Nah, that's not what I am saying, but a RICO indictment is going to include violence, almost all the time. esp. in Detroit. if it's just a trafficking case, it's 841 and 846, which is trafficking/posession and conspiracy. And then forfeiture.
All those Detroit teams that caught RICO's, they have bodies. Maybe not like #33 on the indictment but the shot callers and the shooters.
The paradox is this, most of them would never be able to stack 200k or a million or whatever, if they didn't have that gang network, which includes OT contatcs and street level distribution, but at the same time, that gang network leads to killings, which without exception leads to the indictments.
Not to mention the snitching and informing
OP,would you still consider these dudes smart if you found out they were informants ? Telling on other crews to help business?
Plus what if the feds are allowing them to become profitable while they build a case? Or should I say while they build up the money.
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"Its not your money! Its my cocaine,its my operation. I made you what you are,everything you have is because I allowed you to have it"
Alot of these succesful drug dealers are probably allowed to be succesful while the feds wait in the wings.
"Thats right,bring that money back to daddy". Message to the youth,never think your some sort of genius or big shot because your managing to move weight. Good chance your being managed,and the laws just waiting for the right time to cash in.