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Active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s the dixie mafia is more accurately understood as several different dixie mafias spread across the gulf coast from texas to florida.

Dixie mafia logo. Called the dixie mafia they re the mob you never knew. The group uses each member s talents in various crime categories to help move stolen merchandise illegal alcohol and illegal drugs. Come back next week and you ll hear how the king s reign faired behind bars. Although the group isn t well organized it s tentacles spread across most of the southern united states.

The murder of judge vincent sherry and his wife margaret at the hands of the so called dixie mafia exposed the lawlessness and corruption that had overtaken mississippi s gulf coast in the 1980s. The king of the dixie mafia had fallen but it wouldn t be the last time his name made headlines. Any participation or alleged involvement of any party. Photo courtesy of pixabay.

All information used to create this content is a matter of public record and can be easily found online. The dixie mafia is a criminal organization based in biloxi mississippi and operated primarily in the southern united states in the 1970s the group uses each member s talents in various crime categories to help move stolen merchandise illegal alcohol and illegal drugs it is also particularly well known for violence. The italian mafia was organized by lucky luciano and set up with a strict hierarchy. In the dixie mafia the guy that had the bankroll was the one that led the pack according to a florida department of law enforcement official quoted in the same article members were simply cowboys riding up and down the roads looking for someone to steal from or kill they were and are a lawless reckless bunch living hair trigger.

According to federal informants and court filings dixie mafia boss john j c hawkins had jimmy reeves a witness against him in a pending theft case murdered in 1974 two years before he put a hit out on southern rock god gregg allman the founder and leader of the allman brothers band for testifying in the trial of hawkins former bodyguard. Sfm don t let me have to use this.