Facts About Organized Crime Around the World

There is strength in numbers, and lots of money in groups who cooperate with each other to commit crimes. With money comes power, and money and power can attract more members and keep them loyal. There's always someone else who wants a piece of the action. Organized crime includes all kinds of groups, from street gangs to drug cartels to the Mafia, some of which have continued for hundreds of years. You have to be pretty organized to keep that running. The activities of these groups sometimes run over into politics and legitimate business wherever money and the power can be found.  Weird History brigs us eleven stories of organized crime activities from all over the world.