Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Not Your Father's Mafia

Nor Hollywood's....

"Investigators, legal observers, and court records describe an organization that continues to erode, as made members and associates abandon the code of silence and cooperate with investigators. The younger crop is addicted to drugs, and the older, wiser members have either died or have gone to jail, officials said.

“This is not your father’s Mafia,’’ said Massachusetts State Police Detective Lieutenant Stephen P. Johnson, who oversees organized crime investigations as head of the Special Service Section...

He said that law enforcement has been able to suppress the workings of the Mafia to the point their crimes are minimal....

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Related: The Russian-Israeli Mafia: Off-limits to FBI, US intelligence

Boston Globe Protecting Jewish Mafia

This the front-page focus on minimal crimes.