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El Cartel De Santa Fe is a group of criminals from Colombia, they spread their business wings in the city of Los Santos in the Las Colinas area to run their legal and illegal businesses. Cartel Los Caballeros de Cali is a criminal group located in the Colombian city of Cali. Giorgian Ugarte, Jorge Basillio, and Emmanuel Munoz, the three men are members of Los Caballeros de Cali Cartel, the three of them are sicarios directly under Navegante. Navegante was a sicarios of the Los Caballeros de Cali Cartel, but Navegante's status was higher as he was directly trusted by Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela who was a patron of the Los Caballeros de Cali Cartel. Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugerta, the two men were often called into Navegante's important missions to do the bidding of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela who told Navegante to annihilate the enemies of Los Caballeros de Cali. December 03, 2004, Los Caballeros de Cali officially disbanded and lost its leader Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela was extradited to the United States for being a longtime target of the D.E.A. who had spread their drug business in the United States. Navegante, who has not been heard from since, Giorgian Ugarte, Jorge Basillio, and Emmanuel Munoz who were low-ranking sicarios from Los Caballeros de Cali, split up and fled the city of Cali. Jorge Basillio were never heard from again, while Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte both fled to the city of Bogotá in the Santa Fe district. Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte, the two men go and find a new boss in Santa Fe which is full of rich people, the city is the capital of the State of Columbia. Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte, the two men joined a small cartel called El Cartel De Santa Fe. Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte have the status of a scout or can be called “eyes and ears” to conduct a reconnaissance. El Cartel De Santa Fe is led by a patron named Chico Emilio Navarro, Chico Emilio Navarro is a taxi businessman in the Santa Fe district of Bogotá to cover up his small drug business from the police or D.E.A. On Monday, February 12, 2006, Chico Emilio Navarro ordered Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte to accompany Chico Emilio Navarro to deliver a drug order to another country. The drug that Chico Emilio Navarro wanted to deliver was cocaine and was delivered in the city of Medelin by a cartel in that city, Chico Emilio Navarro told Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte to be the drug couriers every time a delivery occurred, Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte accepted the offer because it was a great opportunity for both of them to rebuild their glory as sicarios again but in a different cartel El Cartel De Santa Fe. January 20, 2007, it has been a year since Giorgian Ugarte and Emmanuel Munoz became drug couriers for El Cartel De Santa to deliver drugs to other cartels. Giorgian Ugarte and Emmanuel Munoz were entrusted by Chico Emilio Navarro to oversee several of his drug shipments to other cities and to manage the delivery routes instead of just being couriers. El Cartel De Santa Fe gradually gained popularity and gained several customers from other countries and the increasing drug business of El Cartel De Santa Fe, Chico Emilio Navarro was eager to expand his business more internationally, Giorgian Ugarte suggested the first route for the mission to expand their drug business, the country in question was the country nicknamed the City of Saints, Los Santos is the world center of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, and leading education, and is the third richest city in the world and the fifth most powerful and influential city in the world. Chico Emilio Navarro thought about Giorgian Ugarte's suggestion, because Los Santos is very difficult to smuggle their drugs, let alone to bribe the police in order to facilitate their transportation routes to send their drugs to the city of Los Santos, Emmanuel Munoz gave Chico Emilio Navarro the idea not to bribe the police first, Chico Emilio Navarro only needs to make his legal business, namely his tax business, place a branch in Los Santos so that it can easily smuggle drugs into Los Santos. Chico Emilio Navarro took a moment to think about the suggestions of the two men, Chico Emilio Navarro agreed to the suggestions of Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte to expand their illegal business network to Los Santos by first expanding their legal business to Los Santos. Las Colinas is a place filled with several houses, that's where Emmanuel Munoz and Giorgian Ugarte got a small property, the two men planned to build their legal business first, the main goal of the two men was to promote their business La Taberna bar and El Transporters taxi. After a discussion, it was decided to divide the task, Emmanuel Munoz would build El Transporters and Giorgian Ugarte would build La Taberna with a set time of 2 weeks. With the capital provided by Chico Emilio Navarro, Emmanuel Munoz traveled around the city, meeting taxi drivers namely Sergio Espada and Valentino Valdegaz whose cars were no longer suitable for use, Emmanuel Munoz offered cars that were suitable for the job on the condition that they became workers at El Transporters. Giorgian Ugarte had a different idea and with the capital he was given, he bought a small bar in the neighborhood of Las Colinas, hired some builders to fix it up and decorate it as La Taberna. The agreed time was up, they gathered