And so it actually works against the really big organised crime cartels who traditionally control the drugs trade. Severe disruption to the economy represented the greatest opportunity for organised crime to assert itself as part of the social fabric. And in that case, organised crime moves in and fills up the gaps. "So throughout those areas where organised crime is already well established, whether it's in Eastern Europe, whether it's in southern Europe, whether it's in Central and South America, organised crime has already expanded its activity and its control over local communities everywhere." "What you've been seeing in the past 10-15 years is organised crime moving into the bigger centres of power, in particular the United States.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2020 06:11 UTC