Listing. You can hardly turn the TV on anymore without seeing these crime rings. The government school system would have you believe that you owe 1/2 your income in overt taxes, covert taxes, and inflation because a couple of dozen slave owners on a continent of three million people hundreds of years ago wrote down on a piece of paper that they alone get that privilege. This is theft for some kind of financial gain, said Republican Del. They're not stealing so they can go home and feed their family. In the case of gambling, the local Fairfax police famously swat-teamed (Breaking and Enteringwhen anyone else does it) awell-known high stakes poker game in Great Falls, Virginia in 2015 made up of successful businessmen and seized/stole the cash! RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Major retailers in the Commonwealth and across the country report an increase in organized criminal activity. The topic was Building Positive Relations with Law Enforcement and the event was held by the Northern Virginia Business and Professional Womens Club, an organization of African-American female executives. Legislation backed by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam passed on Thursday making make it a Class 3 felony for individuals to conspire or act together to steal retail merchandise for resale valued over $5,000 during a 90-day period. The original bills contained a lower theft threshold, saying goods with a total value exceeding $1,000 could result in an arrest for organized retail theft. Supporters of the legislation said thieves often sell the stolen merchandise through Amazon, eBay and other online marketplaces. In the United States, where crime is less organized and the La Cosa Nostra is only a shadow of its former self, that hasnt proved true with some notable historical exceptions. All rights reserved. Convicted of smuggling, she served four months in prison, and then resumed her illicit business. By the late 1990s, during a murderous feud among Camorra cliques, a Neapolitan woman in her late forties, Maria Licciardi, materialized as the boss of one of the largest Camorra families, the Secondigliano clan. The result is outrageous profits for criminals with well-known unintended consequences for the population: This is well known and former DEA spokeswoman and self-described agency Chief Propagandist Belita Nelson has publicly testified to that fact the agency is dishonest in its policies: Marijuana is safe, we know it is safe. Democratic state Sen. Joe Morrissey said he finds the legislation overly punitive and said it could still be used against segments of the population it is not meant to target. One was Joe Epstein, a crafty bookmaker. In Virginia, where a state report found that approximately $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen this way annually, state lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that will make organized retail. Making the Case that AMAZON is Part of Organized Crimes Control of Perception Program. All rights reserved. Facing arrest in New York for drug trafficking in 1975, she fled to Colombia but soon smuggled herself back to Miami. She recognized the loosening of American rules regarding China, and felt the time was right to make a business out of illegal immigration. From Left: Moderator at the Dais: Phillip E. Thompson, Esq., President, Loudoun County Branch of the NAACP, Seated: The bizarre DEA agent that injected himself into the group, Brandt E. Welch, Immediate Past Vice Chair for Community Relations- UVA, unknown, Loudoun County Sheriff (Ex-DEA) Mike Chapman, an unnamed FBI Agent, civil rights attorney Daniel P. Watkins, Dr. Julianne Moore, President of Economic Education, Rev. This is theft for some kind of financial gain, said Republican Del. The Real Problem Organized Crime Government and Monopoly Policing. Statism is, essentially, the belief in the legitimacy, desirability, and necessity of having a Government. Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, confers with colleagues before a floor session of the House of Delegates at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia., on Aug. 4, 2021. The legislation, which has the governors support, will make it a Class 3 felony for anyone to conspire or act in concert with one or more people to steal retail merchandise with a value exceeding $5,000 in a 90-day period, with the intent to sell the stolen goods for profit. "This is not about a poor old drug addict (stealing),". and exposing inter-generational organized crimes #1 tool: , and the illogical, self-contradictory ideas behind government: The inability to delegate rights you dont have personally to representatives, the obvious theft of taxation, the immorality of locking peaceful people in for-profit prisons for victimless crimes, etc. Virginia Hill was more than a Mob mistress. Then, a gang war erupted over a substantial shipment of heroin from Istanbul. It creates a Class 3 felony (punishable by) up to 20 years for a person who commits multiple thefts, but a lot of these people who are committing multiple thefts are drug addicts or poor people, Morrissey said. At least two dozen states have enacted laws to address organized retail theft, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. It exposes the hidden curriculum of Statism in the governments mandatory schools, scouting programs, and police/military training. These men receive lengthy prison terms, creating the demand for outside help to run their rackets. The premise behind the bill is a manufactured controversy, Haywood said. 1. The legislation drew a range of support from both brick-and-mortar and online retailers, including Walmart and Amazon. A report released by the work group convened by Miyares last year said that approximately $1.3 billion of merchandise is stolen in Virginia annually, costing the state more than $80 million in lost tax revenue. On September 3, 2012, the 69-year-old Blanco stood in a butcher shop in Medellin when an assassin drove up on a motorcycle, fired two shots from a handgun into her head and sped away. You can hardly turn the TV on anymore without seeing these crime rings. Kathy Byron, the lead sponsor of the House bill. The measure won approval in the State Senate. they also found that law enforcement is not attacking the narcotics and drug problem with any great success. The Virginia Retail Federation, the Virginia Association of Commonwealths Attorneys and the National Federation of Independent Business also backed the measure. The bill aims to tackle what is called organized retail theft. The legislation follows