for a meeting, Giorgian Ugarte contacted Emmanuel Munoz to come to the bar he had built and Emmanuel Munoz arrived with the workers he had recruited, the four of them gathered at the bar, to discuss the continuation of their work going forward. Days passed after the meeting, Giorgian and Emmanuel traveled around Kreensaw and met several school children and then they discussed around the location, to offer them a job at the bar with enough salary to pay their tuition every month, Julian Montana, George Clevonte were interested in the job, Giorgian gave them the address of the bar. In the evening Giorgian got a call from Chico to return to the city of Santa Fe, with that Giorgian gave news to Emmanuel Munoz to take care of the rest of the work, then with everything left by Georgian, all the work was taken care of by Emmanuel Munoz. The next day, Julian Montana, George Clevonte discussed about a job at the bar, George Clevonte desperately needed money for his school immediately accepted the job, not tired of his search Emmanuel Munoz made a job promotion ad on a radio ad, shortly after the ad was made, Genevieve Saphira came to Emmanuel Munoz to offer herself with some of her experience to become a manager and employee at La Taberna. A week after the staff was hired, La Taberna and El Transporter started running small, led by Emmanuel Munoz who then trusted Sergio Espada to manage El Transporter and Genevieve Saphira to manage La Taberna. After being in Los Santos, El Cartel De Santa Fe decided to make El Transporters known to the people of Los Santos. Las Colinas was the area where they set up the El Transporters chapter in Los Santos, but Las Colinas was just a dead-end street that not many people visited, with abandoned, abandoned houses and dead-end streets. Thanks to the presence of El Transporters, launched by Emmanuel Munoz in Los Santos, Las Colinas has been bringing new life to the area with its El Transporters taxi units. He has been actively spreading the word about El Transporters opening job vacancies for taxi drivers and also for workers at La Taberna, a sideline business of El Transporters. After the rumors regarding El Transporters opening job vacancies spread, four men became candidates who wanted to apply to El Transporters and La Taberna. The four men were named Hube Vitello, Lyndon Malfoy, Alvaro Cedro, and Fergio Deluciano. The four candidates registered themselves for both businesses. Hube Vitello and Lyndon Malfoy registered for La Taberna, while the other two men, Alvaro Cedro and Fergio Deluciano, registered for El Transporters. Emmanuel Munoz noticed some potential in the four men and trusted them as permanent workers for El Transporters and La Taberna. Emmanuel Munoz has not made any progress on the first step of the main mission given to him and Giorgian Ugarte by Coco. Emmanuel Munoz is still unsure about what steps to take without Giorgian Ugarte by his side in Los Santos. Giorgian Ugarte is still in Colombia because Coco called him to carry out an important mission there. There isn't much Emmanuel Munoz can do at the moment. He doubts some of his decisions and doesn't really trust some of his crew. It's true that El Transporters and La Taberna have more workers now, but El Transporters and La Taberna still don't have many workers. But, there was one man who caught Emmanuel Munoz's attention, he was none but Alvaro Cedro. Based on the history of Alvaro Cedro that Emmanuel Munoz found, Alvaro Cedro could be said to have lived in a tough environment. Emmanuel Munoz chose to give Alvaro Cedro a little bit of his trust. Emmanuel Munoz called Alvaro Cedro for a chat and immediately made him an offer. The offer was for a side job that would provide Alvaro Cedro with some extra cash. Essentially, Emmanuel Munoz gave him a mission to sell cocaine made by the Cartel De Santa Fe on every street corner in Los Santos. Alvaro initially considered the offer made by Munoz, but because he needed extra money, Alvaro accepted the offer. Alvaro ran the business very easily and made Emmanuel Munoz trust his El Transporters employees even more. As time goes by, El Cartel De Santa Fe has already established their legal and illegal businesses in Los Santos, however they keep narrowing down their cocaine business in Los Santos. Emmanuel Munoz is one of the men trusted by Chico Emilio Navarro, the patron of El Cartel De Santa Fe. Coco instructed Emmanuel Munoz not to make any big moves to spread El Cartel De Santa Fe's cocaine in Los Santos so that it would not be easily detected by the D.E.A. Emmanuel Munoz accepted the message and focused more on the El Transporters and La Taberna businesses. Giorgian was still in Colombia on an important mission for Coco, so all of Giorgian Ugarte's responsibilities were still being handled by Emmanuel Munoz. All of El Cartel De Santa Fe's plans in Los Santos went smoothly without any obstacles, attracting the attention of other competing businesses in Los Santos to visit El Transporters and La Taberna. La Taberna received a visit from a wealthy businessman who runs an entertainment district in East Los Santos. The businessman's name is Kotaro Fujigawa, and he is the owner of Little Tokyo, a business located in East Los Santos. Kotaro's visit to La Taberna was just to stop by and relax. He initiated a conversation with Emmanuel Munoz and established a good relationship with Kotaro Fujigawa. The two old men became good friends, so Kotaro Fujigawa wanted to offer an investment to La Taberna and El Transporters, which is run by Emmanuel Munoz, who is trusted by El Cartel De Santa Fe. However, as usual, they had a casual conversation at La Taberna while playing poker, and Kotaro Fujigawa