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Organized crime and car theft in Los Santos

Steven Bujwid

 

In light of several murders that are linked to organized crime in Los Santos, for instance the Pacific Bluffs shootout, which left more than a dozen of organized crime figures dead following an intense firefight, federal officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have undertaken significant efforts to increase surveillance and prosecutions in what they perceive is a meteoric rise in organized crime activity.

 

A senior investigator with the FBI, who wished to remain anonymous, revealed that several organized crime figures from New York, Florida and Michigan have established themselves in Los Santos and have begun building a car theft ring. Along with surveillance and investigations that reveal that several car theft rings do operate in the city, insurance claims for stolen vehicles that are not recovered have increased significantly as well, a hallmark of organized car theft. 

 

While gambling, drug trafficking and extortion are more closely associated with the American Mafia, multiple officials and authors state that car theft rings are rapidly becoming a popular racket and activity for mobsters. In 2002, reputed Genovese captain Ernest Varacalli was sentenced to 10 years in prison following a successful investigation and prosecution into what the Brooklyn District Attorney's office estimate to be the largest car theft operation in recent years.

 

This increase in organized car theft mirrors the increase in organized crime activity overall, with several New York families and Eurasian organizations establishing strong footholds in Los Santos. Federal officials believe that individuals related to Varacalli along with the Philadelphia mob and the Detroit Partnership have moved to Los Santos and have constructed solid car theft networks and have become a significant factor in the city's car theft increase. 

 

OOC footnote: The objective of this thread is to showcase the establishment and rebuilding of a car theft ring that operates within the Martorano Organized Crime group, whose activities have been jeopardized significantly by the latest Martorano-ETOC conflict. 

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Edited July 23, 2021 by Hadrian

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While several groups, such as the Mizrahi Brothers and various Eurasian organizations, have either been demolished or left town after the deadly underworld conflict, several associates and members of the Los Santos La Cosa Nostra began expanding and building lucrative networks to finance their operations' return. It appears as if they had learned from their past and began establishing networks with street-level criminals and thieves, with the objective of increasing their efficiency and their presence on the street. 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2021 by Hadrian

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In contrast to most organized crime groups in Los Santos that focus solely around narcotics and firearms trafficking, it appears that traditional Italian-American organized crime figures have once again infiltrated various legitimate industries to increase their profitability. While the recent war, which left dozens of organized crime figures dead on the streets of Los Santos, may have given the impression that the Los Santos La Cosa Nostra was severely weakned, reports from anonymous investigators from both the Sheriff's Department and the Police Department state the opposite. 

In fact, it appears that the West Coast mob, which has ties to the five families of New York along with the Philadelphia crime family, is currently thriving. Reputed Colombo soldier, Angelo Sisca, whose position within the Los Santos group is unknown at this moment, has recently been elected as president of Local 66, the union that registers longshoremen and holds influence over the Los Santos Port. 

While officials have always maintained that the Los Santos crime group has always had a solid grip and influence over the port, they now believe that the criminal organization has solidified their grip on the 300-billion-a-year transit, which will allow them to facilitate various rackets, such as narcotics and firearms trafficking, contract bidding and stolen vehicle trafficking.

A recent internal report for the Western Association of Insurers reveals a sharp increase in vehicle theft in the area. Moreover, a recent operation, conducted jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA), Italy's anti-mafia investigative body, seized over a hundred stolen cars, with five of them having been stolen and exported from Los Santos. The shipping manifesto for the exporting and receiving entreprises were filed under false names and addresses, with operatives within both ports being responsible for tampering with the shipping manifesto and labels to incorporate the stolen vehicles on the ship. 

 

 

 

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