Introduction: The major areas concerning the foundations and definitions of organized crime According to FBI, organized crime is defined as any group that has a formal structure and whose main objective is to get money by engaging in illegal activities. Groups of this kind protect their position by using violence, bribing public officials, extortion or graft and generally these groups have an impact to other people around them, be it within the locality, region or the whole country (FBI. 2009).The activities they engage in include such crimes as gun running, illegal gambling, prostitution, narcotics trade, pornography, kidnapping to obtain ransom, smuggling, vehicle theft, and credit card fraud among other crimes. These groups may also engage in international terrorism. With the introduction of internet, these particular groups are now in a position to cover every segment of society and every nation using highly sophisticated techniques. These establishments do not put up with rivalry and continuously strive to maintain monopoly in their area of specialization in terms of either the actual business they are dealing in or the geographical area within which they are operating. These groups are different from those of common crimes otherwise known as unorganized crimes in several ways. For instance, these groups do not engage in random nature of criminal activities. They do deal in big money going up to even billions of dollars, they diversify their activities and these activities are coordinated among hundreds or even thousands of people, they seek to make more money as well as to attain much power and also there is leadership that can be identified within the groups (Business Dictionary 2009). According to Russ (2009a), a clear definition of organized crime emanates from various characteristics derived from its lack of political goals, its structure that is in form of a hierarchy, and limited membership. Specialized division of labor is demonstrated under organized crime since it is characterized by monopoly and is controlled by well defined rules and regulations. To illustrate organized crime best, we consider a group known as Mafia. A Mafia is a secrete organization whose origin is traced in Sicily and later spread all over Italy. In time, this organization spread to other countries among them being the United States of America. It is involved in international crimes such as prostitution, racketeering, gambling, and dealing in drugs. There are two different models in the structure of the Mafia: The corporate model and patron client model. Their effort to spread to a wider geographical region results in feudalism and social exchange association which if often not balanced causes them to be potential outlaws. The patrons play a role of supporting the organization economically and offers protection but do not intervene whenever the outlaws are arrested. These patrons get back their payment through financial tributes. In organized crime, respect is highly valued and it flows along a chain of authority. On the top we have bosses, and then under bosses we have counselors, captains, and members or soldiers. People become members of a Mafia after undergoing a ritual during which the new members are presented with the norms of the organization. How organized crime gained a foothold in the United States The Mafia came during the middle a