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MS-13 National Gang Task Force
Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, continues to expand its influence in the United States. FBI investigations reveal that it is present in almost every state and continues to grow its membership, now targeting younger recruits more than ever before.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs/gangs_ms13taskforce
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Raza Unida prison gang members and associates were indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges in Operation Lunar Eclipse. More
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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs/success
San Antonio: The Texas Mexican Mafia
Operation Deception, a joint investigation with the FBI, DEA, the Bexar County Sheriffs Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice focused on the Texas Mexican Mafia operating in San Antonio. The Texas Mexican Mafia is engaged in smuggling, narcotics distribution, murder, and extortion. Information discerned via the investigation led to the recovery of the bodies of two murder victims. To date, the investigation has resulted in 62 arrests and 39 indictments in 2003 and 2004.
San Diego: The Mexican Mafia (La Eme)
Operation La Mano Negra targeted the Mexican Mafia operating in Southern California. This two year joint investigation by the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, San Diego County Probation, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, and the San Diego Police Department was initiated by a source within the Mexican Mafia in the San Diego area. Eventually, the investigation identified 527 members or associates of the Mexican Mafia. The investigation also included 25 evidence purchases of weapons and drugs and 27 search warrants. The investigation to date has resulted in 37 federal indictments, 35 state indictments, and the indictment of the highest ranking Mexican Mafia gang member in San Diego.
Tampa : The Almighty Latin Kings (ALKN)
Operation Down Crown, a joint FBI/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigation, targeted the Almighty Latin Kings in the Tampa area. Intelligence derived from investigation indicated that members of the ALKN were trafficking large amounts of drugs, especially ecstasy. The investigation targeted three ALKN members in particular: the Tampa "First Crown" ALKN leader; the "Second Crown"; and the "Enforcer. To date the investigation has resulted in 25 arrests and 21 indictments.
Detroit : The Chaldean Mafia
The Chaldean Mafia, composed predominantly of Iraqi nationals, operated a narcotics distribution network moving drugs from Phoenix and San Diego to Detroit. Involved in violent crimes such as homicide, assault, kidnaping, armed robbery, and arson, the gang used intimidation and brutal force to move the narcotics and collect drug proceeds. The work of the Detroit Metropolitan Violent Crime Task Forcewith representatives from the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the Detroit Police Department; the Michigan State Police Department; and the Wayne County Sheriffs Officeresulted in the conviction of 111 subjects and the seizure of $5.3 million, 6.5 tons of marijuana, 25 kilograms of cocaine, five pounds of crystal methamphetamine, and 78 firearms.
Boston : The Almighty Latin King/Queen Nation (ALKQN)
Operation Dethrone was an investigation by the Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force, consisting of the FBI, the Chicopee Police Department, the Hampden County Sheriffs Department, the Holyoke Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, the Springfield Police Department, and the West Springfield Police Department. The first phase of the investigation, targeting the Lawrence chapter of the ALKQN, was converted to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force/High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (OCDETF/HIDTA) interagency case involving numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. After the significant disruption of the Lawrence chapter in February 2004, information provided by cooperating defendants led to the significant disruption of the Springfield chapter in June 2005. Fifty-seven ALKQN members have been indicted.
Denver : The Gallant Knights Insane (GKI)
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force investigated crack cocaine and firearms trafficking by the GKI street gang, responsible for homicides, drive-by shootings, aggravated assaults, home invasions, and robberies. Law enforcement officers from the FBI, the Adams County Sheriff's Office, the Aurora Police Department, the Colorado Department of Corrections, the Denver Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office executed 56 search warrants, secured 47 indictments, and seized 26 firearms, as well as two pipe bombs, in their efforts to dismantle the gang.
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FBI Highlighting Recent FBI Gang Investigations
Washington, D.C. June 04, 2009
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MS-13 National Gang Task Force
Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, continues to expand its influence in the United States. FBI investigations reveal that it is present in almost every state and continues to grow its membership, now targeting younger recruits more than ever before.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs/gangs_ms13taskforce
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Raza Unida prison gang members and associates were indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges in Operation Lunar Eclipse. More
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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs/success
San Antonio: The Texas Mexican Mafia
Operation Deception, a joint investigation with the FBI, DEA, the Bexar County Sheriffs Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice focused on the Texas Mexican Mafia operating in San Antonio. The Texas Mexican Mafia is engaged in smuggling, narcotics distribution, murder, and extortion. Information discerned via the investigation led to the recovery of the bodies of two murder victims. To date, the investigation has resulted in 62 arrests and 39 indictments in 2003 and 2004.
San Diego: The Mexican Mafia (La Eme)
Operation La Mano Negra targeted the Mexican Mafia operating in Southern California. This two year joint investigation by the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, San Diego County Probation, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, and the San Diego Police Department was initiated by a source within the Mexican Mafia in the San Diego area. Eventually, the investigation identified 527 members or associates of the Mexican Mafia. The investigation also included 25 evidence purchases of weapons and drugs and 27 search warrants. The investigation to date has resulted in 37 federal indictments, 35 state indictments, and the indictment of the highest ranking Mexican Mafia gang member in San Diego.
Tampa : The Almighty Latin Kings (ALKN)
Operation Down Crown, a joint FBI/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigation, targeted the Almighty Latin Kings in the Tampa area. Intelligence derived from investigation indicated that members of the ALKN were trafficking large amounts of drugs, especially ecstasy. The investigation targeted three ALKN members in particular: the Tampa "First Crown" ALKN leader; the "Second Crown"; and the "Enforcer. To date the investigation has resulted in 25 arrests and 21 indictments.
