You can only entertain such ridiculous thoughts because you live in a society that's not totally controlled by criminals. Try living in Mexico or Colombia and I bet you'd have a different opinion.
How did those criminals get to be that way, hmm?
It's not like they make all of that money off of ... kidnapping. Or robbery.
It's drugs. They make the money from selling substances that are illegal briefcase of our insane, failed drug policy. These criminals would not be so wealthy if drugs were legal. That's a simple, straight up, undeniable fact.