Overview
Investigative efforts used to identify offenders, connect incidents, gather evidence, dismantle criminal networks, and prepare cases for prosecution.
Browse Investigations
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Homicide Investigations
Investigations into killings, attempted killings, and related violent offenses.
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Organized Crime Investigations
Investigations focused on criminal enterprises, conspiracies, gangs, syndicates, and trafficking networks.
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Undercover and Informant Operations
Investigations involving confidential informants, cooperating witnesses, undercover officers, and controlled operations.
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Multiagency Investigations
Joint investigations involving multiple local, state, federal, or international agencies.
Entries
Entries will be added here as the Crime Encyclopedia expands. Individual pages should cross-link related cases, events, investigations, methods, organizations, people, places, and stories whenever those relationships are documented.
Initial Investigations
- Investigation of Nicky Barnes and The Council
- Investigation of the Preacher Crew — FBI/NYPD and New York County investigative work leading to the Heatley prosecution.
- Investigation of Alberto Martinez — New York, Washington, Northern Virginia, and Fredericksburg trafficking investigation.
- Investigation of Wayne Perry — D.C. violent-crime investigation that ultimately intersected with Martinez’s cooperation.
- Investigation of the Nichols and Mason Organizations — multi-agency Queens narcotics and homicide investigation.
- Investigation of the Cash Money Brothers
- Investigation of Kenneth McGriff’s Later Enterprise
- Investigation of Frank Lucas and the Country Boys
- Investigation of the George Ford Homicide
- Investigation of Nicky Barnes and The Council