Mainly that international organized crime is a growing threat, though it's hard to get specific details. Russia is sometimes called a mafia state, for example, and that is saying something specific about how Putin governs.
It reminds me of something I thought, back when I was on an organized crime kick and reading up on it.
See, the members tended to have a worldview where they looked down on the typical law abiding citizen. They will spend a lot of time and energy coming up with crooked ways to make money.
But aside from their possible influence in adding expiration dates to milk, they're pretty much parasites.
Think about it.
If all the people they prey upon disappeared, who would be growing food or building cars?
All the things they enjoy depend on the people they look down upon.
Take it the other way, and think about what would happen if all the people who think like them disappeared.
There might be some unpredictable second or third order effects (i.e. resisting a despotic government generally means using black market ties, which means crime. I got on that organized crime kick because it seemed to fit with counterterrorism after all) but for the most part humanity would be fine.
Perhaps even more than fine, especially if they're going around collecting kompromat so they can manipulate powerful people.
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