| "Twenty-three individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and all 25 were charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine), cocaine and marijuana. The indictment alleges that 23 defendants were members of, and conducted racketeering activity through, a criminal organization known as the Original Gangsta Killers (also known as the “OGK”) gang. The indictment further alleges that the gang has operated within the City of Albany from approximately 2000 through the present." (Source: North Country Gazette, "25 Albany Residents Busted For Drugs, Racketeering," October 30, 2009) |