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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1971
Page
9
In the early 1900s the Mafia pulled members from high risk retail and smuggling to finance heroin purchases and manage low risk sale operations. The shift reduced drug arrests as other groups moved in to fill the vacuum, including Cuban, Latin American, Puerto Rican, and Canadian groups.
Washington reports Rep. James Stanton and Rep. Jill Seiberling accused the Justice Department of withholding federal crime-fighting money from major cities due to state red tape. They proposed a supplemental bill to channel 82.5 million yearly to 56 large urban areas, plus counties, with local control and no Washington or state directives.
New York detective Edward Egan, who portrayed a hard nosed cop in a film based on a real case, was charged with withholding small quantities of confiscated drugs and equipment in 22 cases. He also faces departmental charges for failing to appear as a prosecution witness. a guilty finding could demote him from patrolman before retirement on December 2.
A chilling look at how high profits from illegal drugs fuel global crime networks. The article notes Cuban and Latin American groups forming powerful outfits, a South American leader Liis Steppenberg facing a $15 million bail, and a wave of arrests in March 1971. It traces heroin from Turkish poppy fields to U.S. streets, detailing mid‑level and wholesale steps, front men, international labs in France, and the vast profits sustaining mob influence. It emphasizes the ongoing cross‑border operations and the dominance of organized crime in the heroin trade.
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