“Banditry is a type of organized crime committed by outlaws typically involving the threat or use of violence. A person who engages in banditry is known as a bandit and primarily commits crimes such as extortion, robbery, and murder, either as an individual or in groups. Banditry is a vague concept of criminality and in modern usage can be synonymous for gangsterism, brigandage, marauding, terrorism, piracy and thievery.” Revenge rapes (“honor rapes”) and revenge killings (“honor killings” would often occur inside and outside of prisons for retaliatory purposes. I heard of “Snitches get stitches”!, and “Rats get bats!” Don’t do crime and you won’t have to worry about being reported to law enforcement. Do what’s positive and the right people will report your positive behavior. That’s the best way to end the street codes and start living by moral excellence. I dealt with similar things: “International governance approach

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International consensus on defining organized crime has become important since the 1970s due to its increased prevalence and impact. e.g., UN in 1976 and EU 1998. OC is "...the large scale and complex criminal activity carried on by groups of persons, however loosely or tightly organized for the enrichment of those participating at the expense of the community and its members. It is frequently accomplished through ruthless disregard of any law, including offenses against the person and frequently in connection with political corruption." (UN) "A criminal organization shall mean a lasting, structured association of two or more persons, acting in concert with a view to committing crimes or other offenses which are punishable by deprivation of liberty or a detention order of a maximum of at least four years or a more serious penalty, whether such crimes or offenses are an end in themselves or a means of obtaining material benefits and, if necessary, of improperly influencing the operation of public authorities." (UE) Not all groups exhibit the same characteristics of structure. However, violence and corruption and the pursuit of multiple enterprises and continuity serve to form the essence of OC activity.[189][190]

There are eleven characteristics from the European Commission and Europol pertinent to a working definition of organized crime. Six of those must be satisfied and the four in italics are mandatory. Summarized, they are:

more than two people;

their own appointed tasks;

activity over a prolonged or indefinite period of time;

the use discipline or control;

perpetration of serious criminal offenses;

operations on an international or transnational level;

the use violence or other intimidation;

the use of commercial or businesslike structures;

engagement in money laundering;

exertion of influence on politics, media, public administration, judicial authorities or the economy; and,

motivated by the pursuit of profit and/or power, with the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Palermo Convention) having a similar definition:

organized criminal: structured group, three or more people, one or more serious crimes, in order to obtain financial or other material benefit;

serious crime: offense punishable by at least four years in prison; and,

structured group: Not randomly formed but doesn't need formal structure,

Others stress the importance of power, profit and perpetuity, defining organized criminal behavior as:

nonideological: i.e., profit driven;

hierarchical: few elites and many operatives;

limited or exclusive membership: maintain secrecy and loyalty of members;

perpetuating itself: Recruitment process and policy;

willing to use illegal violence and bribery;

specialized division of labor: to achieve organization goal;

monopolistic: Market control to maximize profits; and,

has explicit rules and regulations: Codes of honor.[191]”

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