was candid about the business he was running, namely Little Tokyo, located in East Los Santos. The old man had a side business, just like the one run by Emmanuel Munoz on the orders of El Cartel De Santa Fe. There had been no bad news affecting Emmanuel Munoz so far, but the moment arrived that would impact La Taberna. Night fell, and suddenly La Taberna was surrounded by police officers due to a disturbance caused by Kotaro's crew at La Taberna. It was unclear what Kotaro's crew was thinking, but they attracted a crowd of police officers and engaged in a shootout at Las Colinas, which was right in front of La Taberna. As a result, Emmanuel Munoz was briefly detained as a witness to the incident. Even though he was proven innocent, Emmanuel Munoz was furious at the actions of Kotaro's crew. Emmanuel Munoz went to Little Tokyo to demand accountability from Kotaro's crew for what they had done to La Taberna, but Kotaro's crew only gave various unreasonable excuses so as not to admit their actions at La Taberna. A fight broke out between the two sides, but Emmanuel and his crew managed to knock down one of the Kotaro crew members and take him far away. Emmanuel Munoz questioned one of the Kotaro crew members, but with the same ego, the Kotaro crew member still did not want to admit to what he had done, so Emmanuel and his crew immediately ended the Kotaro crew member's day. There is one man whom Emmanuel forgot in his rage, Kotaro Fujigawa. Kotaro heard the news that he had been kidnapped by Emmanuel Munoz and was so enraged that he immediately declared war on Emmanuel Munoz. The Red Zone still flares intermittently, a constant reminder that the conflict between El Cartel de Santa Fe and the Little Tokyo crew has not entirely vanished. Yet the war has extracted a heavy price. Blood, money, manpower, and time have all been spent chasing a victory that proved fleeting. What was once a strategic advantage had slowly turned into a burden. Emmanuel Muñoz understood that a prolonged conflict would bring nothing but further losses—especially against Little Tokyo, who already held influence and financial power in Los Santos long before Santa Fe set foot in the city. With this in mind, Emmanuel consulted several colleagues and upper-ranking figures in Colombia, where the cartel’s headquarters operated. During a roundtable meeting, the leaders of El Cartel de Santa Fe issued a decisive order. Emmanuel, stationed in Los Santos, received a message delivered by a courier bird: all hostilities toward Little Tokyo were to cease immediately. The directive was clear—reset all negative standing, stabilize the front, and resume their original mission. Not long after, troubling rumors circulated across Las Colinas. It was revealed that Kotaro Fujigawa was not the sole figure controlling Little Tokyo; he had a brother who served as the true mastermind behind the organization, still operating freely within the city. Following this revelation, poetic justice seemed to strike. One by one, divine retribution—referred to by locals as Nemesis—fell upon Little Tokyo for its hidden transgressions. Then came a message from Hermes: Little Tokyo had vanished entirely from the business landscape of Los Santos. Their lavish, influential empire had been dismantled by law enforcement. Though the victory was credited to El Cartel de Santa Fe, the cartel was not exempt from punishment. A new conflict emerged—this time centered in Colombia. The Red Zone had not disappeared; it had simply migrated back to the cartel’s homeland. El Cartel de Santa Fe’s Los Santos branch now found itself dealing with the consequences of Colombia’s ongoing turmoil. Emmanuel Muñoz struggled to keep the business profitable amid the chaos. He attempted to contact Giorgian Ugarte, urging him to return to Los Santos and resume their mission. With the Patron’s permission, Giorgian secured an immediate flight. Upon landing, Giorgian attempted to call Emmanuel, but received no answer—Emmanuel was occupied with work. Giorgian travelled to Las Colinas, stepped into the modest El Transporters building, and found Emmanuel inside a small office. Their reunion marked the official continuation of their task in Los Santos. Emmanuel was surprised, however, to see that Giorgian had brought someone with him. The man introduced himself as Alfonso Delopez, known by many as Martie. He stated that he was here to help resolve the crisis affecting El Cartel de Santa Fe’s operations in Los Santos. Emmanuel welcomed him, recognizing the value of any capable ally. Alfonso had been an old friend of Giorgian’s, and Giorgian had convinced him to rejoin the business and rebuild the success they once shared. Alfonso quickly proposed an idea: produce Santa Fe’s cocaine directly in Los Santos. This would drastically reduce shipping costs and minimize exposure during transport. Shipments from Colombia, he suggested, should consist solely of raw materials, which would then be processed locally. Alfonso had already scouted suitable locations and evaluated the workers available. With financial backing secured through Alfonso’s initiative, the economic crisis plaguing El Cartel de Santa Fe slowly began to lift. Their operations in Los Santos gradually regained stability. El Transporters and La Taberna re-entered the commercial scene, rebuilding their reputation from the ground up. It was a fresh start—an opportunity not only to survive, but to compete. At the same time, Giorgian Ugarte proposed a new venture in Las Colinas: a business built around an age-old form of entertainment—combat. During a roundtable briefing, he presented the concept of Golpe Combat Showbiz (GCS), a hybrid of spectacle and competition designed to shake up