Historical Analysis of an Organized Crime Group Worksheet

Historical Analysis of an Organized Crime Group Worksheet
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Historical Analysis of an Organized Crime Group Worksheet
Organized crimes comprise illegal behaviors and patterns that revolve around the provision of illicit services, illicit goods, and the infiltration of legitimate businesses or governments. The dwindling role of political order and economic difficulties habituates people to work beyond the established legal framework (Abadinsky,2012). The phenomenon of migration across international borders makes the fight against organized crime difficult. The U.S has witnessed multiple emergences of crime groups, organizations, and gangs, with substantial of these groups tracing their roots in other countries, such as Italy, Mexico, and El Salvador, while others originate in the American prison system. For instance, Gambino, the Bonanno, Colombo, Lucchese families, the Mexican Mafia, MS-13, Genovese, and the Gangster Disciples are well-known organized criminal groups. This paper will focus on the Mexican Mafia as an organized criminal group in the U.S in terms of the historical evolution of the group, the group’s structure, and operating methods. In addition, the paper will provide core timelines in terms of critical events, people, and cap with analysis of past and recent roles in prohibition, drug syndicates, political corruption, and other associated illicit activities.
The Mexican Mafia is also called la Eme. It is a Hispanic organized crime group that has historically existed in the U.S since the 1950s. It comprised of includes prison and street gangs in California. Although it is named the Mexican Mafia, it did not originate in Mexico. Instead, it is entirely a U.S. criminal prison organization. The La Eme was formed in 1957 by Luis "Huero Buff" Flores. At such a time, Flores was incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution, with other members, founded La Eme in California. This organized crime enterprise a means of protecting Hispanics from other gangs within the California prison system. As a result, Le Eme witnessed unprecedented growth in size and strength. In the 1960s, the California Department of Corrections moved Eme members to other prisons such as San Quentin to break up the gang activity in Deuel Vocational Institution.
Surprisingly, the move by the California Department of Corrections exacerbated La Eme's impact on other prisons. As a result, La Eme inflates its activities to include drug sales, extortionist activities, and gambling in prison systems, which most of them were legally prohibited. In the 1980s, La Eme extended its span of activities to streets, where it joined forces w...