBI has now classified several street level gangs into organized crime groups due to them expanding to several thousand members across several states, and sometimes even countries. (FBI, 2015) These organized crime groups not only include ethnicity “mafias” and street gangs, but Continue reading...