When someone commits the offense of leading organized crimes, they have intentionally gathered three or more people together in order to finance, supervise and direct them in one or more sessions of some sort of criminal exploitation. Leading organized crime also takes place when someone intentionally talks others into intimidating acts, violence such as rioting, and other criminal behavior. Leading organized crimes can be either a Class A or a Class B felony. Most times, those with the intention of making a profit from the highly organized criminal behavior that takes place are the ones who organize these crimes. Leading organized crimes has long been thought to be something that is done by the American Mafia. Organized crime is the same as a criminal organization, and the term Mafia has been used to depict these organizations world wide.