Crystal Ball Game

Operation Crystal Ball

On a summer night in 2002, a federal witness was shot to death outside his home in Goose Creek, South Carolina. A few days earlier, he had provided information to police concerning criminal dealings in the neighborhood. As he lay dead on the sidewalk, no one called the police, and no one admitted to seeing the shooting. This startling response to the murder has become typical in Goose Creek, a small community in South Carolina. Members of the community are unwilling to share information that would facilitate homicide investigations because of their reliance on vigilante justice, fear of retaliation by criminals, and anti-police sentiment.

This unspoken “code of silence” has made homicide investigations extremely difficult. Between 1995 and 2002, Goose Creek experienced 49 murders, 33 of which were not solved. The community is being overrun by the “family,” a group of violent career criminals who run a major meth and cocaine distribution center. Because intimidated citizens uphold the code of silence, these drug traffickers are able to operate with virtual impunity.

It has become clear that drugs are a large part of Goose Creek’s crime problem, The DEA is now involved. DEA agents have worked to gather intelligence and establish a comprehensive case against the criminals in the neighborhood. In order to find informants critical to solving both drug and murder cases, agents have arranged to protect any witnesses who agreed to testify against the criminals.

Once violent criminals such as these are removed from the Charleston community, the threat of retaliation will disappear and the code of silence will be broken.

DEA
1. Insert into woods
2. Travel within striking distance of DC
3. Infiltrate DC
4. Find and secure the Kilo of Meth

FAMILY
1. Insert into camp
2. Set up guard posts
3. Stop the DEA from finding the Kilo