One of the earliest crimes
The give and take policy seems to be among the earliest ones of the human civilizations and it has actually led to the concept of trade, exchange, business, etc. Thus it can be realized without much of an effort that, under such circumstances, the activities to twist and abuse this set up for vested interests would be the earliest among the crimes of the world and thus it can be concluded without being mistaken much that loan sharks thus become one of the earliest forms of criminals of the world. Throughout the pages of history and even in the modern times in news reports, etc. the presence and the activities of loan sharks have always been known to the mass.
Loan sharks, in simple terms, can be described as people involved in activities of lending money, however by bending laws and charging high and exorbitant rates of interests from the borrowers and more importantly they ensure the repayment of the money including the principal amount as well as the interest by certain processes which primarily consists of activities such as threat of violence and blackmail among various others. Becoming extremely widespread especially after the advent of the laws regarding the usury, this activity of loan sharking is now chiefly associated with organized crime and the underworld such as the Italian Mafioso, etc. However apart from Italy, loan sharks operating through the criminal underworld and avoiding direct confrontation with the law or the authority are also extremely rampant and predominant in countries such as Russia, turkey, Japan (where they are known as the Yamikinyu) and in Malaysia and Singapore where they are referred to as the Ah Long, each of them having separate and distinct codes regarding codes and punishments which can range from insults and verbal abuses to murder.