Are criminals happier than police?
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007In South Korea, criminals get more satisfaction from their line of work than the police, according to a survey published in local dailies.
The survey was conducted among 109 jailed mobsters by the Korean Institute of Criminal Justice. It showed that 79.3 percent of gangsters said they were somewhat or very satisfied with their life in organized crime while 65 percent of police said they enjoyed their profession, according to a separate survey.
South Korean gangsters make on average about $4,255 a month, higher than the local police’s salary.
The survey indicates that syndicates in South Korea get most of their money through traditional methods such as extortion, prostitution and gambling but mobsters are to “branch out” and are trying to get into shady stock deals or earn a share of corporate mergers and acquisitions, it said.
News courtesy of Reuters
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