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In reply to the discussion: Too Big To Jail? [View all]zaj
(3,433 posts)21. Robert Mueller's "Iron Triangles" Speech
https://millennialpolitics.co/robert-muellers-iron-triangle-speech-in-full/
This morning, I want to focus on one such evolving threatthat of organized crime. Some believe that organized crime is a thing of the past. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Traditional criminal syndicates still con, extort, and intimidate American citizens.
... We have seen a shift from regional families with a clear structure, to flat, fluid networks with global reach. These international enterprises are more anonymous and more sophisticated. Rather than running discrete operations, on their own turf, they are running multi-national, multi-billion dollar schemes from start to finish.
...Last year, we set up two units, called Threat Focus Cells, to target Eurasian organized crime. The first focuses on the Semion Mogilevich Organization; the second on the Brothers Circle enterprise.
...For those of you not familiar with either group, their memberships are large, their reach is global, and their scope of operations is broad, from weapons and drug trafficking to high-stakes fraud and global prostitution. If left unchecked, the resulting impact to our economy and our security will be significant. Indeed, Semion Mogilevich is on the FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List, and he will remain so until he is captured.
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Between June 1793 and the end of July 1794, there were 16,594 official death sentences in France
pecosbob
Sep 2019
#16
I agree with you but I think this is the natural course of how humanity works.
KentuckyWoman
Sep 2019
#25