Government and organized crime, although superficially "opponents", do not want to eliminate each other. Like rival sports teams in a league that want dumb working taxpayers to pay for the stadiums through taxes, they both want the games to go on year after year. Government (makers of the regulations), and Organized Crime (breakers of the regulation) both want taxpayers to fund their above market value proceeds and lifestyles.

And at a deeper level it is a Punch and Judy show put on by the hidden elite. Grow up people. Rule yourself from within.