Sometimes, people in these societies simply use and manipulate the system for their own benefit, regardless of the effect it might have on the country involved with the society. Richards proposes research questions based on the accountability of multinationals and whether countries rely on them for support. Richards says criminals and criminal groups have long been associated with their particular law enforcement counterparts: in the 1930s, Al Capone and his Treasury nemesis Eliot Ness; the French Connection and Interpol in the 1960s; and the “kings” of Colombian drug cartels and DEA special agents in the 1980s (Richards 304). The 1990s were characterized by these criminal groups, in which their law enforcement moved to a transnational character, overflowing with global and regional activities.