Episode 3 Informants

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I tell about the development of some informants. For example, one guy had worked for a mob owned used car lot and auto repair garage. He had been able to listen through a thin wall and hear some snippets of mob plans. When we approached him and asked about his work at this mob owned business, we were making a “cold call.” In other words, we asked him for information without any pressure. We did not know about a situation where Carl Spero involved him in a the theft of a piece of heavy equipment. he thought we knew and he immediately told us everything he knew about the Spero crew. in another case, a guy got in too deep and knew the only way out was to seek law enforcement protection or end up dead.

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0:00.0	Nah, not quite. What's up?
0:02.2	Sell my car on Carvana. It's just not quite the right time.
0:05.8	Crazy coincidence. I just sold my car to Carvana.
0:08.5	What? I told you about it two days ago.
0:10.6	When you know, you know. You know? I'm even dropping it off at one of those sweet car vending machines and getting paid today.
0:17.1	That's a good deal.
0:18.0	Oh, great deal. Come on. What's your heart saying?
0:20.8	You're right.
0:21.4	When you know?
0:22.0	You know.
0:22.9	Sold.
0:23.5	Whether you're looking to sell your car right now or just whenever feels right,
0:26.5	go to Carbana.com and sell your car the convenient way.
0:29.0	Terms and conditions apply.
0:29.8	I don't know. Welcome to another episode of Gangland Wire True Crime Stories.
1:00.0	My name is Aaron. I'm here with retired intelligence unit detective, Gary Jenkins.
1:13.1	Well, welcome.
1:14.3	Welcome back.
1:15.7	We had a little miscue there, folks.
1:16.3	Sorry about that.
1:20.8	Welcome back to episode three of the gang that couldn't detonate the bomb right.
1:22.3	This is your host, Gary Jenkins.
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