Los Santos’ entertainment industry. Blueprints were approved, manpower was hired, and funds were allocated. Within three months, construction and groundwork were well underway. GCS quickly expanded its potential influence beyond Las Colinas, entering the wider business arena of Los Santos. During this resurgence, El Transporters rose to become one of the most reputable taxi companies in the city. Their improved public image boosted their ratings significantly. Yet, as the saying goes, the higher you climb, the stronger the wind. Trouble soon followed. A long-established taxi group known as Shamrock began inserting themselves into El Transporters’ territory. Two men appeared in Las Colinas, demanding “taxes,” claiming they were the original pioneers of the taxi business in Los Santos. El Transporters recognized them as extortionists and had them thrown out. Emmanuel and Giorgian initially dismissed the incident as trivial. They underestimated Shamrock’s persistence. The group returned repeatedly with the same demands. One night, they came back—this time with reinforcements—and found Emmanuel alone. Arrogantly, they cornered him and insisted he pay. Emmanuel refused, and they responded with violence. Fortunately, he managed to escape before the assault escalated. But the situation worsened. Shamrock retaliated by kidnapping one of El Transporters’ workers. They tortured him and left behind a four-leaf clover as a calling card. Upon hearing what happened, Emmanuel was furious. He cursed Shamrock relentlessly and refused to let the insult pass. In his anger, he vowed to wage war. He began mobilizing every available man under El Cartel de Santa Fe Los Santos, preparing to drag Shamrock into a new Red Zone—one that would soon erupt between the two factions. SUPPORT : Credits : Story maker @RevanAX @irfando21 Picture Editing @Jarvis @RevanAX Support @Jarvis All member of El Cartel De Santa Fe

Ballin' Money Family is a street gang based on the real-life gang itself, we aim to portray realistic street-drug trafficking crews on the JGRP server. BMF is contained by predominantly African-American young adults who usually hang out and stay around the Playa del Seville. BACKGROUND (1990-2010) During the 1990s, Playa del Seville was filled by more than one street gang who were involved in a battle for turf and sales of narcotics, after many years had passed, a man named Derrick Cooper saw the potential and aimed at improving the organization and outcome. Derrick became a respected drug lord in the community and later aspired to bring the opposing gangs together. It was easier for them to unite than to antagonize and accept the fact that their chances of survival would be better if they joined forces rather than fighting each other. Years passed, and by the end of 2010, Derrick managed to combine the two main sets that had operated in Playa del Seville to work for BMF (Ballin' Money Family), operating together on the streets and distributing his illegal drugs. Meanwhile, after the uproar that had taken place around Playa del Seville, two teenagers who were still at school decided to earn more cash by joining and becoming little dealers of BMF, selling around the outside of their school and neighborhood. These teenagers are Jayvon Hughes and DaVion Carver, after some time working for BMF, Derrick himself saw the ability of these two little boys who worked hard at their young age and decided to make them a small crew to spread drugs around the neighborhood. PRESENT DAYS (2020-now) By the end of 2020, the group was getting smaller as many members were caught while operating on the streets as well as those relaxing in their hideout apartments, not to forget the LSPD who made their days more troublesome in selling their products. It didn't take long for Derrick to realize it, he took to the streets himself to see how their big crews operated and Derrick found that most of them were incompetent. As the months passed, Jayvon and DaVion entered early adulthood, at the tender age of 18, they were expelled from school for being caught distributing drugs around the school. As more and more were caught by the LSPD, Derrick traveled out of town to lay low and entrusted the Playa del Seville scene to Jayvon and DaVion. Not believing this, the two of them immediately made a lot of decisions and consolidated some of the crew until they were left with just two parts. Jayvon and DaVion decided to work with a separate group so that the police could not easily catch them. Not long after that Jayvon and DaVion got busted for possessing illicit items, while inside the jail they met some people who shared the same interest in making money, these people were named Cody Oates, DaVinch Howell, and Franklin Finch. After a few months, they got released and later operated on their own, they have opened several small legal businesses such as a food stand and home studio as their money laundering platforms. EARLY 2023 Derrick was caught by the police using drugs at home and several other large drugs that he planned to sell on the street. After Jayvon realized this, he immediately realized that they were alone in Playa del Seville and that BMF would be finished if no one replaced Derrick. Jayvon stated that he and DaVion would be the ones to step up, starting from looking for new drug supplies and deciding to venture into the world of illegal weapons. After a year had passed, they were still the same and growing rapidly in number, they also started distributing their goods on a large scale. 