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If pop culture has unequivocally sold us one thing, it's the crystal clear image of what we think the face of organized crime looks like.

Personas like the Godfather.

Don't call me on and give me justice.

Just don't ask for respect.

You're on offer for action.

You don't even think to call me Godfather.

Buying this Hollywood image or any others like it, hook line and sinker would be a big mistake as ill advised of a mistake as double crossing say the mob.

Because when it comes down to it, the face of organized crime in America is ever evolving.

Shape shifting, every time a new drug, technology or emerging industry begins to dominate the market.

Somewhere underneath the upticks of gleaming capitalism are organized criminals.

And don't just take my word for it.

Because in this episode of Dark arenas, I'm getting a crash course in the underworld of organized crime.

Thanks to a man who battled it for decades and came out the other side, unscathed.

His name is Dave DeVillars and he was so successful at prosecuting organized criminal enterprises that some of the most notorious gangs in the world gave him a rather sinister nickname, The Devil Man.

There was gold plating everywhere inside the Huntington Building skyscraper that sat on South High Street and downtown Columbus, Ohio.

Gold glittered on the walls, floors, door handles, handrails everywhere you name it.

There were dozens of floors filled with business firms and law offices.

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