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Cigar-Chomping-Mob Fighting Detroit Fed Prosecutor Keith Corbett Calling it Quits

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He may not be one of kind, but he’s the last of a kind. Cigar chomping, Notre Dame fan, Corbett was a fixture in Detroit in the fight against the mob. By David Ashenfelter Detroit Free Press DETROIT — The federal prosecutor who helped break the Detroit Mafia is calling it quits. Keith Corbett, 59,…

Disastrous Real Estate Market Even Hurting Feds Efforts to Sell Seized Properties In Criminal Cases

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There’s not much that the disastrous real estate market hasn’t impacted. Now we see it’s even hurting the feds ability to sell seized properties. By Ed White Associated Press DETROIT – Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation. The first attempt fizzled when Clarence Carson died shortly after…