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your favorite rapper last week record sales
Billboard 200 (10/10/2009)
Wks Rank Scans
On Label 2W LW TW * Artist Title TW LW % RTD
1 MWR 1 PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 189,292 0 189,292
3 RCNT 1 1 2 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 134,134 297,911 -55 908,135
1 JIVE 3 * THREE DAYS
4 ARI 3 2 4 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I LOOK TO YOU 65,820 155,588 -58 620,301
5 HOL 2 5 5 CYRUS*MILEY TIME OF OUR LIVES EP 60,868 74,505 -18 470,846
1 DGCI 6 * BRAND NEW DAISY 45,799 360 999 46,181
1 PPKQ 7 * FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 44,197 199 999 44,398
1 COL 8 * CONNICK JR.*HARRY YOUR SONGS 36,665 50 999 37,100
2 UNCM 6 9 DRAKE SO FAR GONE 36,106 73,266 -51 109,717
2 WAR 3 10 MUSE RESISTANCE 35,957 128,481 -72 164,784
1 SXS 11 * CROWDER*DAVID BAND CHURCH MUSIC 35,640 117 999 19,376
1 DWT 12 * GRAY*DAVID DRAW THE LINE 35,002 143 999 35,145
46 BGMA 10 8 13 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 34,341 45,529 -25 3,902,314
53 RCA 9 11 14 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 31,860 35,906 -11 1,379,821
2 SGLZ 143 15 * MONSTERS OF FOLK MONSTERS OF FOLK 31,274 3,125 901 34,457
16 INT 7 10 16 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 29,006 40,179 -28 1,140,320
2 UNIV 4 17
45 ATLG 12 13 18 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 27,466 28,833 -5 1,007,908
1 UNCB 19 * MIKA BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH 27,314 49 999 27,419
48 INT 23 12 20 LADY GAGA FAME 24,967 33,255 -25 1,465,930
4 ATLG 6 14 21 SONGZ*TREY READY 19,219 26,789 -28 223,941
27 DBV 14 20 22 HANNAH MONTANA HANNAH MOVIE SNDTRK 18,895 21,476 -12 1,537,579
3 ARNV 5 15 23 BROOKS & DUNN #1S ... AND THEN SOME 18,178 25,291 -28 98,711
5 UNIV 11 16 24 CAILLAT*COLBIE BREAKTHROUGH 17,559 22,821 -23 223,488
13 SMCM 16 19 25 VARIOUS NOW 31 17,130 22,138 -23 683,637
25 BBOW 22 23 26 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 16,747 18,352 -9 634,335
12 COL 17 21 27 MAXWELL BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT 16,646 21,393 -22 778,657
11 RCA 20 24 28 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 15,789 18,062 -13 661,038
48 LAF 63 28 29 P!NK FUNHOUSE 15,534 16,364 -5 1,300,588
2 WAR 7 30 LIL BOOSIE SUPERBAD: THE RETURN OF BOOSIE 15,007 48,708 -69 63,925
1 SMCM 31 * VARIOUS NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLUB HI 14,337 0 14,374
7 MCAN 18 26 32 STRAIT*GEORGE TWANG 13,797 17,538 -21 339,793
76 CAPN 38 42 33 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 13,729 12,605 9 841,681
5 ATLG 25 37 34 SKILLET AWAKE 13,624 12,944 5 79,328
11 UNIV 61 52 35 *
2 ROAD 9 36 MEGADETH ENDGAME 12,833 44,696 -71 57,624
1 EPIC 37 * KINGSTON*SEAN TOMORROW 12,643 35 999 12,678
6 VALO 21 29 38 MCENTIRE*REBA KEEP ON LOVING YOU 12,554 15,718 -20 214,638
45 ROAD 29 33 39 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 12,395 13,498 -8 2,314,833
3 IHR 4 22 40 RAEKWON ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX 2 11,979 21,331 -44 101,225
