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Reg
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Crimin
nologist connects Mafiaa with Chicaggo street gangs professsor John Haged
dorn has studie
ed gangs for o
over three decaades. But he w
was forced to rethink much of what he knew about a
gangs while w
researching and writin
ng his latest book, TThe In$ane Chicago Way. Th
he book was developed after three years o
of interviews with a soldier from C
Chicago’s Mafiaa, also known as the Outfit. Hagedorn’s so
ource dishes on a co
overt 1990s plan by Chicago
o gangs to esttablish a Latin
no Mafia modeeled after Al Caponee’s mob. Hageedorn said the
e organization of Latino gan
ngs, called Spanish Growth and Deevelopment (SG
GD), was form
med by 17 Latiin Folks gangs, including thee C‐Note$, a group h
he describes as a Grand Ave
enue‐based “m
minor league” tteam of the Outfit. “Their role waas to attempt to channel this new forrm under thee Outfit’s influ
uence,” said Hagedo
orn, professor of criminology, law and jusstice, who said
d he’d never heard h
of the plan un
ntil informed b
by his tipster. TThe book augm
ments the disggruntled inform
mant’s perspecctive with secrret documents and interview
ws of top lead
ders, court reccords and med
dia reports. Haagedorn talked
d to city gang lleaders, who aagreed there w
was plenty of m
money to be m
made for everybody involveed. From those
e discussions, aa similar questtion arose. Wh
hy didn’t the pllan work? “Th
hese gangs form
m families and
d are contend
ding for power,” Hagedorn e
explained. “Th
hey also rely on
n police corrup
ption.” The grroup’s demise was sealed w
when a “war off the familiess,” or factionall struggle for power, led to a shooting shorrtly after a gang‐organized peeace conferencce, he said. The incident wass the final strraw for the Ou
utfit, which witthdrew from the endeavor. The In$ane Ch
hicago Way reports on the rrole of police ccorruption and the differen
nces between Latino, black aand white ganggs, and their reelationship to o
organized crim
me. Hagedorn tells the story of how the 19
990s shaped the nature of gang organizaations today. H
He details how
w organized gan
ng wars, led byy incarcerated gang chiefs, produced homicide rates in
n the 1990s that were doublle current leveels. Gang lead
ders lack autho
ority to stop violence ‐ “The wars didn’t en
nd because of any new po
olice tactics, bu
ut rather they e
exhausted and
d fractured the gangs and bro
oke the hold off the old gang leaders,” he exxplained. “Tod
day’s black gang members particularly are rebellious even e
against their t
old gang chiefs.” Shoo
otings today are a more spon
ntaneous, and less controlled, which maakes them morre dangerous, Hagedorn said
d. “Young meen hand out viiolent street ju
ustice as retaliation since po
olice can’t seeem to find thee actual offend
ders,” he said. “Gang leaders today simply d
do not have th
he legitimacy, o
organization or authority to sstop the sho
ootings.” The current violen
nce problem in
n Chicago is prredominantly aabout race, no
ot gangs, guns,, laws or carteels, Hagedorn ssaid. While asserting a
that an easy answ
wer to reduce violence v
doesn
n’t exist, he co
ontends any plan p
must be based b
on a steeep investmen
nt in African American com
mmunities. “C
Chicago’s lead
ders must address the city’ss legacy of raccism in emplo
oyment, housin
ng, education and policingg,” he said. “Th
he best way to prevent violen
nce is to provid
de hope to the desperate und
derclass of African Americans in our city.”
