Crime in Ficko

This page concerns crime statistics and development in Ficko, including violent crime, financial crimes and smelly crimes.

## Homicide

Homicide in Ficko is, relative to other planets in the KC, particularly common. Some argue that this arises from cultural, genetic or zoological reasons, with many attributing the high homicide rate to an increased prevalence of chronic aggressive syndrome.

Significant rises in homicide were seen in urban areas during the 1900s (Mt) due to increased poverty, and in the 1910s ans 1920s (Mt) due to reduced policing and a rise in gangs, specifically in Ficko City. Homicide rates increased again in and around the 1950s and 60s (Mt) due to once again reduced policing and, according to some sources, more open reporting about crime rates. Between 1985 and 2005 (Mt), the homicide rate reached an all-time high. Some have attributed this to drug culture and others have suggested that it is resultant from increased urban populations.

## Homicide rate since 1890 (Mt)

*See also: KC Planets by homicide rate, Fickolean Homicide Rate*

Rate is measured in homicides per 100,000 individuals

## Organised Crime

Fickolean organised crime includes large criminal gangs, homicidal brotherhoods, cults, drug smuggling operations and cartels, anti-trust cartels, loosely organised corrupt syndicates, and criminal syndicates responsible for loan sharking, racketeering, intimidation, bribery, corruption, financial crimes, homicides and other violent crimes, robbery, theft, judicial perversions, blackmail and general cruddiness.

Organised crime groups can also come about as interplanetary or interstellar organisations with criminal intentions or connections. Notable criminal groups include 'Wizard gangs' that exist across Ficko such as the 'Duchy Don Wizard Family' and the Pangri Wizard Gang, urban crime operations such as the Barneby Mafia and Wilkinson crime family, drug smuggling cartels such as the Hogtown Cartel and the Felimiola Cartel, criminal syndicates such as the Purple Hand Gang, Green Door Group and the Nosotros crime syndicate and business cartels such as the Quantillingo Operation and Bersole Society.

## Organised Crime over time

During the 18th century (Mt), Fickolean criminal syndicates and gangs were often exempt from prosecution if they had ties to rich or influential individuals, and 'royal exemptions' were very common and used as a form of currency in Alifca and often in the Mackan Empire. In the late 1750s (Mt) onwards, the Second Mackan Empire monarchy began to empower courts, prosecutors and investigators to reduce the crime rate and bring down organised crimes. According to Mackan Empire royal documents, the number of homicides and organised crime activities decreased and notable criminal organisation leaders such as Billy Hand and Jackie "The Shark" Jewson were prosecuted and imprisoned, the latter later executed.

Later, in the 1870s (Mt) onwards, Jogoist church-people masking as legitimate religious peoples and church-owners who were transporting drugs and well as luxury goods, banned at the time, formed together to create one of the most lucrative and powerful drug cartels in Fickolean history; the Branazzar Cartel, which went on to be the Nusbar Cartel upon the leadership of Daniel Nusbar.

The Branazzar Cartel went on to become a corrupt criminal organisation with ties to government officials and with the capacity for embezzling and subverting government funds and lobbying for favourable laws and loopholes. In these motives they were among numerous crime families and groups, including the Jamberino family, the Bluep-strong crime organisation and the Prollagna organisation, the latter two lobbying for government sanctioned construction projects which then provided the location for embezzlement and drug-smuggling operations. These operations boomed especially in the 1900s (Mt), under the Watersmith government which notably had a number cabinet members accused of corruption.

During the 1910s and 1920s (Mt), an absence of free trade and profit-making abilities under the administration of Po Bjorban led to increased organised crime, including by the Bluep-strong crime organisation, then led by Senator Vorren Andrew-Shlain, who oversaw the movement of drugs across Ficko, throughout Apporross, and in other parts of Anglon. Other organisations and groups helped smuggle money and goods from Apporross and Biackaar in order to help rich individuals. A large black market emerged. In Ficko City, gangs such as the Luzio Mafia and the Renton Wine crime family warred and fought over territory and traded millions of square worth of illegal goods, with ties to numerous rich individuals and numerous complicit corrupt Fardin officials.

With the presidency of Robert Kanderkove, organised crime and corruption within the government became a main focus. Kanderkove increased funding to intelligence, investigation and policing services. These collectively reduced the number of instances of corruption, homicide, blackmail, financial crimes, and so on. It also led to the prosecution of numerous crime leaders such as Andrew-Shlain, Frank Biggsby, Dune Snootone and Fanny Skinner. Du-Peters has suggested in his book "The Dark Underbelly of Ficko" that the individual power of Fardin officials and their ability to partake in crimes of embezzlement, corruption and collusion with criminal individuals to enrich or empower themselves remains a problem today.

### Wizarding Gangs

Numerous wizarding gangs, associations, groups and cults have existed for hundreds of years that still continue to exist, many of which take part in criminal activities. The Duchy Don Wizard Family, for instance, is known to have covered up crimes committed by individual members and to have actively perverted the course of justice through bribery, blackmail and intimidation.

In recent times, wizard gangs have been considered responsible for the greater part of organised crime operations across Ficko, including the covering up of homicides, and assassination of certain individuals. They have also been shown to have links to the wizarding groups in Demark who fought against the government during the Demarki civil war.