Criminal organizations: a mindset to commit crimes

Abstract

The main objective of the essay is to reflect on criminal organizations as a way of committing crimes, introversion that will allow not only to see how they operate in the countries of the Latin American region but also to specify their organization in these countries, in order to infer what is the ideal treatment to combat it. To this end, a description will be made of the terms: criminal organizations, organized crime, and organized crime, as well as the international vision, to determine whether the criminal organization is an autonomous crime or an aggravating circumstance because it is a way of committing a crime. The analysis reveals the weakness of the State as a common factor in this phenomenon in Latin American countries, a statement observed in the reality of the regions. The author uses the hermeneutic process as a complementary tool for interpreting the argument, highlighting the reflective stance.