Mafia profits shift to lower risk drug operations
The Mafia pulled members from high risk retail and smuggling to finance purchases and low risk wholesale drug trades. By the early 1980s arrests dropped, as Cuban Latin American and other gangs filled the market. Leader Tu is Steppenberg earned a record 1.5 million after indictment and died awaiting trial. heroin flows from Turkish poppy fields through France to the United States, with complex, lucrative trafficking networks keeping the illegal market robust.
Demos accuse red tape of stalling crime funds
Two Democratic congressmen charged state red tape blocks federal crime-fighting money to big cities. Reps. Stanton and Seiberling urged direct $362.5 million yearly for 56 high crime urban areas, bypassing LEAA distribution limits, with local councils deciding spending.
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French Connection cop charged in drug case
New York UPI report says narcotics detective Edward Egan, the real life model for The French Connection, is charged with withholding small quantities of seized drugs and equipment in 22 cases. He also faces departmental charges for failing to appear as a witness. a failed appearance led to a dismissed case. If guilty, he could be demoted to patrolman.
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