Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't most bookmaking and loansharking busts intertwined with extortion and threats of physical violence or worse?

And what of the knock-on effect the sale of drugs has in terms of urban crime?

Aces, you mentioned in a previous post how Merlino commissioned the sale of guns!

I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.