Black Mafia Family
American criminal organization
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- The Black Mafia Family ( BMF ) is a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States.
- By 2000, it had established cocaine distribution sales throughout the United States through its Los Angeles–based drug source and direct links to Mexican drug cartels.
- The Black Mafia Family under Demetrius Flenory entered the hip-hop music business as BMF Entertainment in the early 2000s as a front organization to launder money from cocaine sales and to legitimize itself.
- Demetrius Flenory and the Black Mafia Family became famous in hip-hop culture for their highly extravagant lifestyles.
- Prosecutors alleged the Black Mafia Family made over $270 million in the course of their operations.
The Black Mafia Family (BMF) is a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States. It was founded in 1985, in Southwest Detroit, by brothers Demetrius Edward "Big Meech" and Terry Lee "Southwest Tee" Flenory. By 2000, it had established cocaine distribution sales throughout the United States through its Los Angeles–based drug source and direct links to Mexican drug cartels. The Black Mafia Family operated from two main hubs: one in Atlanta for distribution, run by Demetrius Flenory; and one in Los Angeles to handle incoming shipments from Mexico, run by Terry Flenory.
The Black Mafia Family under Demetrius Flenory entered the hip-hop music business as BMF Entertainment in the early 2000s as a front organization to launder money from cocaine sales and to legitimize itself. BMF Entertainment served as a promoter for several high-profile hip-hop artists, and as a record label for their sole artist Bleu DaVinci. Demetrius Flenory and the Black Mafia Family became famous in hip-hop culture for their highly extravagant lifestyles.
In 2005, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) indicted members of the Black Mafia Family, ultimately securing convictions by targeting the Flenory brothers under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute, and both were sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. Prosecutors alleged the Black Mafia Family made over $270 million in the course of their operations.
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