339). There is evidence of Jewish and Cuban people committing the same crimes as the so-called mafia before Italians and Sicilians immigrated to America. A few powerful families do not control the organized crime in America; rather it is a very complex string of small and large investors willing to take a risk at defying the law to make money(Alexander and Caiden, pg. 1,2). .
The market for organized crime is always primed for the entrepreneur at heart with a lot of guts. These people are ethical at home and unethical in their business, nothing gets in the way of them gaining large profit quickly(Alexander and Caiden, pg. 6). In the midst of them doing business innocent people get in the way without knowing. Civilians, lawyers, judges and police officers sometimes stumble onto something much larger than they intended to or had no idea about; these innocent people that are supposed to be fighting against crime may combine with criminals and become involved themselves in racketeering, extortion, and bribery to fix cases. If they decide not to comply with these criminals it could be the end of their life. The powerful criminals do not want to risk losing all that they have by being caught by the police, so corruption plays a large role in some crime groups. These groups will pay off law officials to keep from being exposed(Alexander and Caiden, pg. 25). Not all organized crime works this way but it does play a large role in the business. Violence is not always associated with organized crime, victimless crimes play a large part in this underworld business, but when problems arise between organizations they don't have legal help like regular citizens so they often turn to criminal and violent force to deal with problems. .
Criminals invest their illegal money in legitimate businesses. By declaring more money than the business actually made and combining the illegal money with the valid money made by the company, they can spend it without fearing the Internal Revenue Service is going to ask questions as to where the money came from.