Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

Re:Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one by jmcgough on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:52PM (#25413008)

> Organized crime exists in many places where it’s not funded by drug trade.

Organized crime will likely never truly go away, but it has flourished because of the war on drugs (just as it did in America during the prohibition era).

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Re:Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one by bigbubba on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:44PM (#25413298)

Right, there is a keen difference between organized crime thriving or merely existing. That it would continue to exist misses the point.

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Re:Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one by Aerroon on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:27AM (#25413880)

There's also a difference in the way organized crime manifests itself. Kidnapping schemes can't really exist for organized crime in the developed countries. The state security forces would stomp them out too quickly.

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Re:Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one by Ekaros on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:52AM (#25414553)

Or if they do, they focus on high value targets. And those high value targets in a free market should be able to pay for their own protection.

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