Adopting best business practices permitted drug trade to flourish
The Black Disciples ran a business that was the envy of Chicago's
underground economy. The South Side gang's distribution network for
heroin and crack cocaine brought in as much as $300,000 a day. Its
drug-selling territory was divided into clearly defined franchises.
Gang members paid dues and "taxes" for the right to sell drugs. There
was even an annual company picnic. [more]
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