5 SMCM 27 32 41 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY V2 11,751 13,754 -15 100,445
54 CAPN 31 44 42 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 11,439 12,326 -7 955,028
5 LAKO 125 126 43 * FAME SOUNDTRACK 11,336 3,831 196 28,241
45 COL 55 40 44 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA
19 INT 32 31 45 EMINEM RELAPSE 10,901 13,884 -21 1,449,397
2 WAR 17 46 KNOPFLER*MARK GET LUCKY 10,870 22,600 -52 33,512
17 RCA 37 50 47 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 9,901 11,089 -11 890,156
4 J 24 36 48 PITBULL REBELUTION 9,864 13,031 -24 81,992
3 COL 8 30 49 BOYS LIKE GIRLS LOVE DRUNK 9,775 14,948 -35 65,507
66 ATLG 44 51 50 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 9,683 10,930 -11 744,154
4 EPIC 26 48 51 CHEVELLE SCI-FI CRIMES 9,551 11,298 -15 84,239
4 RCNA 36 49 52 YOUNG*CHRIS MAN I WANT TO BE 9,497 11,127 -15 60,385
153 BGMA 48 45 53 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 9,150 12,124 -25 4,337,225
1 BEC 54 *
26 CAPN 49 59 55 URBAN*KEITH DEFYING GRAVITY 8,894 9,177 -3 575,322
1 RHMS 56 * BROTHER ALI US 8,597 60 999 8,657
20 WAR 59 54 57 GREEN DAY 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 8,444 9,916 -15 809,934
62 MERN 42 53 58 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 8,440 10,324 -18 1,828,266
1 DBV 59 * SOUNDTRACK PHINEAS AND FERB 8,068 13 999 8,081
25 LYST 51 57 60 RASCAL FLATTS UNSTOPPABLE 7,983 9,720 -18 986,301
12 DBV 39 58 61 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA 3 7,704 9,264 -17 450,251
47 ATLG 62 61 62 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 7,602 8,644 -12 2,242,291
9 DEF 33 55 63 FABOLOUS LOSO'S WAY 7,350 9,773 -25 238,062
72 ATLG 68 73 64 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 7,271 6,816 7 1,373,416
7 VALO 57 65 65 MOORE*JUSTIN JUSTIN MOORE 7,226 8,155 -11 99,576
20 GLSN 116 96 66 * PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 6,976 5,509 27 141,772
13 ARNV 50 66 67 PAISLEY*BRAD AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT 6,670 7,996 -17 337,143
19 BNA 52 63 68 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 6,623 8,240 -20 426,820
30 INT 88 83 69 U2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON 6,603 6,270 5 1,010,128
2 ATLG 38 70 UNCLE KRACKER
1 WAR 71 * LARRY THE CABLE GUY TAILGATE PARTY 6,283 0 6,283
78 ROAD 72 68 72 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 6,177 7,171 -14 714,579
10 HOL 47 64 73 LOVATO*DEMI HERE WE GO AGAIN 6,148 8,202 -25 267,068
2 WAR 56 74 NEW BOYZ SKINNY JEANZ & A MIC 6,009 9,742 -38 15,761
7 SBME 54 67 75 DIAMOND*NEIL HOT AUGUST NIGHT NYC 5,979 7,514 -20 151,565
8 DBV 65 79 76 DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY P 5,813 6,444 -10 92,179
12 INT 110 94 77 LMFAO PARTY ROCK 5,800 5,734 1 63,689
34 EPIC 75 74 78 FRAY*THE FRAY 5,712 6,718 -15 702,863
29 RCA 83 87 79 CLARKSON*KELLY ALL I EVER WANTED 5,656 5,985 -5 711,259
3 FONO 45 92 80 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE LA GRANJA 5,654 5,772 -2 22,035
1 FONT 81 * CHILDREN OF BODOM SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET 5,585 141 999 5,729
