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Crime Beat: A Decade Of Covering Cops And KillersGus Alex, an aging, reputed leader of the Chicago mob known as The OutО¬Ѓt, has a Fort Lauderdale address. So did Chicago mob boss Jackie Cerrone until he was imprisoned recently. And so on. БЂњOrganized crime is a growth industry and there is money to be made in Broward County,БЂ« explains MIU Detective Curt Stuart. БЂњIt is safe to say we have seen the interest of all 28 of the nationБЂ™s organized crime families here.БЂ« What that means is that the Open Territory is like few other places where traditional organized crime is found. БЂњIn a city up north, law enforcement has to know the members of maybe one or two crime families,БЂ« says Sgt. Ken Staab, an MIU supervisor. БЂњDown here we have to know all the families because weБЂ™ve got them all.БЂ« And thatБЂ™s why there is an MIU. Twice in the early 1980s, grand juries evaluating efforts to stop organized crime in Broward concluded that the law enforcement structure seemed ideally suited for the expansion of organized crime. Investigations were undermanned, efforts fragmented along lines of departmental jurisdictions and jealousies ...» |
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