3 months later, there was a drastic change in the activities of BMF, which was typified by a radical shift in operations at Playa del Seville. The music studio, known as STR8 HUSTLA Studio which started off as a small endeavor, became the core of their legitimate front. Cody was in charge of the operation, disbursing cash from the business as a cover. This decision came when the crew and high council realized they lacked good money-management skills. Even while putting such emphasis on legitimate operations, there were subtle signs that slowly turned the gang's focus toward expanding their network of connections. Jahmiah "Bat" Bates also was stealthily lending Black Syndicate support for maintaining businesses running, which were pulling up lower degrees of authority as these became less important with the shift of focus for the gangs. The change brought with it a strong element of change in their operational strategy, while some members took different approaches to making their presence known in the area, Jayvon, being characteristic, would build his connections quietly and keep most of this information to himself. On the other hand, Cody and DaVion just went ahead and made alliances, and all their efforts with networking were open to the rest of the crew. The loosening of Jahmiah's grip on the control led to the emergence of the chain of command, whereby Jaydon, Jevani, Darell, and Lucy started operating directly under Jayvon's command. Cody and DaVion made steady progress in forming solid bonds with the Thirty-Eight Gangsters and succeeded in even obtaining introductions to their higher leadership. Giancarlos Manzanares spearheaded this alliance, of which the respective efficacious responses were received from Cody and DaVion quite instantly. This blessing went unnoticed by Jayvon for almost two weeks until Cody and DaVion decided to let him in on their partnership. The announcement of such partnership stirred up quite a turmoil within the community. It was the most ruinous feeling for Jayvon, he was genuinely worried about gang-lowkey linking. Compounding matters, Cody and DaVion led crew members into something related to the Thirty-Eight Gangsters problem justified based on common challenges between BMF and Thirty-Eight Gangsters. A stark reversal from their low-profile operations. Jayvon's assessment raised further questions regarding the very basis of that partnership. While later addressing any suspicion with multilayered statements that their partnership came as a result of immediate necessity and common challenges, Jayvon had specific qualms basically about Giancarlos' motivations. Under fast attacks, such a conclusion sat on certain risks because the fine balance between parties was growing dangerously unstructured at a very high-speed pace. for this reason, the situation is full of problems. Whatever the internal tensions, the Thirty-Eight alliance, however, offered additional benefits and provided operational support, which redirected Cody and the others from less lawful activities of the leadership and left them free to engage in other activities more low-key. The crew members still moved mostly underground, trying to be between visibility and invisibility, Jayvon still considered himself uneasy about how deeply they went in with external partners. The very transition BMF began to work on turned other Playa del Seville operations complicated. What was once a simple project of creating cherished business fronts turned into a beast of alliances, internal tensions, and strategic decisions that were going to shape the organization in manners unimaginable to a single one among its members. BMF's MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME I. STR8 HUSTLA RECORDS This is a legal entity run by Osama “Ozzie” Malachi and his brother Caseem “Keem” Malachi, both of whom also act as producers. Ozzie released his first instrumental beat as his first debut, shortly after Ozzie released an instrumental, Ozzie received many offers from several artists who wanted to collaborate with him. Ozzie played a big role in the scheme run by DaVion “Dice” Carver and Jayvon “J-Pusha” Hughes, the label grew very fast and had an influential reputation. Besides, Ozzie and Keem didn't just succeed there, STR8 HUSTLA RECORDS opened a recording studio that also served as a gathering place for local artists. II. DOC's HOTDOG Another legal entity with the same role as a studio, Doc's Hotdog is a foodtruck run by Cody “Doc” Oates, Doc's foodtruck is a rental, the owner is Rhys Randall, the agreement was signed by Doc on September 17, 2024. Doc thought the hotdogs he sold were ordinary but since he started the business, they have become popular with the locals around the Playa del Seville area. Although Doc was a friendly person who served customers, it was just a mask he wore behind his true intentions. III. GLITTER TOES ENTERTAINMENT Another legal entity connected to the group, Glitter Toes Entertainment, operates as an event organizer and nightlife promoter. The company is run by Marvin "Sandman" Rivera, with support from Bruce "Juggernaut" Hanks and several insiders tied to the BMF West Coast scene. Known for hosting glamorous parties across Los Santos, the business serves as a front to launder money through ticket sales, VIP reservations, and sponsorship deals. With strong ties to the local nightlife, Glitter Toes quickly gained popularity among clubgoers, masking its true purpose behind flashing lights and loud music.

