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The phrase "a criminal cell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of individuals involved in criminal activities or to describe a specific unit within a prison.
Example: "The police managed to infiltrate a criminal cell that was responsible for a series of robberies in the city."
Alternatives: "a crime syndicate" or "a criminal organization."
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The Mexican authorities announced Wednesday that captured members of a criminal cell had confessed to the killing of five journalists in the state of Veracruz this year.
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"There are lines of investigation and information generated from the arrests to lead to the full identification of the entire criminal cell responsible for these acts," he said.
The article reported that the Mexican army and Oaxacan state police had broken an oil-theft ring, and noted at the end that the police chief of Cosolapa, Fermín Vanegas Fernández, was "believed to be the alleged leader of this well-organized criminal cell dedicated to fuel theft".
Franco speculated that recent arrests of cartel leaders may have caused smaller criminal cells to break away from the cartel and seek fresh revenue streams from human trafficking.
"With Playmobil, you get a policeman, a criminal, and a jail cell.
Allowing television cameras in to film Erap being fingerprinted, photographed and confined to a common criminal's cell may have been legal and even just, but it was not intelligent.Always with her, and growing angrierIt would be reassuring to believe that this week's "rebellion" will prove unique, and that Mrs Arroyo is now fully in control.
Ackerman concedes that the kidnapping and extortion threats he describes are more likely to be committed by a criminal gang than a terrorist cell.
The use of embryos for research is heavily restricted in Germany under the Embryo Protection Act of 1990 (Section 2), which makes the derivation of embryonic stem cell lines a criminal offence.
The liner had been taken from the trash container in her cell, said Brian Cantrell, a criminal investigator for the sheriff's office.
Reuters enlisted computer hacker Kevin Mitnick to demonstrate how easy it was for News of the World journalists to hack cell phones -- a criminal activity that shuttered the tabloid and launched a fiery scandal that now threatens its parent company News Corp.
[Editor's note: The exact ending of the piece reads, "My cell is without a criminal. I'm now 61.
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