The gangster

A gangster (in English, gangster) is a career criminal at some point almost invariably becomes a member of a violent and persistent member organization, which in English is known as gang ( "gang").

Generally, this term is used to refer to members of criminal syndicates based in the United States as the American branch of the Cosa Nostra (the Five Families) in New York or Chicago Outfit, and individual criminals as Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel.

The visible of their activities can go from almost undetectable, as drug trafficking or the protection of the spectacle as the multibillion robbery Brinks Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, UK [1] (from which it never recovered 10 tons of gold stolen).

Other activities that have been highlighted are the game [2] or trafficking of alcohol during Prohibition.

The gangsters often take their business activities as far as offering a product or service, however illegal, or sometimes used real legitimate business as a cover for criminal activity.

Some gangsters, sometimes called thugs, are specialized in extortion, intimidation, and / or bribery to maintain some influence over labor unions. Has also been known to have attempted to manipulate the decisions of civil institutions, such as lawsuits or political elections. [3]