ABSTRACT
New investigative techniques and resources for combating organized crime in the United States contained unforeseen weaknesses. Some of these unforeseen weaknesses are evidenced in a case study of the investigation and prosecution of one of Boston’s most powerful and notorious organized crime leaders, Whitey Bulger. Bulger becomes an informant for the FBI, the federal law enforcement agency principally responsible for investigating organized criminal activity in the U.S. Bulger uses his special relationship with the FBI to prevent investigation and prosecution of senior members of his group while continuing and expanding his group’s criminal activities.