4 VFOR 46 90 82 FOGERTY*JOHN BLUE RIDGE RANGERS RIDES AGAIN 5,578 5,804 -4 43,256
2 ESMU 27 83 FREHLEY*ACE ANOMALY 5,493 16,742 -67 22,412
3 ATO 13 60 84 PHISH JOY 5,490 8,923 -38 43,735
3 ATO 34 78 85
8 MERN 66 71 86 SUGARLAND LIVE ON THE INSIDE 5,452 6,856 -20 165,886
5 MOT 70 70 87 JACKSON*MICHAEL DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 5,407 6,859 -21 42,757
56 OCAM 87 88 88
1 BREN 89 * PILLAR CONFESSIONS 5,218 71 999 2,836
8 UNIV 73 84 90 K-JON I GET AROUND 5,200 6,196 -16 91,995
2 MBL 43 91 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER DEFLORATE 5,194 12,377 -58 17,612
1 JAGJ 92 * VOLCANO CHOIR UNMAP 5,186 150 999 5,370
40 PHFN 81 85 93 3OH!3 WANT 5,161 6,177 -16 356,235
11 VRGN 96 101 94
13 DEF 71 75 95 JEREMIH JEREMIH 5,068 6,650 -24 210,026
22 MERN 78 95 96 CURRINGTON*BILLY LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 5,003 5,583 -10 304,870
2 ROAD 25 97 PORCUPINE TREE INCIDENT 4,990 17,574 -72 22,659
1 MER 98 * NOISETTES WILD YOUNG HEARTS 4,905 112 999 5,017
8 RAZ 60 72 99 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 16 4,826 6,819 -29 114,245
13 ATLG 93 105 100 THOMAS*ROB CRADLESONG 4,817 5,044 -5 276,304
2 DKRD 34 101 TRICK DADDY FINALLY FAMOUS: BORN A THUG ST 4,726 13,219 -64 17,989
60 MERN 90 104 102 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 4,672 5,185 -10 580,204
68 UNCM 89 80 103 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 4,670 6,418 -27 3,261,265
4 WAR 41 81 104 USED ARTWORK 4,665 6,402 -27 58,739
2 EPIT 46 105 EVERY TIME I DIE NEW JUNK AESTHETIC 4,648 11,917 -61 16,652
8 WAR 77 102 106 GLORIANA GLORIANA 4,588 5,197 -12 115,451
1 ROAD 107 *
5 RCA 64 86 108 HEAP*IMOGEN ELLIPSE 4,564 6,070 -25 82,580
5 CAP 56 82 109 LETOYA LADY LOVE 4,555 6,328 -28 70,630
2 ULR 39 110 FURTADO*NELLY MI PLAN 4,535 12,895 -65 17,444
4 MEGF 53 89 111 BLACK CROWES BEFORE THE FROST...UNTIL THE F 4,534 5,900 -23 52,263
2 DBV 91 112 * THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS HERE COMES SCIENCE 4,528 2,022 124 13,484
4 PSO 43 69 113 INSANE CLOWN POSSE BANG! POW! BOOM! 4,502 6,922 -35 72,955
15 HOL 79 91 114 JONAS BROTHERS LINES VINES & TRYING TIMES 4,445 5,793 -23 539,305
5 DOMI 69 97 115 ARCTIC MONKEYS HUMBUG 4,435 5,412 -18 55,717
24 JIVE 101 112 116 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 4,331 4,400 -2 121,703
1 HIPD 117 * FOGELBERG*DAN LOVE IN TIME 4,214 330 999 6,240
2 ATLG 41 118 YORN*PETE & SCARLETT JOHANSSON BREAK UP 4,164 12,669 -67 17,090
17 RLNE 103 115 119 CHICKENFOOT CHICKENFOOT 4,056 4,302 -6 319,408
2 SWZF 35 120 SHADOWS FALL RETRIBUTION 3,990 13,205 -70 17,249
21 DEF 74 92 121 MICHELE*CHRISETTE EPIPHANY 3,978 5,772 -31 300,490
1 PCLZ 122 * STAR*JEFFREE BEAUTY KILLER 3,971 35 999 4,017
16 SML 118 120 123 AVENTURA LAST 3,947 4,038 -2 169,188
3 T&N 35 98 124 THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH WELCOME TO THE MASQUERADE 3,941 5,352 -26 16,156
10 JIVE 105 119 125 SPARKS*JORDIN BATTLEFIELD 3,732 4,082 -9 116,964
5 EPIC 94 109 126 MATISYAHU LIGHT 3,663 4,566 -20 44,267
