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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

Organized Crime Crackdown Leads to 41 Arrests in 5 States

The 41 suspects who were arrested are reputed members of the Bonnano, Genovese, and Columbo crime families. During the arrests, agents recovered three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2015

Video: Three Charged in Shooting of Memphis Police Officer

Three people have been charged in the shooting of a Memphis Organized Crime Unit officer, who was shot in the chest Wednesday night.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2015

California Governor Weighs Parole for Killer in Controversial LAPD Lecture

A state parole board recently decided that Enriquez should be released, despite concerns expressed by a prosecutor, according to records obtained by The Los Angeles Times. Enriquez's fate is now in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown, who has about three more weeks to decide whether he should be freed.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2015

LAPD Under Fire for Arranging Meeting with Area Chiefs and Mexican Mafia Member

LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Downing described the meeting as an "LAPD-sponsored event" where attendees listened to the man describe his experience with a "transnational criminal enterprise."

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2014

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2013

N.Y. Mafia Boss to Face Trial for Officer's 1997 Murder

The ponytailed 72-year-old Colombo crime boss goes on trial Tuesday for ordering the 1997 murder of NYPD police officer Ralph Dols.

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Inside the Badge October 21, 2013

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

As a former prison gang member, I'm ashamed to look in the mirror because my failures are staring back at me.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarAugust 13, 2013

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.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJuly 23, 2013

A Devil's Playground for Gang Members

The court transportation system is the first weak point. Did you know that 40% of all inmate escapes occur during transport? Any gang member who's spent any time in custody has practiced slipping out of handcuffs and shackles, and you can bet one or more of them carry jail-made handcuff keys.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 19, 2013

FBI Ends Search for Jimmy Hoffa

The umpteenth dig for Jimmy Hoffa may have unearthed zilch, but the FBI's decades-old search for the famous Teamsters leader is far from over.

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