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Feds indict 40 in SC organized crime case with ties to drugs, murder


Drugs, money, torture and murder were all part of a detailed web of gang-related, organized crime that flourished in South Carolina from at least 2017 until now, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
The enterprise, fueled by a connected collection of people who included South Carolina inmates, pledged allegiance to the Insane Gangster Disciples, a branch of the larger gang Folk Nation, which traces its roots to 1970s Chicago.
The 147-count indictment names at least 40 defendants from across South Carolina, including multiple players from Greenville, Anderson and Spartanburg counties. Major moves in the group s day-to-day operations can be traced to the Upstate, records show. ....

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Prosecutors: Gangsters in SC prisons ordered murders, ran drug empire with cell phones


U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Peter McCoy. Gang members imprisoned in South Carolina used contraband cellphones to run a sprawling drug empire that left a trail of violence and death in the Palmetto State, according to a federal grand jury investigation. File/Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff
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Corrections Director Bryan Stirling talks during a tour of Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, April 10, 2019. File/AP
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COLUMBIA — Gang members imprisoned in South Carolina’s Department of Corrections used contraband cellphones to run a sprawling drug empire that left a trail of violence and death in the Palmetto State, according to a massive federal grand jury investigation unveiled Thursday. ....

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