67 CAP 111 127 127 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 3,652 3,695 -1 2,577,140
1 BREN 128 * MAHER*MATT ALIVE AGAIN 3,648 17 999 1,626
2 DDM 62 129 KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT SURVIVAL SKILLS 3,632 8,433 -57 12,185
6 VFOR 86 100 130 LEDISI TURN ME LOOSE 3,585 5,262 -32 63,824
4 COL 97 121 131 DYLAN*BOB PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST 3,583 4,015 -11 18,633
3 DEF 30 106 132 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT COLLECTOR'S EDITION 3,577 4,697 -24 22,321
4 UME 109 103 133 JONES*GEORGE OLD COUNTRY STORE 3,505 5,188 -32 18,300
27 INT 95 108 134 HILSON*KERI IN A PERFECT WORLD... 3,483 4,599 -24 456,216
18 ATLG 120 122 135 HALESTORM HALESTORM 3,398 4,012 -15 92,277
1 TNHR 136 * GIRLS ALBUM 3,382 167 999 3,549
5 BNTE 76 110 137 NELSON*WILLIE AMERICAN CLASSIC 3,375 4,538 -26 34,744
1 FRAD 138 * BIG PINK BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE 3,372 117 999 3,489
5 DJOY 92 131 139 WINANS*VICKIE HOW I GOT OVER 3,369 3,477 -3 18,598
2 VGRT 47 140 THRICE BEGGARS 3,361 11,686 -71 29,552
5 ATLG 100 124 141 NEEDTOBREATHE OUTSIDERS 3,356 3,907 -14 30,071
27 UME 104 113 142 VARIOUS NOW 30 3,341 4,389 -24 699,305
11 WAR 80 117 143 SOUNDTRACK (500) DAYS OF SUMMER-MUSIC FRO 3,326 4,211 -21 81,727
7 FUER 106 125 144 COBRA STARSHIP HOT MESS 3,295 3,855 -15 80,806
1 DBV 145 * KSM READ BETWEEN THE LINES 3,261 972 235 4,233
67 CAP 113 118 146 PERRY*KATY ONE OF
51 WRD 138 139 147 WOW HITS 2009 WOW HITS 2009 3,234 3,246 0 207,910
24 DNGB 135 135 148 SILVERSUN PICKUPS SWOON 3,169 3,387 -6 171,756
49 COL 133 129 149 MARY MARY SOUND, THE 3,168 3,581 -12 321,720
8 EPIC 112 129 150 MODEST MOUSE NO ONE'S FIRST, AND 3,167 3,581 -12 71,195
6 ATLG 84 107 151 PAUL*SEAN IMPERIAL BLAZE 3,152 4,686 -33 60,038
81 COL 126 136 152 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 3,148 3,370 -7 498,515
19 COL 170 187 153 * KEARNEY*MAT CITY OF BLACK & WHITE 3,133 2,510 25 92,612
27 CAPN 148 160 154 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 3,082 2,830 9 138,018
3 OLE 58 114 155 YO LA TENGO POPULAR SONGS 3,067 4,312 -29 16,688
3 SPHS 67 162 156
3 FERV 85 128 157 BARLOWGIRL LOVE & WAR 3,051 3,679 -17 7,275
1 ORNQ 158 * VERTICAL HORIZON BURNING THE DAYS 3,027 49 999 3,116
82 ARNV 133 141 159 JACKSON*ALAN GOOD TIME 3,026 3,157 -4 924,902
12 HPL 119 152 160 ALL TIME LOW NOTHING PERSONAL 3,013 3,023 0 147,980
3 FUER 175 161 JENNIFER'S BODY SOUNDTRACK 3,010 2,601 16 11,155
1 CEME 162 * DESPISED ICON DAY OF MOURNING 3,001 29 999 3,030
48 LYST 128 137 163 RASCAL FLATTS VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 3,000 3,323 -10 724,286
5 LYST 113 144 164 LOVE AND THEFT WORLD WIDE OPEN 2,999 3,124 -4 27,868
1 COL 165 * BREWSTER*LINCOLN TODAY IS THE DAY 2,977 449 563 21,302
51 DGCI 138 150 166 RISE AGAINST APPEAL TO REASON 2,960 3,049 -3 323,459
3 VRGN 19 99 167 SAOSIN IN SEARCH OF SOLID GROUND 2,919 5,333 -45 29,903
11 GMO 98 123 168 TWISTA CATEGORY F5 2,917 4,004 -27 127,634
6 MEGF 99 132 169 THIRD EYE BLIND URSA MAJOR 2,909 3,465 -16 78,550
1 INT 170 LA ROUX LA ROUX 2,873 0 2,874
