The criminal gang - " Brothers4Life " could learn something from James Packer. He makes his money from running casinos because the " house " always has an edge when the odds are stacked up against the punter.
Smart criminals know that a gambler can have a lucky day and come away with winnings, but over the long haul the combination of the cops and the courts have an edge. Loopholes in the law have a nasty habit of being closed - and when it comes to gang warfare - the cops are indisputably the biggest gang.
Brothers4Life are using the acronym of the police task force " Middle Eastern Organized Crime squad " ( MEOC ) as the personalized number plates for their flashy vehicles. They drove these vehicles openly to the site of a gang street murder this week and it seemed that the objective was to taunt the police investigation team.
Drug crime certainly delivers big profits, but it also draws fierce competition from the criminal fraternity wanting a cut of the loot - and that shows in the number of corpses littering the streets of Sydney. Gun crime is rampant - and the dead are the " losers " in the crime lottery, only matched by those who have lost their liberty by way of a long gaol sentence.
The founder of Brothers4Life comes into that category. Bassam Hamzy is revered by his acolytes - but for the past decade he has been sitting in a gaol cell after he was convicted of a 1998 murder - and he will be there for a very long time to come !
The " MEOC mob " seem to have forgotten the first rule of criminality. It is a very good idea to keep a low profile ! Never put your head above the parapet ! The greater the publicity, the more reason the politicians have to change the rules - and not in the criminals favour.
This is the electronic age and if the MEOC boys intend to pursue an indefinite life of crime, they can expect the full arsenal of crime fighting technology to be focussed on their activities. They may win the occasional encounter, but that is of small comfort - if the end result is to lose the war !
It would be a safe bet to wager that a decade from now - those same citizens driving cars with MEOC number plates will be absent from the scene. Some will be dead - and others replaced by more intelligent criminals !
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