Chapter 509: The First Update of the Scavenger. Please Give Me Your Monthly Votes!!!

Xiaogu and Dr. Smith were really efficient. It took them less than three days to reverse the origin of the bullet through the bullet marks on the corpse. At the same time, through the comparison of bullet marks, the police found the gun that fired the bullet in less than three hours.

As expected, it was a black gun.

As we all know, the United States does not ban guns. But not banning guns does not mean that the government really does not care. In fact, most guns on the market are registered with the police. It is easy to find the owner of the gun by ballistic detection. So in order to avoid this situation, the gangs use guns differently from ordinary people. They use black guns.

These black guns are not recorded in any official records. Most of these guns are obtained through smuggling or other illegal means. People who are shot by this gun cannot find the murder weapon at all. Without the murder weapon, it is naturally impossible to make effective accusations. This is also the wisdom generated by the battle of wits and courage between gangs and police.

This also leads to the fact that those black guns in the police files often carry several or even dozens of murders.

"What do you want to say?" Kai threw the report handed over by the laboratory to everyone, let them take a look, and then brainstorm.

Chap looked at the information with a gloomy face. The reason why he was like this was very simple, because he failed to command last time and was punished. Chap was demoted. Originally, Chap should have adapted to this kind of thing. Chap has been a policeman for so many years, and he has been up and down like this for countless times. But Chap just can't adapt. He feels that he is not wrong. Why should he be so weak to criminals?

Of course, this time, he has nothing to say. After all, they are still brothers, and it is understandable to be demoted.

However, although he was demoted, Kai did not deprive Chap of his position in the serious crime team and still let him lead his original team. After all, a veteran detective like him is needed by every police station. Don't underestimate such people. They often have a lot of sources of information in both black and white, which is very important for combating illegal activities of gangs. After all, you can't let a person who looks like a policeman go to the gang members to inquire about the news.

Although Chap was in a bad mood, he had not yet taken his work to vent. In fact, this guy with a ruffian appearance had a strong sense of responsibility in his heart, and he was really brave enough to work hard on the case.

"Huh?"

Kai found Chap's voice at the first time.

"What's wrong, Chap?"

"These cases... I seem to have seen them somewhere?" Chap said uncertainly.

Chap was referring to the cases caused by the same gun.

Then Chap spread out all the information and selected six cases from them.

"I remember these six cases."

Chap said.

"Then?" Kai asked. →

"These are not our West District cases. After I came back from undercover, I never left the West District Police Station, so if I am familiar with cases in other branches, then they must be the cases I encountered during my undercover period. Look at the time above, it is completely right."

Kai picked up a document.

"Cases from more than ten years ago?" Kai felt that the time span was a bit too long.

Chap said disdainfully: "Boss, who do you think those gangsters are? They won't spend a lot of money to equip their subordinates with the best weapons. Gangs also need to pay attention to cost control. In fact, old guns like this are the norm among gangs. Because those old guns are not only cheap, but also difficult to track."

"Then what do you know?"

"'Scavenger'. I only know the code name of that guy, and I don't know who he is. He is not a member of the gang, but an 'outsourced' businessman who specializes in doing things for the gang. The gang pays, and he is responsible for making the gang's targets disappear. It's a bit like a professional killer, but unlike ordinary professional killers, they only serve fixed customers."

"Who does he serve?"

"Italians!"

...

Although Chap looks like a Latino, the gang he was undercover in back then was not a Latin American gang. He was undercover in an Italian mafia.

Don't think that the Italian mafia only recruits Italians. In fact, the organizational structure of the Italian mafia is more advanced than many people think.

The Mafia is a secret society that originated in Italy. Its base is in Sicily. In the 18th century, a wave of immigration from Europe to America began. Mafia members flocked to the United States, took root in New York, and operated throughout the United States, manipulating the gambling and pornography industries in the United States, selling drugs, smuggling arms, and engaging in professional criminal activities such as kidnapping, murder, and robbery. There are various gangs within the Mafia, and the leaders exercise family-style rule over the gangs.

