Inside Boston’s Crime Wars: Gigi Portala’s 27-Year Sentence and DEA Dispute.

In this video, Jason Trimmins explores the intense conflicts that rocked Boston in the 1990s, focusing on the tumultuous story of Vincent Michael Marino, also known as Gigi Portala. Recently released after a 27-year federal prison term for a crime he maintains he did not commit, Portala’s saga has taken a new twist. Trimmins details Portala’s allegations that federal agents secretly implanted a tracking device in him during surgery, leading to a heated controversy and a threatened lawsuit against the DEA  although the agency later dismissed the claim as a joke. This incident underscores the complex interplay of corruption and crime within Boston’s federal system and its impact on the city’s organized crime scene.