Extortion is big money for drug cartels and South American gangs that take over an area. I was just watching a National Geo hour long show last night about the extortion and murders that go on in the Colombian gold fields.
They will extort from those that have money.
No doubt this extortion racket will or has worked its way into the USA.

Thanks JAP. Maybe all the way to Washington. Bribe some, blackmail others /s I'm not very hospitable to congress right now while they dither on the immigration issue.