Gangster’s Paradise: How organised crime took over Russia (Links to an external site.), and write a short paper responding to the following prompt: Imagine that you are having a conversation with a colleague at work. They state that they believe that organized crime groups are an integral part of our society, and thus a Good thing. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your response using evidence from assigned readings or other sources that you find on your own.

Read the Galeotti article assigned in this module, Gangster’s Paradise: How organised crime took over Russia (Links to an external site.), and write a short paper responding to the following prompt:
Imagine that you are having a conversation with a colleague at work. They state that they believe that organized crime groups are an integral part of our society, and thus a Good thing. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your response using evidence from assigned readings or other sources that you find on your own.
Woody, C. (2017). Here’s How Drugs are Getting Smuggled from South America to the US. Click here (Links to an external site.) to access this article. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/.
History.com (n.d.). History of Drug Trafficking. Click here (Links to an external site.) to access this article. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/.
Dolliver, D. S., Ericson, S. P., & Love, K. L. (n.d.). A Geographic Analysis of Drug Trafficking Patterns on the TOR Network. Click here (Links to an external site.) to access this document.
Trinkunas, H. (2015). The Network Effect: Trafficking in illicit drugs, money, and people in Latin America. Click here (Links to an external site.) to access this article. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/.
APA 6th edition, 2 pages not including cover page or references.