The Redacted

The Redacted, '[REDACTED]', is an organized crime syndicate founded by John Castiglia.

Their main goals are to make as much money as they can due to the very little money that the market folk made and initially also set out to protect other market folk from would be kidnappers/thieves before the markets closed. They aim to make plays in the bank robbery, boosting & racing scenes.

History
The Redacted comes as a follow on from the group 'The Redacted Boyz' (John Castiglia, Roddy Stone, Samuel Dennis & Joshua Norris) but are going to be expanding beyond being market workers and doing certain crimes.

They formed on the 20th of February 2022 and reached five members by the next day. When asked of their interest in joining by John, no-one has said no but some have said "not just now" or "maybe in the future".

Current history of the group will come under 'Major Events' as the group is in its infancy.

Territory
As of right now, The Redacted don't have a definitive turf, however six members live on North Rockford and The Redacted have newly found allies in The Balbani Crime Family (BCF). However, with massive problems amidst BCF, John is thinking The Redacted should try to make a play for North Rockford and poach some members. "North Redactford".

Major Events
- Pre Redacted:

Since The Bahama Boyz and others either quit or were fired during a mass exile of Bahama Mamas on the 8th of October 2021 due to Roddy being attacked and Josh being threatened at the behest of Sabith "Bunny" Cohen (CEO of Bahama Mamas) they removed 'Bahama' from the name and moved forward as 'The Redacted Boyz'. The attack was brought on as Roddy had an affair and subsequent relationship with Opal Hart when his then girlfriend (Joshua Norris' sister) Ela Blu was out of the city, who at the time happened to be friends with Bunny.

- Formation:

Since October 2021 The Redacted Boyz would occasionally jokingly twat out saying "Redacted Boyz on top" pretending they were an actual gang to poke fun at gang culture in the city. Around the first week of February 2022 John started to just twat out the word "Redacted" which was garnering some retwats from people around the markets. He had devised a plan upon his return to doing market work to benefit some of those who work there financially and protect the others. He would start alluding to doing something more than the regular chopping to Roddy whilst they were working the 'A Light in the Dark' booth.

On the 20th of February 2022, John Castiglia told Pact Nicely of his ideas to start doing bigger criminal jobs, as he believed him to potentially be an integral part to the progression of John's idea and invited him to be part of The Redacted, thus beginning the new group.

Over the course of the 21st February, John spoke to each of The Redacted Boyz about joining, with varying outcomes. Roddy was 100% in, Josh didn't say no but at that time was not involved despite having a similar thought process to Sam, who is not keen on unnecessary violence or potential gang wars. However, Sam said yes as he does want to be part of the racing/boosting scene.

Outwith The Redacted Boyz and Pact Nicely, only one other person that John spoke to was fully onboard, that being Semlina Thaysa. Sem is particularly keen to start doing jobs with her boyfriend Pact and potentially stab people (believed to be a joke).

On the 23rd of February 2022, Sophia McMoo reached out to John when the two met by chance at PDM as John was delivering two glocks to Roddy, offering her services in an advisory role as she found out via Roddy that the group would be happening. She was on John's list of people to talk to regarding a position in the group but he didn't want to jeopardise her position as County Clerk, so when asked and told of potential future partnerships John agreed.

The 28th of February was when the first "Cornerstone" (Full Member) was added to The Redacted, Sebastian Von Di'Quad, Pact's most trusted friend and fellow former member of "The Nomads". He was added via text on a balcony at Dean World as John, Pact and Sebastian spoke, John was attempting to mess with Pact by saying no out loud and texting Sebastian that he was in but Pact wasn't buying it.

On the 5th of March Josh called John to the Dean World parking lot to talk with him and Veronica. Josh accepted his invitation to The Redacted on the condition that he not be included in any future bank jobs after much discussion with Veronica.

The 13th of March is when the first Candidate (Hangaround) was established, as John had The Pillars vote and they voted in Ellie Nite (Roddy's then new girlfriend/current fiance) to the group.

On the 22nd of May 2022, John stopped beating around the bush and informed Gianna Rosato (his girlfriend) that he does want her to join The Redacted, he'd told her before that the offer is always on the table but he wants to keep her safe. He however, also really wanted her to be part of the group and didn't want to risk her siding with another group (despite her never intending to as she really wanted to join The Redacted) so he asked her straight up and told her she didn't need to give an answer just yet, it only took a matter of hours for her to say "Yes".

- Group Friendships:

On 12th of April 2022 John got a lift back home from Maldini's after misplacing his car by his fellow Maldini's colleague Joseppi Violento. On the way John mentioned The Redacted after Joseppi had mentioned his family (BCF) also live on North Rockford, this resulted in Joseppi wishing to arrange a meeting between BCF and John at their mansion. A few hours after John and Joseppi had spoken, John was called to the mansion by Joseppi where John would meet tens of BCF members including the Underboss "Uncle T" Maz Razi. John explained The Redacted, their goals, his personal goals and why a working relationship would be a good idea, things went smoothly but John was told that it would be better to come back around later when a few more high ranking members were around. Later, when Boris Karishnikov and Carmine Mosca were around, another meeting took place in which they explained why they don't want any crime to happen in the area and for any crimes witnessed to be reported to them. They also came up with a way for John to sweeten the deal, where The Redacted would pay $10,000 weekly (per house owned) until they've shown their worth and the payments will gradually get lowered.

Trivia

 * The Redacted name comes from 'The Redacted Boyz' (John Castiglia, Roddy Stone, Samuel Dennis and Joshua Norris) fka 'Bahama Boyz' when they worked for Bahama Mamas. The name started as a joke from Roddy Stone and developed in to what the four were known as around the markets.


 * There were others that were spoken to about joining The Redacted, John's best friends Sylvia "Sprout" Green & Suki Wright. Suki expressed interest in the racing scene in future but finances for the moment are her reasoning for not being an imminent member. Sprout however, doesn't want to get held to a specific group as she is more of a lone wolf which John knows, she is not opposed to doing the occasional job with The Redacted and John has left the option on the table if ever she changes her mind. Devonne James "DJ" Cooper was also spoken to about joining The Redacted but for now he has not yet made a decision as he has another group he is scouting out, his decision will be reached soon.