Examine the organized crime in my city, County or State. I live in Michigan Chesterfield
Research articles, news reports, and media reports about organized crime cases in your city, county, or state. Court records are publicly accessible and provide excellent resources for case information.
Choose an organized crime group (for example, Chicago Outfit, Genovese family, A-Team, Juarez Cartel, or the United Bamboo gang) that is of special interest to you. Then, prepare an analysis that addresses the following:
Introduce your selected organized crime group, and then present an overview of the group’s business strategy.
Investigate if there are national and international connections to other organized crime organizations.
Identify the different businesses in which this organized crime group is involved and determine which is the most lucrative.
Explain why it is important for an organized crime organization to become involved in legitimate businesses. Provide examples to support your claim.
Describe how the awareness of rural organized crime better prepares society to combat the problem of organized crime in general.
Support your report with a minimum of three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages