Organized crime has become deeply imbedded in the Eastern District of the Empire and has gradually spread its tendrils deeper into the other districts. The current social situation in cities with large, poor, unemployed populations has become a hotbed for crime, and gang wars are becoming more common. More and more people have to put up with protection rackets, theft, and extortion as an aspect of everyday life, and modern technologies have introduced dangerous new drugs which have provided the families a steady stream of income.