This document provides instructions for a research consultant to create a PowerPoint presentation analyzing organized crime in the United States. The presentation should include: an overview of the early beginnings of organized crime and why understanding history is important; identification of organized crime groups operating in the US and why identifying them matters; an evaluation of how organized crime has evolved and become highly profitable; a comparison of at least three government initiatives to investigate and prosecute organized crime members; an analysis of how corporate and political alliances impact government initiatives; and a summary of the future outlook for organized crime. Sources must be cited and referenced in APA style.

1. This LASA is designed to provide an opportunity to
demonstrate your knowledge of the business practices of
organized crime and to assess changes in organized crime
syndicates in America. Secondly, this LASA is designed to
provide an opportunity to evaluate investigatory government
initiatives and their approach to prosecution of organized crime.
Here’s What You Need to Do . . .
You are a research consultant hired to analyze the business of
organized crime in the United States of America. As a
consultant you must explain to a group of law enforcement
representatives and stakeholders from the community how
organized crime has evolved from its early beginnings to its
current level of operations. Your explanation must include a
description of how the groups have profited from their
businesses. You will describe and evaluate the initiatives of
government that seek to investigate and prosecute organized
crime group members. Include information that reports how
corporate and political alliances impact such government
initiatives. The final part of your presentation will include a
summary of the future outlook for organized crime.
Create a
Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation with speaker notes using the following
instructions:
Instructions:
Present an overview of the early beginnings of organized crime
in the United States of America and discuss why history is
important in addressing the problem. Include the identity of the
different groups operating within the United States of America
and explain why the identification of such groups is relevant to
addressing the problem of organized crime.
Evaluate the evolution of organized crime and how it has
developed into huge profits for the groups.
Compare and contrast at least three government initiatives that
are used to investigate and prosecute organized crime members.

2. (For example: How does the war on crime impact organized
crime? This is just one example.)
Analyze how corporate and political alliances impact
government initiatives designed to investigate and prosecute
group members of organized crime.
Summarize the future outlook for organized crime.
Include a cover slide and at least one slide at the end of your
presentation to reference your sources formatted in APA style
that links back to your in-text citations and supports your
recommendations. Remember, you cannot have only in-text
citations or only references, you must have both because in-text
citations and references are adjoined; they link to each other.