Mafia families inherit the traditional minority elitism, so the large families are around 100-200 people, and the general ones are around 50-60 people, but they almost have multiples of "partners".

Generally speaking, the official members of the Mafia family are of Italian descent.

Each family is fundamentally controlled by a "boss" or Don (a respectful title for a duke or noble in Spanish, or "Your Excellency"), who is separated from the specific actions of the family by layers of confidants. The boss can appoint a consultant (Consigliere) in the family. Therefore, according to the latest statement, the family member closest to and most trusted by the boss is called Consigliere ("legal counsel" in Italian). In fact, the legal counsel is similar to the "listening officer" responsible for mediating disputes within the family, and may also serve as the guard of the "underboss". His main task is to "legalize" all the specific actions of the family. The underboss is usually a relative appointed by the boss. He is regarded as the "commander-in-chief" in charge of all legion commanders. He only obeys the boss; if the boss is imprisoned or receiving medical treatment, they must serve as the boss's agent (acting boss).

Those non-Italian members are called partners. Often an Italian mafia will have several times more partners. They are also considered part of the family, but they are not eligible for promotion in the family system. In other words, no matter how well a mafia partner does, he is only a partner and can never become a "Don".

Chap once went undercover in the Italian mafia in Los Angeles as a partner.

Because it is very difficult to go undercover in the Italian mafia as a family member. Especially those traditional mafias. Those mafias that follow the Italian tradition are very strict in recruiting family members, and there are also behaviors such as "letters of surrender". That's it, and you must be a Sicilian. Even if you are not born in Sicily, you must have "pure" blood.

Among them, the mafia that Chap went undercover in is such an old mafia that has been active in Los Angeles since the 1930s-the Drana family.

1 Drana took over the gang he was in and became the boss. After that, the boss relied on the advantage of having the world's most famous film and television center Hollywood on his territory to develop his family into the largest mafia organization on the entire west coast of the United States.

The Drana family did not actually control many entertainment industry unions, but they actively participated in the entertainment industry as investors, expanding a large source of wealth for the American Mafia after Prohibition. In addition, as the underground masters of Los Angeles, they quickly occupied the illegal gambling industry in Los Angeles. Many gambling talents in Los Angeles later hid in Las Vegas, playing a vital role in the reserve of gambling talents in Las Vegas. As the mafia family closest to Las Vegas, the public territory of the mafia, the Drana family was also the main guard force of the American Mafia in Las Vegas in the early days.

In modern times, due to the joint suppression of the FBI and the Los Angeles police, the Drana family has lost the grandeur of the drug tycoon Los Angeles. Chap was sent to the Drana family undercover in this context. In fact, judging from the current situation, the Drana family has become a second-rate gang in Los Angeles, which is not surprising.

But as an old mafia, he still has a huge influence. Their industry is still all over Los Angeles.

For example, the restaurant in front of Kai and Chap now.

Sbarro Restaurant.

This is an old Italian restaurant, established in 1901, more than a hundred years ago. This restaurant was even rated as Michelin three stars, but it was finally cancelled because of its underworld background.

Everyone in the underworld knows that the boss of the Drana family, Maliggio, eats here every Saturday afternoon.

Chap naturally knows that in fact, more than a decade ago, Maliggio would bring him here to eat.

When Kai brought Chap in, there were not many people in the restaurant. In fact, every Saturday, Sbarro Restaurant would close and serve Maliggio alone. So when the two of them came in, except for a table deep in the restaurant where Maliggio was eating alone, there were only a few big men in suits sitting sparsely in various places in the restaurant, just guarding the restaurant's several entrances and windows.

Seeing someone coming in, the men in suits stood up and put their hands into their suits.

Chap immediately raised his hand to indicate that he had no ill intentions.

At this time, a waiter stood up.

