North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 246 Holy Crown Alliance
Ruiz continued: "The Holy Crown Alliance is a small gang in southern Italy. Of course, it is much smaller than the Mafia. They only have one to two thousand people, and their main business is to smuggle goods, arms, and drugs from Eastern Europe to Western Europe.

This kind of local Italian gang had nothing to do with us, but more than a year ago, one of their leaders brought several people to New York.We didn't notice them at first. They just organized some street gangsters to engage in a small gang. However, the customs later intercepted a smuggling boat and finally found them based on clues.

Because life in Europe is difficult, the Holy Crown Alliance chose the United States as the destination for market development. When we noticed them, the Holy Crown Alliance was already a small gang with dozens of people. "

Ruiz paused, 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 Alliance just mentioned, and some other local Italian organizations. Gangs, but in the United States, what we usually call the Mafia is Cosa Nostra, which only refers to this gang.

Have you seen the old movie "The Godfather" from the 70s?They are the Cosa Nostra, which is what we call the Mafia, and other gangs will be called by their respective names. "

Jimmy: "It's so complicated. They are all from Italy, so are they so clearly distinguished from each other?"

Ruiz: "Yes, they are organized differently, some are in the form of families, some are alliances of small gangs, and they have different businesses with each other."

Jimmy: "Well, there are too many inside stories. It seems that I need to read more information in the future. So what are we going to do now?"

Ruiz: "Let's go to the monitoring team to see the current monitoring progress. You follow me first, and you don't need to do anything yet."

Jimmy nodded, leaned back in his chair, and stopped asking questions.

There was something wrong with this secondment. Jimmy thought it was time to attack the gangsters, and they seconded him to charge. Now it seems that they have not reached that stage, and are still in the initial investigation stage, so why let him come here?

Has the higher-ups decided to change your position?Tune in from the Peter group?I thought I was assigned to Peter's team because I wanted to exercise my case-handling ability, but now the higher-ups have changed their minds?
Jimmy's mind was spinning wildly, unable to guess the meaning above, he could only take one step at a time.

Looking at the direction Ruiz was driving, they were headed for the Bronx area. They had inquired with Jones before, and there were a bunch of small gangs. According to Ruiz, the Holy Crown League came over a year ago, and probably Only in this kind of place can you quickly find suitable people. If you change to other districts, you will already be crushed by big gangs.

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

Ruiz’s monitoring vehicle is different from Peter’s. Jones’ monitoring vehicle is a van, while Ruiz’s monitoring vehicle is a long-axle van with black paint and glass. Except for the front windshield, all black film is pasted, and a partition is drawn behind the driver's seat to prevent the inside of the car from being seen from the front.

Perhaps for the sake of not being conspicuous, this van has not been washed at all, and the outside is covered with mud and dust. It looks very dirty. If you are not paying attention, you may think that this car has been parked on the side of the road for a long time.

Ruiz: "How is it? Any gains?"

Surveillance personnel: "A dozen people have been recorded, and now they are investigating in the bureau, but there is no feedback yet."

Ruiz: "Where's Moreau?"

Surveillance officer: "I haven't reappeared since I came back last night. It should still be in the building, unless there is a secret passage that we don't know about."

Ruiz: "Continue to monitor, apply for support when necessary, and pay attention to safety."

After finishing speaking, Ruiz pulled Jimmy out of the car. The height of this kind of long bread car is limited. If you are not sitting, you have to bend over, which is too uncomfortable.

After getting out of the car, the two stretched their bodies and returned to Ruiz's car. Then Ruiz drove away from the surveillance car and stopped in a nearby parking lot.

Ruiz: "Let's go for a walk."

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

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

Jimmy: "Is there anything special about these people's tattoos?"

Ruiz turned his head and glanced at Jimmy, and then turned to the front, "Of course, different gangs have different tattoos, and some tattoos are in obvious places, while others are in more hidden places. I will give you some information later, Take a look."

Ruiz saw a trash can on the side of the road, and stood right next to it and took out a cigarette case from his pocket.

"Try mine, Chinese cigarettes." Jimmy took out his cigarette case and lighter. The cigarettes were soft cigarettes he bought from Chinatown, but the export-oriented cigarette cases also had disgusting pictures from the United States, and so did Jimmy. Take it apart and put it in your own cigarette case.

Ruiz took a puff and coughed lightly. It seemed that he was still not used to flue-cured tobacco.Jimmy lit one too, and the two of them stood by the trash can, smoking and observing the people around them.

It's still morning time, and it seems that there are not many people in those gangs at this time, maybe many people haven't gotten up, they are more used to being night owls.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, is there anyone in charge of the Holy Crown Alliance in New York now?"

Ruiz: "Well, Mauro Savastano, according to intelligence, he should not have reached the level of a secret company, it should only be a professional company level, oh, don't be scared by the level of the company, in fact, he is from their side The translation problem is similar to the capo head level in the mafia, the small boss, responsible for an area."

Jimmy nodded and continued to ask, "Where is the Dixie family?"

Ruiz: "It has not been confirmed yet, now we can only use Moro to identify the person who contacted him, and see if we can find out who is in contact with him.

Usually we don’t pay too much attention to this kind of small gang, but the Holy Crown Alliance is different. They mainly trade with criminal groups in Eastern Europe in southern Italy. Its development will cause problems.

I told you before that the main business of the Dixie family is smuggling and drug trafficking. For a city like New York, their goal is definitely not smuggling goods and people from Mexico, the biggest possibility is drug trafficking. "

(End of this chapter)