the Syndicate

Do that, and the syndicate's bets would have come in.

He wanted Blythe Street to work under the Mexican Mafia, the syndicate that controlled the prisons where he’d spent the last 18 years.

The syndicate once relied on associates on the streets, but court data showed that smuggled phones have given imprisoned leaders greater control over drug deals.

The aging of yakuza members and their financial difficulties have also hobbled the syndicate, experts say.

Ryan says because of confidentiality clauses in the syndicate he couldn’t reveal.