"I'm sorry, sir. Our store is closed today."

Kai was more casual, and he didn't care about these ingredients.

"I'm not here to eat, I'm here to find someone."

The waiter still had a fake smile on his face: "I'm sorry, this is a private place, please leave."

At this time, the man eating at the table deep in the restaurant called the waiter: "Gambino, let them in. It is very rude to let the boss of the West District Crime Squad stand at the door."

Hearing the man's words, the faces of the other people in the restaurant changed immediately.

If it was in the 1960s and 1970s, the Delana family was not afraid of anyone, let alone a West District Crime Squad policeman, even the police chief would be like that. Looking at modern society, the gangs are definitely a minority of the minority who are not afraid of the police. After all, it is no longer a barbaric era.

Kai smiled at the waiter who was blocking his way, took out a ten-dollar bill from his pocket and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Tip, no thanks."

Then he walked casually into the back of the restaurant.

Marigio is a 60-year-old man, not tall, not strong, but thin, handsome, with gray hair, looking gentle, not like a gangster boss, but like a university professor.

"Please sit down." Mariggio glanced at Chap, then ignored him and said directly to Kai.

Chap felt awkward when Mariggio looked at him. He did not take the initiative to say hello.

Kai heard that Chap was very appreciated by the boss, and even wanted him to join the family and become a family member and the second boss, even though Chap was not of Italian descent. From this, we can see how glorious and trusted Chap was in the past.

Unfortunately, God's will played tricks on people. Chap was a policeman, and he was a very principled policeman.

When the police station closed the net, Chap testified against Mariggio. Although Mariggio had a good lawyer, he still stayed in prison for six years.

Back then, Maliggio was regarded as the hope for the revival of the Drana family. However, after being treated like this by Chap, the revival was out of the question, and the power was even reduced. If Maliggio had not been very capable and stabilized the situation after being released from prison, the Drana family would probably be a small gang now.

"Thank you." A gangster was so polite, so Kai naturally couldn't be too rude. Criminals are more civilized than policemen, what can you say.

"I don't know what Officer Kai wants to talk to me about? I don't remember any illegal behavior. I am a good citizen." Maliggio wiped his mouth with a napkin, and then looked at Kai seriously.

Kai did not beat around the bush and directly stated his intention: "I want to get information about someone from you."

Maliggio looked at Kai and laughed.

"Although I really want to help you, I'm sorry, I'm a good person."

Kai suddenly didn't know where to start complaining, this conversation... too familiar.

"Marigio, I don't want to play dumb with you. I'm not here to cause you trouble. I just want a name. Tell me who the scavenger is, and I'll leave right away." Kai tried to make himself more assertive.

But it was useless.

For a veteran like Margio, he would never behave himself unless he was caught in the act. When he was caught red-handed by Chap, he only served six years in prison. You can imagine what kind of person this guy is. If his psychological quality was a little worse, his mentality would have collapsed long ago.

"The Seven Commandments are: 1. Keep your mouth shut; 2. The organization is above the individual; 3. Do not disobey the orders of your superiors; 4. Do not rebel and surrender; 5. Keep secrets from your family; 6. Do not kidnap without authorization; 7. Do not fight between brothers." After saying that, Maligio looked at Kai: "Since you know I am a member of the Mafia, why do you still ask me this question?"

"Although the committee has declined now, I am not idle enough to confront the committee. Our Drana family has reconciled with the committee for many years."

The American Mafia (Italian) first gained power in the New York area, and then gradually developed from small-scale field business to a city-wide and even international organization. In the early days, it was ruled by families named after five outstanding members (the Buiano family, the Colombo family, the Gambino family, the Genovese family and the Lucchese family). The "families" set up a "committee" as the highest arbitration unit between the "families".

In the early years, the Drana family did not care much about this committee, and even went to war with the committee, but later reconciled. Now that the Drana family has weakened, it is naturally even more impossible to disobey the rules of the committee.