That's what I'm pointing at in the general sense. Street Gangs vary greatly as we both know but there is a common pattern of white collar crimes amongst their activities currently. Truthfully I'm speaking strictly of Chicago street orgs since they've started slightly more diverse and organized than L.A gangs. You know the history and the fact is before or during the time in which they entrenched themselves in the drug trade , main activities was all type of Theft & Extortion/Protection, along with the opportunity of Misappropriation. Albeit, not everybody involve in these activities at once but nonetheless some are diverse schemers.

If the police could display a graph of crimes committed by Chicago gang members collectively then we would see the percentage arrested for white collar crimes. Recall my posts on those arrested for Policy and other forms of gambling from a Chicago website and the locations were in/around current gang turfs. Note I'm not stating an secretive gambling operation being overlook or syndicate style like the Policy Kings. It's just perculiar that these type of arrests doesn't make side news and we don't know who these individual racketeers identity .

12 St Players. Hmmmm connections to politics and selectively small. They could have links to the Outfit as well.

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