The Forty Elephants were once the most notorious all-female gang in London, BUT their criminal empire came crashing down when law enforcement finally caught up with them.

Hillary's Story
AV Club
Meet the female shoplifting gang who ruled London’s West End for a century--by Mike Vago

The Crime Wire
Forty Elephants: Notorious All-Female Gang of Victorian London--by Ravi Fajan

Culture Trip
The Story Behind London's Notorious Girl Gang, the Forty Elephants--by Ling Tang

The Guardian
Girl gang's grip on London underworld revealed--by Amelia Hill

History
London’s Notorious Female Gangsters: The 40 Elephants--by Lauren Dillon

My London
London history: The women-only crime gang that ran amok in South London for over 200 years--Ertan Karpazil

Weird History (YouTube Channel)
Diamond Annie and the Forty Elephants - The All-Female Gang That Terrorized London

Wikipedia
Alice Diamond
Forty Elephants

Photos
Lillian Rose Kendall the Bob Haired Bandit--via The Daily Mail
Gang Mugshots--via Southwark News

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Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was once a rising political star, BUT his promising career was cut short when he was arrested on corruption charges.

Sources
Tina's Story
ABC 6
Ex-Trenton Mayor Tony Mack reports to prison

BBC News
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack removed from office

CBS News
N.J. Mayor Tony Mack arrested in corruption probe

FBI (Newark)
Trenton Mayor Sentenced to 58 Months in Prison on Federal Extortion, Bribery, and Mail and Wire Fraud Charges

NBC News 4
FBI Arrests Trenton Mayor, Others in Corruption Probe--by Jonathan Dienst, Shimon Prokupecz, and Joe Valiquette

New Jersey Times
A year of turmoil, stumbles for Trenton's mayor
Mack wins, water fails--by Meir Rinde
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack is arrested by FBI on corruption charge--by Alex Zdan

The New York Times
Trenton Mayor and Two Others Are Charged in Bribery Case--by Kate Zernike

WHYY PBS
Trenton mayor Tony Mack arrested on conspiracy charges, taking bribes
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack convicted of corruption--by Phil Gregory

Wikipedia
Tony F. Mack

The World
Tony Mack, New Jersey mayor, arrested by FBI in corruption probe--by Talia Ralph

Photos
Tony Mack--by City of Trenton via Fox 8 News
US Attorney Phil Fishman at Press Conference--screenshot from NJ Spotlight News via YouTube
Tony Mack at Press Conference--screenshot from NJ Spotlight News via YouTube

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Tina’s Story
Patricia Derges served as a Missouri state rep beginning in November 2020. BUT when she sold fake cures for Covid she swindled herself out of a job and into jail.

Hillary’s Story
Edwin Edwards served as Louisiana's governor on and off for nearly 25 years. BUT his unscrupulous wheelings and dealings took him from the bayou to a prison cell.

Sources
Tina's Story
KCUR
Missouri Rep. Patricia Derges convicted of multiple counts of health care fraud--by Dan Margolies

KSMU
Former MO lawmaker Tricia Derges is sentenced to 75 months in prison--by Michele Skalicky

Med Page Today
HCP Busted for Selling Fake Stem Cell Therapy--by Kristina Fiore

The New York Post
Missouri Rep. Tricia Derges resigns after $900K COVID clinic fraud scheme conviction--by Danielle Wallace

St. Louis Dispatch
Sentencing set for ex-Missouri lawmaker in medical fraud case--by Kurt Erickson

US Attorney's Office (Western District of Missouri)
Jury Convicts State Lawmaker of COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

US Treasury
About the CARES Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Photos
Patricia Derges--from Missouri House of Representatives via KCUR/NPR
Derges Ozark Valley Medical Clinic--from Google Maps via The New York Post

Hillary's Story
The Advocate
93-year-old Edwin Edwards left all of his assets to his 8-year-old son, according to handwritten will--by Tyler Bridges and Mark Ballard

Associated Press
Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dies; knew power and prison--by Kevin McGill

Louisiana Secretary of State
Edwin Edwards

The New York Times
Edwin Edwards, Flamboyant Louisiana Governor, Is Dead at 93--by Robert D. McFadden

nola.com
The rise and fall of Gov. Edwin Edwards

NPR
Edwin Edwards, Ex-Louisiana Guv, Leaves Prison For Halfway House--by Frank James
Edwin Edwards: Governor, Convict, Reality TV Star — Congressman?--by Liz Halloran
Ex-Con, Future Congressman? Former Gov. Edwin Edwards Campaigns Again--by Debbie Elliot (Morning Edition)
Louisiana's Edwin Edwards May Be On His Last Political Stand--by Debbie Elliot (All Things Considered WLRN)

Photos
Edwin W. Edwards--from 1986 Northwestern State University Potpourri Yearbook via Wikipedia (CC0)
1991 Governor Race Bumper Sticker--photo by Chris Granger via The Advocate
Edwards, his wife Trina, and baby--screenshot via KLFY

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