a report that alleged approximately $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen in Virginia annually. A bust of a major organized crime ring that made millions smuggling cigarettes and committing bank fraud in Virginia has resulted in 43 indictments and more than 740 charges, Fairfax County. Locally, it is incumbent on the business and community leaders represented by the NAACP, the Northern Virginia Business and Professional Womens Club, the local Boy Scout Troop in attendance, and others present at the meeting or not present to demand that the schools have an open discussion on the use of Statism and the unethically manipulative obedience techniques being used including: I would welcome the opportunity to work with the Northern Virginia Business and Professional Womens Club, the NAACP, local Parent Teacher Organizations, and others to have a series of open meetings and a petition campaign demanding an end to these practices so we can mitigate the harm to our childrens intellectual and moral development. . In Virginia, where a state report found that approximately $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen this way annually, state lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that will make organized retail theft a felony and make those convicted of the crime eligible for prison sentences of up to 20 years. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Fairfax police SWAT team had accidentally shot and killed local optometrist Salvatore Culosi Jr. Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) A Re-Constitution of Slavery, former DEA spokeswoman and self-described agency Chief Propagandist Belita Nelson has publicly testified to that fact the agency is dishonest in its policies. The original bills contained a lower theft threshold, saying goods with a total value exceeding $1,000 could result in an arrest for organized retail theft. It required plainclothes officers in Manhattan and the Bronx to return to full uniform. In Virginia, lawmakers approved legislation Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, that will make organized retail theft a felony and make those convicted of the crime eligible for prison sentences of up to 20 years. Her petite stature emboldened some to assign her the nickname la piccolina, or the little one. Hill would not know it yet, but Siegels demise, and its subsequent publicity, reduced her usefulness to the Mob and led to her decline. In a shake-up ordered by Mayor Jimmy Walker, the department either reassigned or in the case of Pfeiffers superior, fired five top commanders. In 2004, thanks to lax sentencing guidelines from the 1990s, she only had to serve one-third of her sentence and won release from prison. The best states in the U.S. come from coast to coast. Its an idea so absurd and ridiculous on its face that it could only be taught in a government school. Runners would go to their assigned drops in candy stores, beauty shops and other small businesses to pick up betting slips with numbers chosen by customers. Another imposes precise rules on selected prison inmates convicted of murder, extortion or other Mafia-type crimes. I gave it in cash to [Harlem gambler] Mustache Jones. Legislature returns; combating 'organized retail crime' and more headlines. She was the apparent victim of a self-administered overdose, months short of her fiftieth birthday. Observers considered it the end of the Golden Venture disaster. It creates a Class 3 felony (punishable by) up to 20 years for a person who commits multiple thefts, but a lot of these people who are committing multiple thefts are drug addicts or poor people, Morrissey said. In Virginia, where a state report found that approximately $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen this way annually, state lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that will make organized retail. She took over the mantle to manage the clans prostitution, drug trafficking, cigarette smuggling, extortion and other rackets. Charleston Man and Woman Plead Guilty to Fentanyl Crime. Powered and implemented byFactSet Digital Solutions. St. Clair was a key witness, despite her reputation as financial backer for illegal numbers games. That effort ended with a consensus to pursue legislation. The rules include no phone use and tight restrictions on prison visits and recreation to restrain communication. A rival clan, the Lo Russo, disobeyed, snatched the drug supply and sold the powder in small bags. Supporters of the legislation said thieves often sell the stolen merchandise through Amazon, eBay and other online marketplaces. As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Email blog@themobmuseum.org. We are currently working on getting the effectiveness of the book up and the cost out while researching how to distribute widely in cost-effective and targeted ways. I dont want to give away the ending to my book (Available at Government-Scam.com) but the biggest secrets kept from public school children is that the world is a self-organizing system that produces spontaneous order. The number of murders she allegedly directed ranges from 40 to as many as 200, extending from metropolitan Miami to Queens, New York. They traditionally relegated women to servile roles as prostitutes, shills, dancers and servers. Organized retail theft is a financial problem for businesses and a crime trend that police and lawmakers want to stop. In 1932, Madame St. Clair talked to police and reporters about it, extended a plea to Mayor Joseph McKee and took out newspaper ads accusing gangsters such as Schultz and crooked politicians of trying to take her livelihood away. Its our cash cow and we will never give it up If you think the DEA are the good guys, they are not. The Art of Liberty Foundation (AoLF) focuses on exposing the integrated, criminal control of government and media while providing rational and moral alternatives via voluntary interaction through free markets, decentralized trade, and communication. One of the unfortunate consequences of the system is the government's monopoly police forces are given the ability to rob, victimize, and even murder the citizenry with impunity. [1] [2] The state has significantly lower crime rates than demographically similar neighboring states Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Freedom doesnt guarantee utopia, but it is the most moral alternative that unleashes the natural creativity and capital creation mechanisms of the market. The original bills contained a lower theft threshold, saying goods with a total value exceeding $1,000 could