course project by identifying a country with a government, preferably authoritarian, which is breaking down. This means that the regime currently in power or was in power is losing or has lost power. An indication that this is occurring would be that another regime is taking over (or attempting to take over) and implementing a new system of control in the country. During these types of shifts of power that involve government destabilization, it is possible for criminal elements to rise within a country/nation. This nation must be a location you believe will greatly impact organized crime