The announcement comes after a three-month violent crime reduction effort.
As local, county and federal law enforcement conclude a summer violent crime reduction effort in Cleveland, with yesterday's announcement of 59 suspects indicted following three months of investigations, officials announced plans to continue efforts with a Crime Gun Intelligence Center in the city.
The violent crime reduction effort used data from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network to identify illegal firearm sellers and to disrupt gun trafficking. Authorities say they seized roughly 240 firearms, more than 200 of which they purchased from illegal sellers. The confiscated firearms also included 17 “ghost guns”, untraceable firearms without serial numbers that are typically assembled at home, and 28 “switches,” devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully-automatic weapons.
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