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Grand Jury Issues 106 Indictments For Deadly Waco Biker Shootout DALLAS, Nov 10 (Reuters) ‐ A Texas grand jury issued indictments on Tuesday to 106 people for engaging in organized crime in connection with the May shootout among rival bikers that left nine dead and led to mass arrests. Out of the 177 people arrested at the May 17 battle at Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in Waco, 71 cases were not presented to the grand jury on Tuesday and will be heard at a later date, said McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna. "We're not done. We still have a lot of work to do," Reyna told reporters after the jury was dismissed. The grand jury proceedings were not open to the public. A judge has put in place a gag order, which has limited comment. Under Texas law, attorneys for the remaining defendants not indicted after 180 days can request that initial charges be dismissed and bond restrictions removed. Suspects can still be formally charged later. Lawyers for the bikers have been critical of the Waco Police Department and state authorities for the mass arrests, carbon‐copy warrant affidavits and initial bond of $1 million each. Some bikers have blamed police for escalating the violence. The nine killed all died from gunshot wounds, preliminary autopsies showed. Waco authorities have been mostly silent on the accusations, citing the gag order, but have said there was probable cause for every arrest and that officers did not fire indiscriminately into the crowd. Matthew Clendennen, 30, a member of the Scimitars Motorcycle Club, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Waco and McLennan County, with allegations that he was wrongfully jailed and his landscaping business has suffered since his arrest. It was not known if he was among those indicted on Tuesday. "I heard gunshots and saw a verbal altercation but beyond that, I was just there," Clendennen said. Surveillance video inside Twin Peaks shows scores of people ducking for cover, with a few men brandishing handguns and firing shots. Law enforcement officials have said officers fired a total of 12 rounds during the melee. It is still unknown whether any of those bullets struck any of the dead or wounded during the fight that took place on the restaurant's patio and spilled into two parking lots. Waco Police said nearly 500 weapons were found at the scene, including knives, brass knuckles, batons, tomahawks, chains with padlocks, stun guns, pepper spray and firearms. (Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Lisa Shumaker) For further info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/waco‐biker‐shootout‐indictments_5642b080e4b045bf3decf0d8 For Official Use Only For Official Use Only International
Pakistan‐based money ‘launderer’ Altaf Khanani arrested in US WASHINGTON (Web Desk) – The United States has slapped sanctions on a Pakistan‐based group and its affiliate in Dubai, which have ties with outfits like the Lashkar‐e‐Taiba (LeT) and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, for laundering money for criminals and their political affiliates. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control yesterday designated the Altaf Khanani Money Laundering Organisation (Khanani MLO) pursuant to Executive Order 13581, which targets transnational criminal organisations (TCOs) and their supporters. According to details, Khanani known for links with Lashkar‐e‐Taiba, Dawood Ibrahim, al‐Qaeda and Jaish‐e‐Mohammed, the Khanani MLO launders illicit funds for organised crime groups, drug trafficking organisations, and designated terrorist groups throughout the world. Additionally, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Dubai‐
based money services business Al Zarooni Exchange under Executive Order (E.O.) 13581 for being owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Khanani MLO, and for materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the Khanani MLO. As a result of Friday’s action, any property in the United States, or in the possession or control of US persons, in which the Khanani MLO or Al Zarooni Exchange has an interest, are blocked, and US persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The Khanani MLO is a TCO composed of individuals and entities operating under the supervision of Pakistani national Altaf Khanani, whom the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested this September. The Khanani MLO facilitates illicit money movement between Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other countries, and is responsible for laundering billions of dollars in organized crime proceeds annually. For further info: http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/us‐sanctions‐pakistan‐based‐money‐launderer‐altaf‐khanani/ For Official Use Only For Official Use Only INFORMATION SHARING
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SAFETY
On the above date a male, white, bald, between the age of 31‐ 40 entered the REI in Oakbrrok and selected 7‐9 coats, proceeded out the door and the EAS towers sounded. A tan Mercedes SUV driven by a white, female, blonde was waiting for him right outside the doors. Deanna Lawton
