Organized Crime Groups in America

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Criminology

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In the USA the list of organized crime groups is on the increase. The following are some of the current three major crime groups in America. Barrio Azteca crime group was formed in the jails of El Paso back in 1986. This group later changed to an international criminal organization and became the most vicious group in the United Nations. Its major crime is drug trafficking in prisons and Mexico. It started as a self-protection group in detention centre. It has a strong link with a Mexican cartel. The group has an estimated number of 8200 members. It has stood out as the top menace in the nation. Inmates initially formed it from Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and Austin initially referred to as Four Horsemen in 1998 (Cole et al.

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