Thursday morning the FBI arrested 127 alleged mobsters throughout the northeast, in areas such as New York City, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The many who were arrested were connected to crimes involving murder, narcotics, and extortion. The huge number of individuals arrested made this the FBI's largest crackdown in its entire history. Some of the major mob families that had members arrested were the "Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno, Colombo and DeCavalcante." Those arrested from the families were largely leaders of them. Arrests were made with much help from former mob members who recorded hours upon hours of conversations with mob leaders. Over the past ten years, families in the mafia have been losing their success because more and more people who had been involved with the mafia have come forward and given information to authorities.
Wow. There were so many people arrested all at once! That is great! Organized crime is one of those crimes that people are so afraid to report to authorities because of the risk of becoming a target of mafia families. It is also impressive that the overall success of mafia families has been steadily decreasing over the past decade. Hopefully that trend continues and more arrests can be made to eliminate the amount of organized crime throughout the country.
Source: BBC News - "FBI charges 127 alleged mobsters in north-east US"
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