If you include misappropriation of government funds then their white collar crimes go back the 60/70s. As for the knowledge in counterfeiting you also have to remember 2 things: 1. Imprisoned gang members learn high profit/ low sentence crimes than they teach it to fellow members. 2. There are independent hustlers that join these organizations for various reasons.
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spend the night with a mosquito. - African Proverb
