society (generally) demands that criminals be held responsible for their actions, especially when those actions result in tens of thousands of violent deaths.

society (seems to) believe that the presence of organized criminal organizations is negative and leads to violence. so how do we fight them? do we lock people up when they pull a trigger? but there are so many people who would pull a trigger and none of them are the people near the top of the food chain. how do you arrest those responsible for and profiting from violent criminal syndicates?

if you follow this train of reasoning long enough you get to criminalizing some financial behavior.