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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Crime / Books Organized Crime and Books: It Gets Worse

Posted by on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM

The book-lovin Boston mobster.
  • The book-lovin' Boston mobster.
Yesterday, we learned about Seattle's Guatemalan Book Dealer Gang epidemic. Today, awesome Slog tipper Adrianne wants us to know about an organized crime book connection to the north of us, in Victoria.

From The Globe and Mail:

Vancouver Island bibliophiles beware: That unassuming elderly gentleman browsing through the bookshelves next to you could be one of America’s most wanted criminals.

Several Greater Victoria booksellers confirmed Monday that FBI agents have visited their stores in the past week and asked staff to be on the lookout for 80-year-old James J. (Whitey) Bulger, a known book lover and former Boston mobster with a long list of brutal crimes on his rap sheet.

If you don't know about Whitey Bulger, you should read up; it's fascinating stuff. Adrianne also points that Bulger was the basis for Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed.

Could there be a connection between Whitey Bulger and the Guatemalan Book Dealer Gangs? Seems likely! This case keeps getting juicier.

 

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Fnarf 1
The best thing about Whitey Bulger is that his brother Billy was the head of the Mass State Senate for many years. They don't make families like that one any more.

For more insights into the world of the Bulgers, read all of George V. Higgins.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on April 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM
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The Bulger brothers' story is a gift that keeps on giving. I'm definitely going to read Higgins. Thanks to fnarf for the heads up!
Posted by sheiler on April 20, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 3
Oh sure they do, Fnarf. You should check out the Ciccilini family in Rhode Island. (One of them is mayor of Providence, the rest are, shall we say, "connected.")

Ah, I miss the East Coast.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on April 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM
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This is basically "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler" isn't it.
Posted by khmer on April 20, 2010 at 12:22 PM
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what does this have to do with the iPad?
Posted by all apple all the time on April 20, 2010 at 12:38 PM
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