6 UNIV 149 164 171 FRANTI*MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD ALL REBEL ROCKERS 2,865 2,782 3 102,592
1 ADRE 172 * INFECTED MUSHROOM LEGEND OF THE BLACK SHAWARMA 2,852 890 220 4,733
1 ULTA 173 * BASEMENT JAXX SCARS 2,830 79 999 2,909
14 WAR 136 142 174 SPEKTOR*REGINA FAR 2,827 3,152 -10 135,354
1 DNGB 175 * SEA WOLF WHITE WATER WHITE BLOOM 2,796 60 999 2,856
13 WAR 117 140 176 WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM) 2,791 3,170 -12 227,366
25 BNA 143 155 177 PICKLER*KELLIE KELLIE PICKLER 2,764 2,893 -4 314,212
32 CAPN 178 * BENTLEY*DIERKS FEEL THAT FIRE 2,754 2,203 25 254,518
1 SEMW 179 *
1 WEAL 180 * MIGUEL*LUIS NO CULPES A LA NOCHE TBC 2,740 11 999 2,751
5 CURB 102 134 181 SELAH YOU DELIVER ME 2,725 3,396 -20 7,248
2 HOL 18 182 HONOR SOCIETY FASHIONABLY LATE 2,717 22,149 -88 24,868
18 UNSO 137 148 183 HOUSER*RANDY ANYTHING GOES 2,697 3,082 -12 119,386
14 AVGJ 186 179 184 FORD*COLT RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRY 2,688 2,543 6 79,641
18 MCHT 183 146 185 WISIN Y YANDEL LA REVOLUCION 2,679 3,111 -14 146,750
29 FERV 177 173 186 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 2,670 2,641 1 54,810
3 WWM 187 * PUGH*EARNEST EARNEST PUGH LIVE: RAIN ON US 2,669 1,966 36 7,375
8 COL 150 169 188 PHILLIPS,CRAIG & DEAN FEARLESS 2,635 2,670 -1 8,202
5 ORSI 108 138 189 MICHAELSON*INGRID EVERYBODY 2,628 3,297 -20 39,062
32 JIVE 129 145 190 WILSON*CHARLIE UNCLE CHARLIE 2,623 3,122 -16 256,071
78 MCAN 153 165 191 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 2,597 2,743 -5 962,696
24 VERV 192 * KRALL*DIANA QUIET NIGHTS 2,582 1,896 36 346,618
1 SML 193 * GARCIA*KANY BOLETO DE ENTRADA 2,555 522 389 3,077
58 BREN 159 166 194 THIRD DAY REVELATION 2,546 2,719 -6 181,274
64 DECC 123 149 195 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK 2,531 3,051 -17 1,764,301
73 SWDG 160 157 196 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 2,522 2,854 -12 687,687
18 WRPR 132 172 197 GRIZZLY BEAR VECKATIMEST 2,511 2,653 -5 112,699
5 WAR 122 198 MUTEMATH ARMISTICE 2,499 2,104 19 35,047
72 RHI 174 197 199 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 2,496 2,355 6 579,535
7 SPAR 146 180 200 NICOLE*BRITT LOST GET FOUND 2,461 2,541 -3 11,473
a lil history about the real freeway ricky ross- ( not the rapper )
Chapter VI: Ricky Ross
Ricky Ross was a central figure in the "Dark Alliance" series published in the San Jose Mercury News. According to the series, he not only was the trafficker who put Blandon's drugs on the street, he was the source of the crack epidemic in South Central Los Angeles, indeed, the entire United States. And, in an interesting twist, the series came to play a central role in the trial of Ross in 1996, when he tried to use its allegations as a shield against prosecution. In that case and elsewhere, Ross has claimed that he was the unwitting pawn of the United States government, which supplied him cocaine through Blandon, that he was unfairly targeted for prosecution, and that his prosecutors prevented him from getting a fair trial in which he could air his charges of official perfidy.