Drug dealing/trafficking Guide for STREET GANGS Drug dealing and trafficking is one of the most popular things to get involved in when you're doing gang roleplay, but the issue begins at this specific point where people force people into drug dealing to prove themselves and treat their gang factions like its an entire Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) which is somewhat unrealistic in that sense as not everyone involved in gang politics in Los Angeles are also involved in the drug game. In fact you'd be quite surprised, a lot people want to stay away from the drug game due to the bullshit it brings with it and instead a lot of gang members resort to fraud, robberies, burglaries, etc. Now, there's a difference, in what I said as well... people normally stay away from large scaled drug ops in gangs but a pretty hefty number of people probably deal drugs on low scales such as dimebags, eighths, halves, etc. Main issue is when it comes to selling bricks and stuff, and since LS-RP has always worked with ounces; we'll use 3 or more ounces as a starter point for this then. Normally when people get involved in drugs inside of street gangs, it's selling petty amounts but deep inside normally lies a secondary foundation of big time drug dealers and trafficking (depending on the connections) within that gang. The reason I'm emphasizing this is important, because the moment you're brought into that side of the drug game a simple fuck up can land you six feet deep. Street gangs are already cutthroat to the bone as it already is, but when you involve yourself with big time drug dealers and potentially traffickers within your set then you're accepting an offer from the devil in plain sight. The reason I'm bringing this up, is because a lot of people who do large scaled drug ops inside of street gangs, tend to act like it's either the entire street gang doing it and operate like a full DTO or they ignore the realistic tensions that'd come with it. It's normally a clique inside of a gang with very few people that actually 100% know what's going on when it comes to large drug ops inside of gangs, because of how cutthroat it is and the lack of trust for people. The petty drug amounts that little homies are trapping with, probably come from big homies involved deep in the drug game and it's normally the best drug dealers that sell petty amounts that normally end up being brought inside of the gang's inner circle when it comes down to large scaled drug ops. Now I do want to say this, the drug game inside of street gangs is completely different to actual DTOs or OCGs, and tends to be a lot more grimey. Depending on if it's a Southsider gang or a African-American gang, there might not be any structure inside of the gang and the one with connections to the plugs might be the one that's "influential" at that specific time n place. This is important to remember, because if your gang has no structure and goes off of a generation structure instead of a hierarchy structure, then you could even roleplay having paranoia and trust issues with people because people can get knocked off over a female or some shit in gangs, so when it comes down to drugs it's twice if not thrice as bad as the before example. This guide might not look like your average guide, and might remind you of a mini book or something but I purposely wrote it like this so it's easier to take in everything at once. Drug dealer mentality 101: Drug game - It's probably one of the main fundamental pillars of the criminal scene. You need to understand the drug game to be able to progress. Factions gonna start off the newly recruited members with small quantity of substances and see how they'll do. As you progress by selling the given products, they'll keep giving you higher amount and with the drug scene you can build extremely powerful reputation. When I'm doing drug dealer scene, I always wanna cover couple angles. I get myself a burner phone (Nokia 3310) for example, and I pass it out to my clients, regulars. You can even have a smart-phone that's used for illegal activity, but remember...if you ever get pinched by cops and they end up taking your phone, they could find a way to break into it and read the messages and it'll expose your entire little network that you build. So if I were you, I'd keep that phone with connects, plugs and entire network of yours stashed in the crib and have it when you are "working". It's a smart and careful play, because like I said before...police aren't stupid, they'll use what's offered to conclude investigations, because cops work is to keep following the trails, picking up clues and build cases. If you been busted with amount that could be considered as "Major Trafficking" , cops won't give up. They'll dig deeper, see where you live, file warrants with evidences to raid your property and you gonna end up losing more, that's why you should cover tracks and maybe have a system of your own, where you'd rent a property where you'd live in and have another spot as a stash joint, lots of factions have these type of "safe-house" properties, spots that are off the record for safe-keeping. You simply have to cover that angel, otherwise you place everyone at risk. And your action will pull out a heavy consequence, even a character-kill. You need to be a team-player and be creative when you dealing substances. Only because faction gave you drugs to move, doesn't mean you shouldn't have sense of responsibility. Those who execute this RP correctly, flying real smart and careful, they end up pushed further in the faction. Valuable asset, so to speak. Don't just look at drugs as "drugs", look at it more of...."goods". Supplying the demand, you have something that somebody needs and you are just there to make extra bucks. That's why you shouldn't walk around with a big-ego energy, unless you wanna get detected by cops quickly. Have a nickname or something, so no one would know your name when you are dealing. When I'm doing drug scene, I spend most of the time inside clubs or bars, offering people drugs. This is where you can learn another handful