Introduction Organized crime is defined as the indulgence in unlawful activities for purposes of gaining monetary gains. Organized crimes may be carried out within a city, a state, or internationally. Organized crimes disrupt peace and security and it tampers with the victims’ rights (Lyman & Potter, 2000). Examples of organized crimes include terrorism, weaponry, drug and human trafficking, money laundering, murder, labor racketeering, gambling, and prostitution among other crimes. Organized crimes have no specific victim group, which means that anyone can become a victim of the crimes. However, the perpetrators of organized crimes capitalize on the vulnerable members of the society, who live below or slightly above the poverty line. This assertion holds because organized crimes are mostly economic in nature, and thus they rely heavily on human resources. For example, in drug trafficking, criminals will capitalize on individuals who are desperate for jobs and quick money. The perpetrators of such crimes also target influential members of the society who can be compromised easily in exchange for their silence. Such members include police officers, members of the judiciary and legislature, and politicians. Such people’s silence is bought through partnerships in the criminal activities, bribery, and blackmail. The type of harm arising from organized crime varies from one crime to another. The harm can be classified as economic, emotional, physical, intellectual, and political due to the loss of revenue, torture, murder, brainwashing, and compromised governance. Comparative Analysis: The US vs. Japan In the United States, criminal gangs engaging in organized crimes are referred to as ‘Mafias’. The scope of operations of mafias is both at the national and transnational levels. For a very long time, there was estimated to be around twenty-six mafia families operating strongly across the US and Canada. Many of the criminal families are associated with cities and they have their base within the specific regions. The gangs are from Buffalo in New York, Dallas in Texas, Chicago in Illinois, and Detroit in Michigan among other regions. Mafias in most of these regions engage in activities like loan sharking, gambling, drug trafficking, prostitution, and labor racketeering among other criminal activities with economic value (Kaplan & Dubro, 2003). In Japan, the main criminal gang engaging in organized crimes is known as the Yakuza. Unlike in the United States where the mafias are an outlawed group, the Yakuza are not outlawed entirely. The Japanese authorities have only come up with jurisprudences referred to as the anti-Yakuza laws, which are meant to constrain and obstruct the group’s activities without necessarily banning the group. The operations of the group in international levels are negligible and it mainly operates in large scale within Japan. This assertion holds because most Asian countries have outlawed the group. For example, in Thailand, the Yakuza members are killed mysteriously, while in the Philippines members suspected to be from the group have been denied entrance to the country (Gragert, 2010). In the US and Japan, the organized crime