result in an arrest for organized retail theft. , which posits that no individual or group of individuals has the right to initiate violence and coercion against other human beings who are not aggressing against them in other words, live and let live, unless someone is threatening your life or property. Then Pfeiffer called me up and said, Thank you. The next payment was $100 and the third $500. Licciardi was born in 1951 in the Secondigliano section of northern Naples. In the Solutions section of my book, I recommend dedicating just 5% of your time to becoming a scholar to find out what the govt mandatory schools, rip-off universities, and MainStreamMedia have been hiding from you starting with the, Jeff Berwick, Anarchapulco & HBOs The Anarchists, Government, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed. Sister Ping made a meandering speech, claiming prosecutors had fabricated the evidence against her. She faced the death penalty, but the case fizzled after two secretaries in the state prosecutors office allegedly had phone sex with lead prosecution witness Jorge Rivi Ayala, Blancos hit man who killed the three victims. The legislation was tabled so that the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares could study the issue. Organized retail to become Class 3 felony in Virginia, as states fight back against billions in theft Those convicted of organized retail theft in Virginia will be eligible for prison. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Its a scene thats gone viral over and over, with social media videos showing groups of thieves brazenly stealing bags of merchandise from stores around the country. [1] In 2012 Virginia had the 3rd-lowest rape rate by state after New Jersey and New York. They're not stealing so they can go home and feed their family. All other political philosophies (socialism, communism, monarchy, democracy, constitutional republicanism, etc.) Maybe we cried too much last year, James Kehoe, Walgreens global chief financial officer said during the call. The court charged some officers with demanding protection payments from St. Clair and the two other chief numbers bankers in Harlem, Casper Holstein and Wilfred Brunder. She lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue, the finest apartment building in Harlem. St. Clair had arrived at the Superior Court building in an expensive squirrel fur coat and cloche hat. The jury convicted her of immigrant smuggling, money laundering and trafficking in kidnapping proceeds. She grew up with a close-knit family deeply involved in the Camorra syndicate. Hill made dozens of border crossings into Switzerland from 1952 to 1956. Some came to regard her as a boss within the Camorra organized crime group from 1993 to 2001. But others remain opposed to the legislation. Several months later, Blanco had a married couple, who owed her for dealing cocaine, shot dead in front of their children. Smart and practical, steeped in Camorra business, she conversed with various male Camorra bosses, listening, debating and taking action as their equal. The book exposes how inter-generational organized crime has been controlling and robbing society using a technique called Statism in its mandatory government schools. Neapolitan police came after her with an arrest warrant in 1999. Epstein later claimed the Mob-provided funds he held for her had run out by 1965. The platform is designed to engage citizens and government leaders in a discussion about what needs improvement across the country. Women have served as acting bosses in Italys major crime families, including the Ndrangheta and Camorra. She has dropped out of the limelight, but not from her clans rackets. Rival Camorra clans began to rebel. Kathy Byron, the lead sponsor of the House bill. Probably we put in too much and we might step back a little bit from that.. One was the barely seaworthy Golden Venture, which Kay had won in a poker game. Kathy Byron, the lead sponsor of the House bill. The bill aims to tackle what is called 'organized retail theft.' The legislation follows a report that alleged approximately $1.3 billion in merchandise is stolen in Virginia annually. One complied, the others refused, including Harry Miro and St. Clair. Probably we put in too much and we might step back a little bit from that.. In the Solutions section of my book, I recommend dedicating just 5% of your time to becoming a scholar to find out what the govt mandatory schools, rip-off universities, and MainStreamMedia have been hiding from you starting with the short videos and documentaries in The Liberator. Retailers reported a 26.5% increase in organized retail crime, on average. In 2022, Miyares office held three work group meetings that included lawmakers, representatives of major retailers, trade groups and law enforcement. The legislation drew a range of support from both brick-and-mortar and online retailers, including Walmart and Amazon. The Evergreen State takes the top spot again in the U.S. News Best States ranking on the strength of its tech sector and other industries. Schultz believed he could greatly expand that with better management. The original bills contained a lower theft threshold, saying goods with a total value exceeding $1,000 could result in an arrest for organized retail theft. Its the reality that I expose in my book: Government The Biggest Scam in History Exposed!. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- One of the men accused of running an organized crime ring in Huntington has a lengthy criminal history in West Virginia. To help fill that gap, the GI-TOC's report 'China's New Silk Road: Navigating the organized crime risk' - the first mapping of the convergence between BRI infrastructure and criminal flows - takes a close look at existing and potential criminal vulnerabilities in South East Asia as well as central and eastern Africa and identifies areas where BRI His angry hoodlum partners heard rumors that Siegel used Hill to stash away perhaps $2 million in a Swiss bank. Police in Miami linked her to the 1979 Dadeland Mall massacre, a machine gun attack in a shopping center that killed two people, during a war between Colombian cocaine suppliers and Cuban distributors. Kathy Byron, the lead sponsor of the House bill, told The Associated Press. Virginia lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday that will make organized retail theft a Class 3 felony. It didnt seem to matter much to her it was merely what had to happen at the moment. Government, Media, and Academia Exposed! 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