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Federal Indictment Issued for Members of Black Mafia Family

By McNabb Associates

A federal indictment has been issued against a group known as the Black Mafia Family, accusing its members of transporting drugs around the country.[1] This is the fifth indictment in the last few years against members of the Atlanta based group.[2]The Black Mafia Family grew into a national, multimillion dollar operation with much of this money coming from hip-hop music.[3] The government asserts otherwise, however, and now more than 100 people with ties to the group have been federally indicted.[4]The latest indictment came last week in Los Angeles, where a federal grand jury charged 20 people with involvement in a drug ring.[5] They are members or associates of the Black Mafia Family and the Campanella Park Piru Blood, a street gang from Compton, CA, that allegedly supplied cocaine to the Black Mafia Family...continue to full post

Full post as published by Federal Crimes Blog on November 08, 2007 (boomark / email).