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FBI Task Force Cracks Down on 2 Gangs in Milwaukee
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI teamed up with police to crack down on gang activity in Milwaukee, resulting in eight search warrants and more than a dozen arrests beginning just after dawn Tuesday. The MPD-FBI Gang Task Force recovered 10 guns, drugs and tens of thousands of dollars in alleged drug money, the Milwaukee…
Motorcycle Gangs Involved in Deadly Shootout in Waco Are Known Outlaws
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some of the motorcycle gangs involved in Sunday’s shootout in Waco, Texas, are dangerous criminal organizations, the USA Today reports. Among those involved were the Bandidos and Cossacks, both of whom are known as outlaw biker gangs and “pose a serious national domestic threat.” They’re among what the FBI dubs outlaw…
One of Largest-Ever Crackdowns on Gangs Nets Nearly 1,000 Arrests
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s being billed as one of the largest crackdowns on gangs. Federal agents arrested about 1,000 accused gang members across 282 cities in the past few months, The Christian Science Monitor reports. The six-week crackdown, “Project Wildfire,” involved 239 gangs. Project Wildfire is “one of the largest operations we’ve ever conducted…
Detroit’s Top FBI Agent Paul Abbate Talks About ISIS, Gangs, Corporate Espionage and Violence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Paul M. Abbate arrived in Detroit last fall to take over the local FBI office, days after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got a hefty 28-year prison sentence. Kilpatrick was whisked away in handcuffs. But the scent of corruption lingered, and Abbate suddenly found himself heading up an FBI office, where public corruption investigations continue to…