American criminal organization
Criminal organization
Dixie Mafia| Founded | Late 1960s[1] |
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| Founding location | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
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| Years active | c. 1960s–present |
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| Territory | Southeastern United States[2] |
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| Ethnicity | White Southerner |
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| Activities | Illegal gambling, drug trafficking, prostitution, robbery, murder, arson, extortion, fraud, bootlegging, rumrunning, and political corruption[1][3] |
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The Dixie Mafia, or the Dixie Mob, is an American criminal organization composed mainly of White Southerners and based in Biloxi, Mississippi, operating primarily throughout the Southern United States since at least the late 1960s. The groups' activities include movement of stolen merchandise, illegal alcohol, and illegal drugs.
- ^ a b Two Mobs Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel (February 16, 1992) Archived March 24, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Byte Out of History: Murder and the Dixie Mafia fbi.gov (September 4, 2012) Archived December 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Dixie Mafia: The Mob You Never Knew Crime Capsule (February 24, 2020) Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “Dixie Mafia” figure dies WGAU (April 10, 2017) Archived May 6, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dixie Mafia Russell McDermott, Texarkana Gazette (December 12, 2013) Archived April 4, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
