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Special Units
FBI, Italian Police Break Up Mafia Drug Operation
Twenty-four arrests were made in Italy and the United States following a two-year operation that relied both on wiretaps and on an American undercover agent named by investigators as “Jimmy,” who infiltrated the Gambinos and fooled Italians into believing he was a heroin dealer.
February 10, 2014
Gangs
Blood Brothers: Roots of a Cartel War
Like the evolution of the Italian Mafia in U.S. cities such as New York and Chicago, Mexican smugglers or "contrabandistas" evolved from crude thuggish beginnings to more criminally sophisticated organized crime groups.
December 28, 2010
Gangs
The Freight Train Riders of America
Like the muffled whispers about the "Black Hand" of the Mafia in the Italian community, the "train freaks" whispered of a gang of outlaws that lived to ride the freight trains in the West. They were robbers, burglars, and hijackers with colorful names. Cross one of their members, and they would get you.
November 29, 2007
Special Units
FBI Takes Down Dozens of Mafia Wiseguys
The Mob got hit today as FBI and Italian law enforcement agents made dozens of arrests following an investigation into a trans-Atlantic drug smuggling operation.
February 6, 2008
Special Units
The Mexican Mafia
In the mid-1950s 13 California Youth Authority (CYA) wards were sent to the Duel Vocational Institute located in Tracy, California. Since the wards were juveniles they were housed in a special section of the adult correcÂtions facility.
February 29, 2000
Patrol
International Organized Crime and COVID-19 Response
“Violent groups often take actions to gain legitimacy in order to gain support from civilians living under their rule as well as potential supporters abroad,” University of Maryland political scientist Jori Breslawski wrote.
May 7, 2020
Weapons
Italian Gun Grease's True Grease Designed to Extend Life of Weapons
Italian Gun Grease (IGG), manufacturer of firearms lubricants and cleaners, offers shooting enthusiasts its foundation product, True Grease, as a means of extending the life of a weapon and reducing malfunctions with regular use.
December 6, 2014
Vehicle Ops
Italian Police's Prized Lamborghini Damaged in Crash
Today, a bandaged and bruised police driver may have had a tough time explaining how he managed to write off one of the force's prized Lamborghinis when he rammed it so hard into a line of parked cars that one of the stationary vehicles ended up on the police car's roof.
November 29, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Italian Police Use Lamborghini to Drive Donor Kidney 300 Miles in 2 Hours
The Lamborghini Huracan they used, which was specially modified for such tasks with a refrigerated trunk, was obtained by the Italian State Police in 2017.
November 15, 2020
Special Units
Mexican Mafia: Prison Debrief
Rene Enriquez defected from the Mexican Mafia in 2003. As a senior leader in the organization, he had much to offer the authorities and his debriefings with officials were videotaped. Here are excerpts from one session. It was included in a documentary by American RadioWorks.
December 1, 2009
Special Units
Mexican Mafia Boss Gets Life In Prison
A Mexican Mafia prison gang member and longtime leader of the Puente Trece gang was sentenced Wednesday to life in federal prison after his conviction for racketeering that includes murder plots and a brutal stabbing of an inmate designed to deter victims from cooperating with police.
March 6, 2013
Gangs
The Mexican Mafia: Down But Not Out
Every time law enforcement thought that they had knocked out or retired the Eme organization, they found that the Eme came back again. The Mexican Mafia absorbed the blows and grew stronger.
August 12, 2013
Gangs
Mexican Mafia: The Most Dangerous Gang
No matter which big bad bloody band of barrio bad boys you might be dealing with, I'll bet they are taking their orders from prison-gang inmates. And when one prison gang member can walk with immunity into some street gang's turf and order them to murder one of their own, that's a clue.
April 12, 2010
Special Units
Texas Mexican Mafia Member Gets Life In RICO Case
A Texas Mexican Mafia member received three consecutive life sentences in federal prison for racketeering and assaulting a federal prison guard, the FBI announced.
April 10, 2013
Gangs
Exploiting the Mexican Mafia's Weaknesses
The Mexican Mafia is composed of cell-like cliques united in a coalition under the umbrella name. These cliques or sub-groups are led by informal charismatic leaders who function under the overall gang structure. Sometimes the nature of this beast aids law enforcement gang fighters in delivering the critical blow.
September 20, 2011
Gangs
Taking Down Mexican Mafia Cliques In the O.C.
Operation Black Flag was another "staggering and comprehensive blow" to California's most powerful gang, according to U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte. However, the La EME prison gang has proved to be resilient to extermination. Mexican Mafia leaders have managed to operate their criminal enterprise from the most secure housing units in the most secure prisons in America.
August 8, 2011
Special Units
10 Members of Mexican Mafia-Led Gang Convicted in Drug Case
Ten members and associates of a Hispanic street gang that sought to control drug trafficking in south Los Angeles by targeting blacks were convicted Monday on various criminal charges.
January 12, 2009
Gangs
When the Mexican Mafia Takes Out a Pawn
Art Romo's association with high powered La Eme members, his loyal service as a liaison to the drug cartels, his close association to Mexican Mafia lawyers, and his usefulness as a front man, meant nothing when challenged by a real made member.
November 8, 2010
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