We are in a time period where people realize the government is corrupt and the media is used to sell nonsense to the people, yet we are quoting and speculating on news paper articles.
If there is no "Organized Crime" there is no "Organized Crime" task force and then the "Organized Crime" tasks force looses their cushy job and have to go chase terrorists. So what do you do? You put together a story with more gaping holes than a kardashian, and wait for people to chirp about it on their spare time while other people are busy working.
if anyone was an expert on this lifestyle and what this individual is doing, you'd realize the only reason for the Govt trying to build him up to put him away is because he is peaceful. That's bad for the "Organized crime" task force business. They'd rather everything play out like a gangster movie and let repeat murderers and drug dealers back out on the streets. This isn't rocket science this is a business question for all of the scholars on this forum. If you're in the business of putting away "Criminals" do you want peace? Or do you want chaos so you're guaranteed a job?