skill, fast-talk aka bullshitting. If you see someone at the club, they way they dressed, all cool and got swagger. You could yap with them about day-to-day stuff, about the clubs life style and what-not, some basic conversation and get into the guys friendly side and later you could offer him some stuff, get him to trust you, make him feel like he is solid and cool, it's gonna be hard for some people to back away from the compliments. If you happen to have a girlfriend, you could use her to help you sell the drugs quickly. Even in a RP community, when female character interact with the males, male character gonna be lean with them and that's where the female can be a good asset to get the guy to buy the stuff. With that said, any creative realistic aspect can be a huge benefit for you to get a guy in your pocket. You could even go into the toilets of these bars/clubs and do /cim ** There would be written phone number with Marijuana leaf with the marker on the toilets door - #######**. It's completely fine and realistic, because when you go to clubs/bars, you often see these numbers written on the wall and they are burner phones for the drug dealers. People who party and drink they love to crank up the party and when the alcohol isn't enough, they need something harder. It's from personal experience as well as I work as a bouncer, it's how it is. Most drug sales happen in clubs, as its filled with multiple people and when they are entering the drunk-world, they gonna go with the flow. In the game its similar, but you just need to know how to play it out right and be a good sales-man. It's one of those things you can learn during the drug dealing stages. If your part of a gang and happen to be in the neighborhood and someone drives to you to get some stuff off you, you should be smart how you go by the business. You shouldn't carry the stuff on you, if you got another homie with you, you can use him. Let's say there is three of you. You could have different roles to play, one of you is the runner, dealer and stasher. Runners job is to take cash, pass it over to the stasher and collect the stuff from the stasher and run back to the buyer and pass it over. Runner = Middle guy. If your a dealer, your job is to talk to the guy that arrived to you, offer him the product and such, become his little friend and what-not and let "Runner" know how much of the stuff you need after passing him the cash. Runner rushes towards the stasher afterwards. Stasher is a guy that sits somewhere around the block, could be inside a the complex, house or a car somewhere in the alley or something. Runner ensures he won't be detected where he going, take some fake-routes to avoid detection, arrives to the stasher and passes him the money and asks for the XX amount of substance. Stasher passes him the stuff and runner rushes back to the buyer and passes him the stuff. And that circulation continues, it's a smart way to avoid getting pinched with the stuff on you, it's one of the ideas you can use for your benefit, otherwise...you can come up with other unique ways of doing creative and fun drug sale RP. You can research bunch of different codes names for drugs, the amounts....like, eightball stands for 3.5 grams, O stands for an ounce which is about 28 grams. Mixing little dialog with street-context so its tougher for regular people to understand and for cops to get. Giving your drugs some names that only you and your faction would know and people who buy it off you, changing names up. It's to ensure you guys don't get picked by cops, maybe a possible wire. Always circulating things around to stay off the radar and making it tougher, because you NEVER know who might be listening. Even when it feels "safe" to speak, have that thought back of your head and assume that someone might be listening, it's good paranoid-mentality to have. Distribution: As I mentioned in the drug scene, distribution is extremely important to the illegal scene. Distribution/Smuggling should be taken into consideration if you'll be a distributor. Distributor or Distro role-play is extremely fun, but you must understand how things work. You should consider getting a trucking depo as a front, appeal for a business somewhere in port or industrial zone with warehouses, some sort of import/export business. Get couple vans or trucks and hire civilians to work there. It's highly important to have civilians inside to help the business remain under the radar, far as everyone else is knowns...it's just some trucker doing his runs, but you could use this legal-trucking front for your advantage and set up a network for smuggling. Most of the time, when your a distributor (major leagues), your connections will most likely possess businesses as well, different fronts. Bars, clubs, auto shops and what-ever. That's where you could have the truck loaded with illegal goods (weapons, counterfeit stuff, drugs) and you'd simply drive over to that "connections" business. You'd wear the truckers issued uniform, grab some crates out and deliver to his business. It's smart and under the radar, and with the dozens of truckers driving around...its a perfect blend and cover. You could also just do distribution through a mechanical shop. Getting yourself a flat-bed truck, place some shit-box car on top of it and deliver the shit-box car to the location. You should load the shit-box car with illegal goods, because...far as everyone else knows, it's just some guy doing vehicle-delivery for a client. And you could even deliver the shit-box to the guys front door or his garage. There are multiple ways to get creative around distribution scene, you just need to use the legal script-features and blend yourself in. How will