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Phone: (630) 518-8887
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only A total of 8 subjects entered the Victoria’s Secret store at Roosevelt Collection Mall and proceed to walk around the front PINK room. One of the subjects grabs PINK merchandise from the wall and shelving unit and all of the subjects then run towards the exit, grabbing merchandise as they exit. The subjects exit the store with $4361.85 in merchandise without attempting to pay. AAF, 5'5", SLIM BUILD, CARRYING A WHITE LOUIS VUITTON BAG, WEARING GREY LEGGINGS AND A BLUE TEE AND BLACK ZIP UP JACKET AAM, 6'0", SLIM BUILD, WEARING A LEATHER BLACK AND BLUE BASKETBALL JACKET AAM, 6'0", SLIM BUILD, SOME FACIAL HAIR, WEARING CAMO‐PRINT PANTS, BLACK ZIP UP JACKET AAF, 5'5", LONG BLACK HAIR, WEARING A PINK JACKET AAM, 6'0", SLIM BUILD, WEARING BLACK JEANS AND BLACK JACKET, WHITE SHOES AAM, 6'0", SLIM BUILD, WEARING A BASEBALL CAP, AND A HOODED FULL ZIP JACKET Jason Dickson
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Phone: (614) 415-3600
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only From 7/11/2015‐7/23/2015, the above unknown female suspect purported herself to be my victim and withdrew nearly $25,000 from the victim's bank account. The suspect utilized identifications from New Jersey and Indiana. All transactions took place at Chase Bank, 16767 Torrence Avenue, Lansing, IL. The victim resides in the west suburbs and was pick‐
pocketed in Chicago in June. Any assistance in identifying the suspect would be appreciated. Det. M. Hynek #332, 708‐895‐
7156 [email protected] Mike Hynek
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Phone: 7088957150
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only The subject pictured in the attached has been breaking into our locked electronics cases as well as cutting security devices. His MO is to remove a bag from the shelf and fill it with anything electronic (PlayStations, FitBit watches, Go Pro etc). We have seen him in 3 of our locations; Melrose Park, Homer Glen as well as Bolingbrook. We believe the subject is driving a newer silver Subaru BRZ and it appears he is acting alone. We do not have plate information at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call Andrea Hess 630‐360‐4915. Andrea Hess
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Phone: 6303604915
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only Suspects enter the store go to our fragrance department select numerous fragrance boxes and conceal them in their bags/purses. Suspects leave the store as soon as associate approaches. Approximate total loss as of this time from Bolingbrook, Wheaton and Downers Grove $5500. Sabine Engelby
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Phone: (847)710-1796
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only Trends, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Within this section, emerging trends, tactics, techniques, and procedures will be updated. If you have pertinent information regarding this subject, please forward the information to [email protected]. Any information regarding potential threats to law enforcement officers, military personnel, and/or security personnel should be forwarded to your local police department immediately via emergency 9‐1‐1. Current trends require these threats be taken seriously. Stay Safe! How Gun Traffickers Get
Around State Gun Laws
In California, some gun smugglers use FedEx. In Chicago, smugglers drive just across the state line into
Indiana, buy a gun and drive back. In Orlando, Fla., smugglers have been known to fill a $500 car with
guns and send it on a ship to crime rings in Puerto Rico.
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only In response to mass shootings in the last few years, more than 20 states, including some of the nation’s
biggest, have passed new laws restricting how people can buy and carry guns. Yet the effect of those laws
has been significantly diluted by a thriving underground market for firearms brought from states with
few restrictions.
About 50,000 guns are found to be diverted to criminals across state lines every year, federal
data shows, and many more are likely to cross state lines undetected.
In New York and New Jersey, which have some of the strictest laws in the country, more than two-thirds
of guns tied to criminal activity were traced to out-of-state purchases in 2014. Many were brought in via
the so-called Iron Pipeline, made up of Interstate 95 and its tributary highways, from Southern states
with weaker gun laws, like Virginia, Georgia and Florida.
A handgun used in the killing of two Brooklyn officers last year was traced to a pawnshop just south of
Atlanta. A revolver used in a fatal shooting of an officer in Queens in May was traced to a roadside
pawnshop, also in Georgia, about 100 miles from Atlanta. And a handgun used to kill an officer in East
Harlem last month was traced to South Carolina.
“We’re trying to deal with it, but we have a spigot that’s wide open down there and we don’t have a
national or local ability to shut that spigot down at the moment,” said the New York City police
commissioner, William J. Bratton, as he announced an indictment against gun traffickers last week.
