The FBI has expressed disappointment that John Gotti Jr. left a New York courtroom a free man, as a jury failed to convict him for the fourth time in five years.
Read More →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.
Read More →These supposed “non-gang” gang supporters are too often shown leniency by the prosecutors and courts. They have as much culpability for the acts of the gang members they support as the actual drug dealing murderers. The bloody violence clearly stains the gang supporter’s hands as well, and it is their actions that make the violence possible.
Read More →Decimated by a 20-year onslaught of federal prosecutions, bloody internecine power struggles, and turncoat testimony, the Philadelphia branch of La Cosa Nostra - which in the 1980s had roughly 80 members - now has a base of about 20 "soldiers."
Read More →Tattoos are an excellent tool for law enforcement and corrections officers to use to identify known or suspected gang members. This gallery includes examples of tattoos worn by predominanly Latino gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, MS-13, and the Latin Kings. The number "13" is used because M (or La Eme) is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet and is used to signify the Mexican Mafia, which uses Sureños—gangs that swear allegiance to the Mexican Mafia—to carry out its orders from prison.
Read More →A court document charges about 40 members and associates of the Columbia Lil Cycos -- a clique of the 18th Street gang -- with being involved in a racketeering conspiracy that allegedly involved murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, and other crimes.
Read More →FBI agents and Los Angeles police officers arrested at least eight of those named in a racketeering indictment, officials said. Several more of the 39 members and associates of the 18th Street Columbia Lil Cycos clique were already in state and federal custody.
Read More →A federal jury convicted Deputy U.S. Marshal John Ambrose on Tuesday of leaking that mob hit man Nicholas Calabrese was cooperating with authorities in Chicago and that Ambrose was part of his security detail.
Read More →The two-bedroom stucco house at 3304 Drew St. in Glassell Park was once the center of one of the most menacing drug marketplaces in Los Angeles. From the house, Maria "Chata" Leon, an illegal immigrant, her family and associates controlled drug and gang activity on the street for years, police said.
Read More →State Court Officers Association President Dennis Quirk said officers from throughout the city will attend every day of the trial of Gambino soldier Charles Carneglia, who is accused of gunning down Officer Albert Gelb in 1976 to prevent him from testifying against the wiseguy.
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