Ruiz continued: "The Holy Crown League is a small gang in southern Italy, much smaller than the mafia, of course, with only one or two thousand people, and its main business is to smuggle goods, arms and drugs from Eastern Europe to Western Europe.

This kind of native Italian gang had nothing to do with us, but a little over a year ago, one of their leaders came to New York with a few people. We didn't notice them, they just organized some street thugs to form a small gang, but later the customs intercepted a smuggling boat, and we finally found them according to clues.

Because life is not good in Europe, the Holy Crown Alliance chose the United States as the destination for market development, and by the time we noticed them, the Holy Crown Alliance was already a small gang with dozens of people. ”

Ruiz paused for a moment, and then said: "To correct the statement, the mafia in a broad sense includes what we usually call the mafia and the Camorra, the Glorious Society, the Holy Crown League, and some other gangs in Italy, but in the United States, the mafia we usually refer to is the Kosa nostra, which only refers to this gang of people.

Have you seen the old movie "The Godfather" from the 70s? They are Kosa Nostra, or the mafia as we call them, and the other gangs are called by their respective names. ”

Jimmy: "It's complicated, they're both from Italy, and they're so clearly separated from each other?" ”

Ruiz: "Yes, they are not formed in the same way, some exist as families, some are small gang alliances, and they do not do business with each other. ”

Jimmy: "Well, there's so much of this stuff that I think I'll need to look at in the future." So what do we do now? ”

Ruiz: "Let's go to the monitoring team and see the current progress of the monitoring, you follow me first, I don't need you to do anything for the time being." ”

Jimmy nodded, leaned back in his chair, and asked no more questions.

This secondment is a bit problematic, Jimmy thought that it was now time to raid the gangsters, and they seconded themselves to come here to charge, and now it seems that they have not reached that stage, and they are still in the initial investigation stage, so why let themselves come?

Did the above decide to change your position? Transferred from Peter's group? I thought I was assigned to Peter's team because I wanted to exercise my case-handling ability, but now I have changed my mind?

Jimmy's mind was spinning, and he couldn't guess what it meant, so he could only take one step at a time.

Looking at the direction Ruiz cared, they were heading to the Bronx, here I had inquired with Jones before, there were a bunch of small gangs, according to Ruiz, the Holy Crown Alliance only came over more than a year ago, and it is estimated that only in this kind of place can we quickly find the right person, if they change to other districts, they will have been crushed by the big gangs now.

Ruiz parked the car on the side of the road, took Jimmy to the back of the surveillance car, knocked on the door, and the people inside opened the back door, and the two of them closed the door again after entering.

Ruiz's monitoring car is different from Peter's, Jones's monitoring car is a van, and Ruiz's monitoring car is a long-axle van, the whole car is painted black, the glass is all black film except for the front windshield, and a partition is pulled behind the driver's seat to prevent the inside of the car from being seen from the front.

Maybe to be inconspicuous, this van was not washed at all, and the outside was covered with mud and dust, and it looked very dirty, and if you didn't pay attention, you thought that the car had been parked on the side of the road for a long time.

Ruiz: "How's it going?" What's the catch? ”

Monitoring officer: "More than a dozen people have been recorded, and now the investigation is being conducted in the bureau, and the results have not yet been reported." ”

Ruiz: "Where's Moreau?" ”

Monitor: "It hasn't reappeared since I came back last night, and it should still be in the building, unless there's a secret passage we don't know about." ”

Ruiz: "Keep monitoring, apply for support if necessary, and stay safe." ”

With that, Ruiz pulled Jimmy out of the car, the height of the long bread compartment was limited, and if he didn't sit, he had to bend over, which was too uncomfortable.

After getting out of the car, the two stretched their bodies and returned to Ruiz's car, and then Ruiz drove away from the location of the surveillance car and came to a nearby parking lot to stop.

Ruiz: "Let's go out for a walk. ”

Ruiz and Jimmy walked out of the parking lot and walked slowly on the side of the road.

Ruiz: "Pay attention to the people around you, a lot of people here are gangs, and pay attention to the people around you, there are a lot of pickpockets. ”

Jimmy: "What's the point about these people's tattoos?" ”

Ruiz glanced at Jimmy, then turned to the front, "Of course, different gangs have different tattoos, and some of them are in obvious places, and some are in more hidden places. I'll give you some information about these later, and you can take a look at them more. ”

Ruiz saw a trash can on the side of the road and stood by and took out a cigarette case from his pocket.

"Try mine, Chinese cigarettes." Jimmy took out his cigarette case and lighter, the cigarette was still soft from Chinatown, but the export cigarette box also had disgusting pictures from the United States, and Jimmy also opened his cigarette case.

Ruiz took a puff and coughed lightly, it seemed that he was still not used to flue-cured cigarettes. Jimmy lit one too, and the two of them stood next to the dumpster smoking cigarettes, also observing the people around them.

It's still morning, and it doesn't seem like there are many people in those gangs at this time, maybe a lot of people haven't gotten up, and they're more used to being night owls.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, is there a person in charge of the Holy Crown League in New York now?" ”

Ruiz: "Well, Moro Savastano, according to intelligence, he shouldn't have reached the level of a secret company, it should only be at the level of a professional company, oh, don't be intimidated by the level of the company, it's actually a translation problem on their side, similar to the capo horn level in the mafia, a small boss, in charge of a region." ”

Jimmy nodded and continued, "What about the Dixie family?" ”

Ruiz: "It's not yet decided, but now it's up to Moreau to identify the people who came into contact with him and see if we can figure out who is actually in contact with him."

Usually we don't pay much attention to this kind of small gang, but unlike the Holy Crown Alliance, they mainly deal with criminal groups in Eastern Europe in southern Italy, and their methods are extremely cruel, and they are involved in human smuggling, drug trafficking and other vicious crimes, this kind of gang cannot be allowed to develop, it will have problems.

As I told you before, the Dixie family's main business is smuggling and drug trafficking, and for a city like New York, their goal is definitely not to smuggle goods and people from Mexico, but most likely to be drug trafficking. ”

(End of chapter)