No big surprise. Apparently 65% of Korean police report job satisfaction while 79% of gangsters, even those in jail are satisfied with their lives.
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean gangsters get more satisfaction from their line of work than the police, according to a survey published on Tuesday in local dailies.
According to the survey conducted among 109 jailed mobsters by the Korean Institute of Criminal Justice, 79.3 percent of gangsters said they were somewhat or very satisfied with their life in organized crime.
About 65 percent of police said they enjoyed their profession, according to a separate survey.
South Korean gangsters make on average about 4 million won ($4,255) a month, which is typically higher than the pay for police.
The criminal justice survey said crime syndicates in South Korea get most of their money through traditional methods such as extortion, prostitution and gambling.
But mobsters have been looking to diversify their operations and are trying to muscle their way into shady stock deals or earn a share of corporate mergers and acquisitions, it said.
($1 = 940.1 Won)
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