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only The economics are straightforward: A low-quality handgun that sells for $100 in an Atlanta store might
sell for $500 or $600 in New York City, researchers say — and it can be transported cheaply. By
contrast, the majority of guns used in crimes in Texas, Georgia and other states with more lenient gun
laws are purchased in-state.
The New York Times examined gun trafficking by analyzing nine years of data compiled by the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as an index of state gun laws developed by
researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
Law enforcement officials express frequent frustration that they are not able to track every gun that
crosses state lines, which means the estimates here are conservative. When the police do recover a gun
tied to criminal activity, typically after an arrest, they can trace the gun to where it was last sold through
a federally licensed dealer.
Chicago offers perhaps the starkest example of trafficking. There are no retail gun dealers within city
limits, because Chicago has some of the tightest municipal gun regulations. Yet bringing a gun into
Chicago can be as simple as driving less than an hour to a gun show in Indiana, where private sales are
not recorded and do not require a background check.
“If you’re in the city of Chicago on the South Side, you may be closer to Indiana than you are to the
Magnificent Mile,” said Roseanna Ander, executive director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab,
referring to a well-known part of Chicago’s downtown.
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only Many guns follow a complex path from the original sale to the underground market. Most guns are
originally bought from retail stores, but people who can’t pass a background check typically obtain guns
from friends, family or illegal dealers.
According to an anonymous survey of inmates in Cook County, Ill., covering 135 guns they had access to,
only two had been purchased directly from a gun store. Many inmates reported obtaining guns from
friends who had bought them legally and then reported them stolen, or from locals who had brought the
guns from out of state.
One inmate said, “Some people get on a train and bring them back, can be up to five or six guns,
depending on how much risk they want to take.”
Some larger traffickers use more elaborate techniques. Buying a gun in Puerto Rico requires an
expensive permit and a lengthy application process, but Florida has no such restrictions. Traffickers in
Orlando tied to organized gangs in Puerto Rico send guns in the mail, through FedEx, or even encased
in cars that travel by ship to the island.
“They’ll buy a $500 car and stuff it with as many guns as possible,” said Carlos Gonzalez, an agent with
the Miami division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only Federal agents and postal inspectors have caught some traffickers, leading to modified techniques, such
as shipping guns in newer, more expensive cars or mailing guns from Jacksonville, Fla., instead of
Orlando. Stopping such smuggling is logistically hard. “If the U.S. Postal Service were to screen every
single package that entered into Puerto Rico, it would bring the economy to a halt,” Mr. Gonzalez said.
Most gun trafficking patterns have remained remarkably constant over time. But some researchers
point to a significant shift in Missouri as evidence that changes to one state’s laws can have broad
implications.
Before 2007, Missouri required gun buyers to get a state permit and to undergo background checks on
private sales, two restrictions strongly associated with states that provide fewer guns to interstate
traffickers, according to research by Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun
Policy and Research. At the time, nearly half of the guns used in crimes and recovered in Missouri were
traced to other states, largely from neighboring Kansas and Illinois.
But when Missouri relaxed its gun control laws in 2007, the flow started to change. The number of guns
traced to other states decreased, while the number of guns from within Missouri increased to nearly
three-quarters.
For Official Use Only For Official Use Only Note: State gun strictness shown in maps is based on work by researchers at Johns Hopkins University
that examined whether states require licenses to purchase handguns, regulate private handgun sales,
require gun owners to report theft or loss, strongly regulate gun dealers and ban junk guns that do not
meet certain design and safety standards. Guns shown include those illegally possessed, used in a
crime or suspected to have been used in a crime.
Sources: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (gun traces); Daniel Webster, Johns
Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research (gun laws); “Sources of guns to dangerous people: What
we learn by asking them,” Philip J. Cook, Susan T. Parker and Harold A. Pollack (underground gun
sources).
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/12/us/gun-traffickers-smuggling-state-gun-laws.html?_r=0
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