The OIG has endeavored to examine the facts behind Ross' claims. To this end, we interviewed, among others, Ross, Blandon, Ronald Lister, an FBI informant from Los Angeles (LA CI-1), and Blandon associates Ivan Torres and Carlos Rocha, as well as the law enforcement agents and the Assistant United States Attorney, L. J. O'Neale, involved in their prosecutions. Ross associate Ollie Newell refused our request to be interviewed while in prison in Indiana and did not return calls made to him after his release. The OIG also reviewed DEA and FBI files on Blandon and Ross; the trial transcripts and U.S. Attorney's Office files from the San Diego and Ohio prosecutions of Ross and the "Big Spender" trial in Los Angeles; and various statements made by Ross to the media.
A. Ross' Criminal History
Aside from the federal investigations and arrests of Ross (discussed below), his criminal record reflects a number of local arrests, but few convictions. A 1978 burglary charge was later dismissed. The disposition of a July 1981 arrest for assault with a deadly weapon is not indicated on Ross' criminal record, nor is the disposition for a March 1982
B. Ross' Statements about his Drug Empire to the Media and OIG
Even as Ross was avoiding prosecution, he was building a drug-dealing organization that, at the peak of his business in 1984 and 1985, according to Ross, was bringing him profits of $1 to $2 million a day. He later told Los Angeles Times writer Jessie Katz: "You know how some people feel that God put them down here to be a preacher? I felt that he had put me down to be the cocaine man." In this 1994 interview, Ross told of having workers that he paid $1,000 a week as bodyguards, lookouts, drivers, money counters, crack cookers, and garbage men to dispose of incriminating evidence. Katz wrote that Ross had converted "a curbside operation into ... the Wal-Mart of cocaine" and that "his coast-to-coast conglomerate was selling more than 500,000 rocks a day."
According to Katz, Ross would pick up million-dollar shipments in armed convoys of inconspicuous cars, one of which was always ready to speed off as a decoy. The organization's cookers used boat oars to convert huge pots of powder cocaine into crack, working in a "cook house" with digital scales and a restaurant quality gas stove. Ross told Katz that he had a money house with a one-ton safe and currency-counting machines, a crack house with an underground tunnel leading from a closet to the street, and a party house with a satellite dish, NBA-caliber basketball hoops, and a maid. He recalled that one day he just started counting money and ended up looking at a pile of over $2.8 million in cash. Katz reported that, "when the market exploded in 1984," Ross was dealing directly with the Colombian cartels, who supplied him with 50 to 100 kilos a day. With that, Ross was able to operate dozens of "rock houses;" operate three "ounce houses," which serviced hundreds of mid-level dealers; and service "his own private list of V.I.P. customers," about 30 to 50 "big-time dealers."
Ross told the OIG that at the height of his own dealing, he supplied kilograms of crack to customers in St. Louis, New Orleans, Texas, Kansas City, Oklahoma, Indiana, Seattle and other cities in California. Some people just bought quantities of crack on a regular basis. Others were more like partners, whom Ross would teach the business and take a share of the profits. Ross also ran crack houses in Los Angeles where he distributed his own crack. The buyers at Ross' crack houses were generally buying for resale on the street corner, not for personal consumption. Ross stated: "What we called it was like, we called it the double-up, you know, when you go and you spend $100, and you can make $100. So it was like a job almost where you can invest. If you got $100 to invest, you can turn $100 into $200." Ross noted that "thousands" of people worked for him at the height of his business, and that he directly controlled about 30 people.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
BROKE BILLIONAIRES, ZIMBABWE MONEY AINT WORTH SHIT
Zimbabwe's 100,000 percent inflation rate is the world's highest. While officially, one U.S dollar is worth about 30,000 Zimbabwean dollars. As of last week the real price on the black market was about 35 million dollars, or 1,166 times the official rate.
The average wage for a farm worker is 30 million dollars per month. A domestic worker makes about five times that amount, and a laborer in one of Zimbabwe's decrepit factories can expect to earn as much as 300 million per month.
It sounds good until you consider how much things cost. Four Coca-Colas cost about 20 million. A one-way bus ticket around town will set you back one of those 10 million dollar notes (and that price may go up even as you're on the bus). Ten kilograms (22 pounds) of corn meal, which might last a family of four two or three days, goes for 45 million. It's 7 million for less than a quarter pound of low-grade beef. A loaf of bread is 10 million.
