7/24/2023 0 Comments Vice lord![]() AVLN members are alleged to participate in retaliations against rival gangs or AVLN members who have cooperated with law enforcement, order assaults of AVLN members that are in violation of AVLN law, and direct AVLN members to commit other crimes and acts of violence on behalf of the AVLN. It is further alleged that AVLN leaders also order members to participate in violence which includes assault with intent to murder, robbery and extortion. Members are alleged to carry, possess, and use firearms to protect their drug trafficking. ![]() AVLN members have connections to drug suppliers and utilize an interstate network to facilitate drug trafficking, including obtaining narcotics from Chicago and trafficking drugs out of state. This indictment is the result of ATF’s ongoing investigation focusing on the criminal activities of the AVLN and focuses on leaders and members of those five branches in Michigan and Chicago.Īccording to the indictment, AVLN and its members are alleged to be involved in a range of criminal activity including, but not limited to, narcotics trafficking involving fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, ecstasy/MDMA, methamphetamine, prescription pills, and marijuana. ![]() Some of these: branches” include the Travelling Vice Lords (“TVL”), Insane Vice Lords (“IVL”), and the Mafia Insane Vice Lords (“MIVLs”), Cicero Insane Vice Lords (“CIVLs”), and Conservative Vice Lords (“CVLs”). There are various “branches” within the AVLN, which are expected to assist one another, collaborate with one another on criminal activities, and answer to the gang’s leaders in Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan. The forty individuals are members and associates of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation (AVLN), a national gang founded in Chicago, Illinois. DETROIT - Forty members and associates of a violent, armed, street gang were charged today on an indictment charging violations of Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering (ViCAR), and various drug and firearms offenses, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
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