Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : 8 Tied to Gangs Guilty in Drug Conspiracy
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Eight members and associates of a gang that used a corporate approach and strict street discipline to build a multimillion-dollar drug business were convicted of drug conspiracy. The case, which also implicates a former Chicago police officer, was the first test of the federal government’s six-year Operation Headache, which used wiretaps, informers and even a tiny recording device tucked into a prison visitor’s badge to infiltrate the Gangster Disciples.
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