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"Confessions of an Undercover Cop". America Undercover. HBO. Documentary featuring the work of ex-cop Mike Russell, whose undercover work for the New Jersey State Police led to the arrests of over 41 members of the Genovese crime family, and of corrupt prison officials and a state senator; Johnson, Loch K.
Fake birth certificate used by Virginia Hall during the Second World War; it gave her the alias of a Frenchwoman named Marcelle Montagne.. An agent sent to spy on a foreign country might, for instance, work as a businessperson, a worker for a non-profit organization (such as a humanitarian group), or an academic.
Reference to the secret police of Nazi Germany, also called the Gestapo. Ghetto Bird US, derogatory, slang for a police helicopter patrolling over ghettos. Glina Polish for clay, widespread and non-derogatory term used for all police officers but specifically for higher-ranking or criminal police personnel. Glowie
The names of full-fledged undercover officers — who work deep-cover operations with outlaw biker gangs, terrorist groups or drug cartels — are kept out of department records and are known to ...
mob, the: a single organized crime family; or all organized crime families together. mobbed up: connected to the mob. mobster: one who is in the mob. oath: becoming inducted as a made man. Omertà: to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld. one-way ride or taking someone for a ride: underworld for an execution method
Photo: Flickr/DonkeyHotey. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, another U.S. agency was presented with a reason to investigate the mortgage lending practices of Bank of America Corp. : the Department of Housing ...
In espionage jargon, a mole (also called a "penetration agent", [1] "deep cover agent", "illegal" or "sleeper agent") is a long-term spy (espionage agent) who is recruited before having access to secret intelligence, subsequently managing to get into the target organization. [2]
The federal Supermax looms large in popular culture, housing the worst of the worst offenders in America – from El Chapo to terrorists and criminal masterminds. The people who live and work ...