Detroit : The Chaldean Mafia
The Chaldean Mafia, composed predominantly of Iraqi nationals, operated a narcotics distribution network moving drugs from Phoenix and San Diego to Detroit. Involved in violent crimes such as homicide, assault, kidnaping, armed robbery, and arson, the gang used intimidation and brutal force to move the narcotics and collect drug proceeds. The work of the Detroit Metropolitan Violent Crime Task Forcewith representatives from the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the Detroit Police Department; the Michigan State Police Department; and the Wayne County Sheriffs Officeresulted in the conviction of 111 subjects and the seizure of $5.3 million, 6.5 tons of marijuana, 25 kilograms of cocaine, five pounds of crystal methamphetamine, and 78 firearms.
Boston : The Almighty Latin King/Queen Nation (ALKQN)
Operation Dethrone was an investigation by the Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force, consisting of the FBI, the Chicopee Police Department, the Hampden County Sheriffs Department, the Holyoke Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, the Springfield Police Department, and the West Springfield Police Department. The first phase of the investigation, targeting the Lawrence chapter of the ALKQN, was converted to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force/High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (OCDETF/HIDTA) interagency case involving numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. After the significant disruption of the Lawrence chapter in February 2004, information provided by cooperating defendants led to the significant disruption of the Springfield chapter in June 2005. Fifty-seven ALKQN members have been indicted.
Denver : The Gallant Knights Insane (GKI)
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force investigated crack cocaine and firearms trafficking by the GKI street gang, responsible for homicides, drive-by shootings, aggravated assaults, home invasions, and robberies. Law enforcement officers from the FBI, the Adams County Sheriff's Office, the Aurora Police Department, the Colorado Department of Corrections, the Denver Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office executed 56 search warrants, secured 47 indictments, and seized 26 firearms, as well as two pipe bombs, in their efforts to dismantle the gang.
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FBI Highlighting Recent FBI Gang Investigations
Washington, D.C. June 04, 2009
- FBI National Press Office(202) 324-3691
As our communities are exposed to higher levels of crime and violence, the FBI, along with local, state, and federal partners, are responding with an even greater measure of significant law enforcement action, according to Assistant Director Kenneth W. Kaiser, FBI Criminal Investigative Division. The goal is to take these violent offenders off the streets and make our neighborhoods safer.
A selection of recent press releases from 2009 listed below reflects how law enforcement is disrupting and dismantling these violent gangs:
- On 01/12/2009, 10 members and associates of the Florencia 13 (F13) street gang were convicted on federal criminal charges, including racketeering and narcotics distribution. They were among 102 defendants named in four indictments in 2007 as part of Operation Jokers Wild. More
- On 02/13/2009, Operation Keys to the City led to 36 defendants charged with federal racketeering conspiracy, firearm offenses and drug trafficking violations. The year-long investigation targeted the criminal activities of the Mexican Mafia, Hispanic street gangs with ties to the Mexican Mafia, and the Mexico-based Arellano-Felix drug trafficking organization. More
- On 02/17/2009, a G-Mob gang member pled guilty in a nationwide, million-dollar bank fraud scheme. More
- On 03/07/2009, over 500 law enforcement personnel executed 29 search warrants, arrested 30 gang members and associates, and seized drugs, firearms, and vehicles in a massive sweep targeting the violent East Palo Alto/Menlo Park-based Taliban gang. More
- On 04/01/2009, the National President of the Devils Diciples [sic] Motorcycle Gang was indicted for being a violent felon in possession of body armor, and 17 other members were charged in related criminal complaints. More
- On 04/08/2009, 12 alleged members of the Puro Lil Mafia (PLM) street gang operating in Wichita Falls, Texas, were indicted on federal weapons and/or narcotics charges. More
- Weeks later, PLM gang leader Mauricio Diaz indicted on federal weapons and narcotics charges. More
- On 04/16/2009, the ringleader of a gang conspiracy to import and distribute multi-kilo quantities of methamphetamine from California to Louisiana received a life sentence in Lafayette, Louisiana. More
- On 04/22/2009, Oscar Omar Lobo-Lopez was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity, murder in aid of racketeering activity, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence causing death. More
- On 04/22/2009, two dozen individuals associated with the Mexican Mafia and other Hispanic street gangs were charged federally for their roles in a narcotics distribution ring operating in the San Fernando Valley. More
- On 04/23/2009, Raza Unida prison gang members and associates were indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges in Operation Lunar Eclipse. More
- On 05/20/2009, Michael Vasquez was sentenced to 111 months in federal prison for his role in a gang-related shooting that left a toddler seriously injured. More
- On 05/21/2009, approximately 1,400 law enforcement officers participated in the nations largest-ever gang sweep, arresting 88 individuals named in a federal RICO indictment that describes a war against the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, as well as systematic efforts to rid the community of African-Americans with a campaign of shootings and other attacks. The investigation into the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens gang began after the fatal shooting of Los Angeles Sheriffs Deputy Jerry Ortiz. The action was part of Operation Knock Out, which has led to the indictments of 147 defendants to date. More
- On 05/29/2009, eight Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation gang members pled guilty to a variety of charges, including drug conspiracy and weapons trafficking. More
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11.25.11FBIs Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 25, 2011
11.18.11FBIs Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 18, 2011
11.14.11FBI Releases 2010 Hate Crime Statistics
11.10.11FBIs Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 10, 2011
11.07.11Aaron T. Ford Named Special Agent in Charge of the FBIs Memphis Division
11.04.11FBIs Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 4, 2011
10.28.11FBIs Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 28, 2011
10.26.11Andrew Weissmann Appointed as FBIs General Counsel
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