anyone know there are guns inside the shit-box or inside some truck? Cops or rivals will only be aware of it, if someone from your crew talked, or if cops been monitoring your activity closely. And that only happens when you exposed yourself to the law and became their target. My personal advice: Don't act out to the point, where you'll be publicly known of being involved with organized crime. It's just not smart...those who know, KNOW. Keep the secret society/underworld thing under the radar. Drug Trafficking Organizations DTOs continue to supply and distribute a large portion of the illegal drugs found in California. Because Mexico is used as a transit destination for cocaine and a source for heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, the southwest border region of California is a focal point for many DTOs. Mexican DTOs have a long history of supplying drugs— via land, sea, and air — to the United States. Their operations have an enormous impact on California and its drug problem. Their activities play a crucial role in understanding how illicit narcotics have become a vital link between organized crime groups, gangs, and international terrorists. Some of the most violent criminal activity in California is taking place in towns near the Mexican border. Law enforcement authorities have identified more than 100 DTOs operating in the Imperial / San Diego County region alone. Mexican DTOs, such as the powerful Tijuana-based Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), control most drug and precursor chemical smuggling through the California land ports of entry in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, California. According to law enforcement authorities, Mexican DTOs are responsible for the transportation, importation, and distribution of multi-ton quantities of illegal drugs into California. Federal authorities report that marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine pose the most signifi cant drug smuggling threats to the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa land ports of entry. Heroin and methamphetamine precursor chemicals are also smuggled but to a lesser degree. Drugs are smuggled using a variety of means ranging from commercial and private vehicles, which are the primary means, to pedestrian couriers. Drugs that are smuggled by vehicles are usually concealed in hidden compartments or intermingled among legitimate commodities. Pedestrian couriers typically conceal drugs on their bodies or in handbags. During the 1990s, the AFO began to allow other Mexican DTOs to smuggle drugs across the border for a fee. This facilitated the rise of other groups such as the Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada-Garcia Organization (ZGO). ZGO’s efforts to gain control of the AFO’s territory led to a violent gang war between the two organizations. According to federal authorities, the AFO has signifi cant ties to criminal street gangs in the San Diego area. The Logan Heights street gang distributes cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and PCP throughout San Diego. The gang has a history of murder, robbery, and other violent crimes. Members of the Logan Heights street gang also have ties to the EME — a violent prison gang — that recruits street gang members to traffic drugs, murder rivals, and provide security for the AFO. Law enforcement authorities have made significant progress in disrupting the flow of narcotics into California. Over the last several years, the AFO has been severely weakened by the death or arrest of its leaders. Mexican and U.S. law enforcement authorities have conducted several successful investigations into the AFO and ZGO, which has resulted in arrests numbering in the hundreds — including some of the most powerful figures in the organization — and drug seizures measuring in the tens of thousands of pounds. Increased security at the border ports of entry may be causing drug traffi ckers to seek alternative methods of introducing their illicit merchandise into the United States. Since September 11, 2001, more tunnels than in previous years have been discovered on the U.S./Mexico border. California’s ties to DTOs are evident in the following incidents that occurred during the last year. Law enforcement authorities have also expressed concern about the drug-related activities of individuals associated with the Mara Salvatrucha, the Mexican Mafi a, and street gangs with U.S. ties. Significant events associated with DTOs involved the following criminal activity circa 1990-2004: A former Baja, California, deputy state attorney general was killed by AK-47 toting gunmen inside a popular Tijuana bar. Vehicles used by the gunmen were registered in California Two California residents believed to have been involved in drug trafficking were found murdered, execution style, inside the parking garage of the Tijuana airport. A low-level marijuana smuggler was murdered by Tecate drug traffi ckers who believed the smuggler had stolen the drugs after he failed to deliver them to a stash house in Chula Vista, California. Law enforcement authorities discovered an illegal tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Ysidro. In August, another tunnel was found near the Otay Mesa crossing and went under the U.S. border. Fifteen tunnels have been discovered on the U.S./Mexico border since September 11, 2001. This is a sharp increase from the 15 tunnels found between 1990 and 2001. A Mexicali drug trafficker was killed as he approached his home in Mexicali. He was inside his car bearing California license plates when another car — also bearing California plates — pulled up alongside and fatally wounded him with gunfi re from an Uzi.