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GROUP UNdERCOVER OPERATION ROPOSAL ORIGINAL x EXTENSION EXPANSION IN SCOPE/CHANGE OF FOCUS BUDGET ENHANCEMENT CONVERSION 0 UPDATE/OTHERS CASE NAME: IMPERIAL GANGSTERS GROUP I INITIATED ON: ITAR - STREET GANGS b2 FILE NUMBER: 166E-MM-66986 GROUP II INITIATED ON: PROGRAM: VCMOP AUTHORITY EXPIRES ON: b2 b7C b7D b7E SUCCINET SUMEMARY This UCO, as a fcncing operation, supplies the gang members a scrvice tbat they will utilize to turn some of thcir criminal activity into cash. This alone will instill trust in the UCA's and create an atmosphere whcre other criminal activity is discussed. Obtaining this information is the primary goal of this operation. To accomplish. this, the trust of thc subjects must bc gained, which is an extremcly slow and difficult task. Most of thc subjects and mcmbers of thc targeted gangs have been raised together sincc carly childhood and have formcd pccr bonds to thc extent that it is virtually impossible for an outsider to break into the group. The trust of a person who has not been raised with these groups must bc built over a long period. It is only after this trust is built, that the: gang membcr will open up and tell somconc who is not a member of this peer group of the gangs criminal activity. Items stolcn during home and car burglaries, busincss burslarics car-iackings, robberics and other strect crimes have bccn and will continue to bc purchaseq Thc UCO providcs a. permancnt location where thc subjects can call and bring these itcms and convert them into cash. It also provides the FBI a location whcre these dealings can be rccorded. The acgotiation process for tbe price of the item bcing offcred for sale extcnds the lcngth of timc and draws out thc. 1 b7C b7D