Ethnic mobs, now diversified, drive organized crime in NJ, FBI says Read More: Dozens of ethinic mobs engaged in NJ crime, according to FBI

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WKXW:

David Matthau

March 30, 2015

 

Organized crime is alive and well in New Jersey, despite ongoing efforts by law enforcement, in part because there are so many criminal enterprises from all over the world operating in the Garden State.

 

 

 

According to the FBI’s Newark Division, crimes in New Jersey are being committed by organized crime groups that span the globe including: La Cosa Nostra, also known as the Sicilian Mafia, Asian groups, African criminal enterprise groups and the Russian and Eurasian mobs. New Jersey is also seeing crime activity from Balkan organized crime groups, which includes people who emigrated from Albania, Macedonia and Yugoslavia.

 

In addition, the FBI is also monitoring more organized crime groups coming from the Middle East.

 

All of these mobs are driven to make money, but they’ll do it in different ways, according to Anthony Zampogna, FBI supervisory special agent in New Jersey and program coordinator for organized crime.

 

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H/T Friends of Ours