If you're a government worker you'll earn a monthly pension of 60,000 (yes, thousand) a month. But an empty potato sack alone costs 2 million, or 33 times your monthly pension. (Full)
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1million worth of crystal meth stoped in nashville,tn
October 8, 2009
The stop of a rental car for following too closely on I-40 east near Bellevue Tuesday afternoon resulted in the seizure of 14 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ICE, with an estimated street value of $1 million.
Interstate Interdiction Unit Officer Jaime Scruggs found the 13 wrapped bricks of contraband hidden in the car after the driver consented to a search. The driver said he was returning to North Carolina after vacationing in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were called to the scene and have assumed the investigation, which has led to the identification of two additional defendants in Georgia. The names of the persons charged by the DEA are not being released at present so as not to jeopardize the ongoing investigation.
17 year old found guilty for killing informant..
Federal Informants
One Man Killed, Another Injured in Drug-Related Shooting
OCT 6 -- Columbia, South Carolina - United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated today that Edward McCain, age 18, of Georgetown, South Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court to using a firearm to murder one man and injure another, both he believed were acting as informants against him. United States District Judge Patrick Michael Duffy of Charleston accepted the plea and will sentence McCain at a later date. The minimum penalty McCain can receive is life imprisonment. Because McCain was 17 years old at the time of the shooting, he is not eligible for the death penalty.
Evidence presented in court established that on November 14, 2008, McCain set up a meeting with the two victims, after receiving information that one or both of the men had assisted law enforcement in a major investigation. McCain arranged for the victims to park their car on Gilbert Street in Georgetown, then approached the car and fired at least six shots into it, striking both men. One of the men was killed, while the other suffered serious injury. McCain admitted that he intended to kill both men so that they would not pass information on to law enforcement regarding his drug trafficking activities.
The case was jointly investigated by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Georgetown Police Department, and the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Peter Phillips of the Charleston office handled the case.
DEA arrests led to fourth largest seizure of heroin ever in U.S.
OCT 06 -- (NEW YORK) - GERARD P. McALEER, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division ("DEA") joined PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to announce today a Superseding Indictment charging three members of an alleged narcotics conspiracy involved in the distribution of approximately 75 kilograms of heroin, as well as approximately 84 kilograms of cocaine.
According to documents filed in this case, including the Superseding Indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court:
From October 2008 until July 14, 2009, RAFAEL VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA, a/k/a "Raffa," ALBERTO NIETO, JR., and RAFAEL VARGAS-AGUILAR, worked together to distribute heroin and cocaine in New York and in New Jersey. On March 3, 2009, VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA traveled from New Jersey to Dyckman Street in New York, New York, where he obtained a car with a hidden compartment capable of storing narcotics. On July 14, 2009, VILLAGRANAARREOLA bought a minivan and several duffel bags and took them to a warehouse in New Jersey, after which he met up with NIETO and VARGAS-AGUILAR, who were in a recreational vehicle, at the Ramapo service area on Interstate 87 in New York.
That same day, VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA and VARGAS-AGUILAR transported approximately 75 kilograms of heroin and 84 kilograms of cocaine, hidden in the recreational vehicle, to the warehouse in New Jersey. Law enforcement agents entered the warehouse on July 14, 2009, where they arrested NIETO and found the duffel bags and the secret compartments in the recreational vehicle containing drugs.
VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA was arrested leaving the warehouse; VARGAS-AGUILAR was apprehended later the same day at a motel in New Jersey. The seizure announced today was the fourth largest seizure of heroin in United States history.
VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA, 29, resides in Paterson, New Jersey.
NIETO, 21, resides in Highland, California.
VARGAS-AGUILAR, 56, resides in Tarzana, California.
The defendants have been in custody since their arrests. VILLAGRANA-ARREOLA and NIETO were arraigned today on the Superseding Indictment in Manhattan federal court by United States Magistrate Judge DEBRA FREEMAN.
If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum sentence of life in prison, and a maximum fine of $4,000,000, or twice the gross gain or loss to others from the offense.
Mr. BHARARA praised the outstanding work of the United States DEA for its work in this investigation and thanked the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office for its assistance.
Assistant United States Attorneys NICOLE FREIDLANDER and GLEN KOPP are in charge of the prosecution. The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.