In organized crime, most of what you see on the surface are "blinds" or facade. The drummer for the pondskater is down in the deep of the lake.
Our mental laziness has prevented us from being introspective and questioning. When people are killed, some bureaucrats and political jobbers will be appointed into committees where they drink tea, eat heavy lunch, broach the subject, recommend platitudes and a white paper is issued. Of course no one will read it and it was never meant to be implemented because the no go" areas has been specified before hand.