Tag: Racketeering

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Video: FBI Raids Target Mexican Mafia's L.A. Jail Drug Trafficking

Authorities arrested dozens of people Wednesday as part of Operation Dirty Thirds, a multi-agency dragnet targeted at a Los Angeles County jail drug trafficking scheme controlled by the Mexican mafia.

May 24, 2018

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FBI Raids Target Mexican Mafia's L.A. Jail Drug Trafficking

Authorities arrested dozens of people Wednesday in a multi-agency dragnet targeted at a Los Angeles County jail drug trafficking scheme controlled by the Mexican mafia. More Here.

May 24, 2018

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Baltimore Detectives Convicted in Corruption Trial

A federal jury convicted two Baltimore police detectives for their roles in one of the biggest police corruption scandals in city history.

February 13, 2018

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ICE's 'Operation Raging Bull' Nets 267 MS-13 Arrests

"Operation Raging Bull" was led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with support from multiple agencies to target and dismantle MS-13. It culminated in 267 arrests in the U.S. and overseas.

November 16, 2017

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Video: Police Say Las Vegas Safer After Operation Cripples Area Gang

Las Vegas-area police and federal law enforcement agencies have crippled a longtime area gang, indicting most of its members in a state racketeering case, the first in Nevada targeting an entire organization, authorities said.

October 20, 2017

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Police Say Las Vegas Safer After Operation Cripples Area Gang

Las Vegas-area police and federal law enforcement agencies have crippled a longtime area gang, indicting most of its members in a state racketeering case, the first in Nevada targeting an entire organization, authorities said. More Here.

October 20, 2017

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Russians Charged With Racketeering

Law enforcement agencies announced on Wednesday a litany of charges against 33 people — including 27 who were allegedly associated with a Russian crime syndicate. Authorities said the indictment represents one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a vor v zakonei — a Russian phrase that translates roughly as "thief-in-law."

June 9, 2017

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Baltimore Sends 46 Plainclothes Officers to Patrol in Wake of Racketeering Indictments

The Baltimore Police Department has disbanded its primary plainclothes enforcement unit, sending 46 officers to patrol in the continued fallout from the federal racketeering indictment of a high-profile gun squad.

March 8, 2017

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Baltimore Officer Charged in Racketeering Case, New Accusations Raised

A federal judge rejected a proposed home detention and monitoring program for one of the seven Baltimore Police officers charged in a racketeering indictment, saying he could not trust the officer to abide by any conditions.

March 7, 2017

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AZ Senate OKs Racketeering Charges for Riots

The Arizona Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that makes participating in or helping organize a protest that turns into a riot an offense that could lead to criminal racketeering charges.

February 24, 2017

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Rioting Could Lead to Racketeering Charges Under AZ Senate Plan

Participating in or being near a riot could lead to prosecution on felony racketeering charges and property seizures under a proposal advanced by an Arizona Senate committee Thursday.

February 3, 2017

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Whitey Bulger Convicted of Murders, Racketeering

Whitey Bulger was convicted Monday of racketeering and conspiracy by a Boston jury that found he committed 11 murders and a raft other crimes as an iron-fisted crime boss.

August 11, 2013