Mafia lotto gang arrest - mirror.co.uk

Mafia lotto gang arrest - mirror.co.uk: "Five Mafia gangsters who forced a lottery winning syndicate to hand over their £30million prize have been arrested.The victims - a group of 30 farmers and labourers in Southern Italy - hit the jackpot two years ago. Because of the Mafia winners rarely go public in Italy. But the gangsters tracked them down. The five accused were held near Naple...

Funeral of gangland figure held | Glasgow and West | STV News

Funeral of gangland figure held | Glasgow and West | STV News: "funeral has been held for Kevin Carroll, the Glasgow man who was murdered outside a supermarket in the city in January.Mr Carroll, 29, who was known as Gerbil, was shot six times at close range outside Asda in the Robroyston area of the city. He was known by police to have alleged links with organised crime in the city.Three men were thought to have been involved in the killing, two...

Day 5 of Manhunt for Jamaica’s Public Enemy « Liveshots

Day 5 of Manhunt for Jamaica’s Public Enemy « Liveshots: "Day five of a manhunt for Jamaica's public enemy #1, Christopher Coke, aka 'Short Man,' aka 'President,' aka 'Dudas.'Short man I get, he's just over five feet tall. President I get, he heads an international drug consortium that supplies cocaine and marijuana to the U.S. but 'Dudas' is what everybody calls him here. Supporters even hung a sign on a street dog that said they would fight to...

Rampart Police Shooting: Suspected Gang Member Shot, Killed by LAPD Rampart Officers - KTLA

Rampart Police Shooting: Suspected Gang Member Shot, Killed by LAPD Rampart Officers - KTLA: "Los Angeles police shot and killed a suspected gang member they say pointed a gun at them while patrolling gang hot spots in the Rampart area.Officer April Harding says two gang enforcement officers tried to stop a man shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday near MacArthur Park but he ran away.The man pointed a gun at officers, prompting them to open fire, Lt....

'Dapper & Deadly': So. Illinois gangster 'Black Charlie' was a major hit man - Your life - bnd.com

'Dapper & Deadly': So. Illinois gangster 'Black Charlie' was a major hit man - Your life - bnd.com: "Southern Illinois gangster known as 'Black Charlie' Harris wasn't as famous as the Shelton brothers, Charlie Birger or Frank 'Buster' Wortman.But his thick FBI file labeled him a 'vicious criminal' responsible for more than 20 murders.'They contend he was a major hit man,' said Taylor Pensoneau, 69, of New Berlin, an Illinois historian who recently...

53 year old Christopher ‘Christy’ Kinahan, who was arrested at his luxury villa in Estepona

The boss of the group has been named as 53 year old Christopher ‘Christy’ Kinahan, who was arrested at his luxury villa in Estepona. Reports indicate that he has lived there for some years and is the man behind a bet to lose horse racing scam in the UK in 2004. Jockey Kieren Fallon...

'Fear the worst' for kidnapped mobster | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

'Fear the worst' for kidnapped mobster | Canada | News | Toronto Sun: "It's been four days since the number three man in the Rizzuto mafia clan went missing and organized crime experts say Paolo Renda's life could be in serious danger if he isn't soon found alive.Renda's wife, Maria, alerted police to her 70-year-old husband's disappearance Thursday afternoon, but the Montreal police major crimes unit has so far been unsuccessful in its search for...

Deadly Shower Posse gang has deep ties to Toronto - thestar.com

Deadly Shower Posse gang has deep ties to Toronto - thestar.com: "Christopher Coke is the son of one of the Shower Posse’s original founders, the infamous Lester “Jim Brown” Coke, who died in a Jamaican prison in 1992, while awaiting extradition to the U.S. himself. The other founder, Vivian Blake, died in Jamaica in March of this year, having been deported after eight years in a U.S. jail. American law officials have been trying to extradite the...

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke Jamaica: Gunfire, fire bombs in barricaded slum

The Associated Press: Jamaica: Gunfire, fire bombs in barricaded slum: "Jamaica — Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a barricaded slum in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.Sporadic gunshots...

Top Montreal mob clan under siege: sources

Top Montreal mob clan under siege: sources: "Police realized the situation was serious when Mr. Renda's luxury Infinity was found not far from his home in Montreal's ritzy Cartierville area. The vehicle's windows were open and its key still in the ignition, police said.'We fear for his life,' said Constable Raphael Bergeron.The apparent kidnapping -- or 'grab' as they are often called in the underworld -- is the latest in a series of attacks that...

Noonan freed as panel rules gangster ‘can be managed’ - Manchester Evening News

Noonan freed as panel rules gangster ‘can be managed’ - Manchester Evening News: "Jailed gangster Domenyk Noonan has won his bid for freedom.The Parole Board decided yesterday that the 45-year-old should be released and he is expected to be freed from Strangeways prison on Tuesday. He was recalled to prison last week after an alleged bust-up with a driver.Noonan was accused of going ‘berserk’ when a woman beeped at him as he crossed Hyde Road in...

Judge rules against conspiracy charge for Hilltop Crips | Crime News - The News Tribune

Judge rules against conspiracy charge for Hilltop Crips | Crime News - The News Tribune: against L. Hender Eugeneson, 35, but gave prosecutors the opportunity to file another charge against him by the end of Friday. Prosecutors responded by filing a single count of leading organized crime against him. He pleaded not guilty.Felnagle’s ruling means the defendants likely will be broken into small groups for trial.For instance, the nine defendants charged...

Judge rules against conspiracy charge for Hilltop Crips | Crime News - The News Tribune

Judge rules against conspiracy charge for Hilltop Crips | Crime News - The News Tribune: "against Eugene L. Henderson, 35, but gave prosecutors the opportunity to file another charge against him by the end of Friday. Prosecutors responded by filing a single count of leading organized crime against him. He pleaded not guilty.Felnagle’s ruling means the defendants likely will be broken into small groups for trial.For instance, the nine defendants charged...

Julianna Farrait Arrested on Narcotics Charges

Julianna Farrait Arrested on Narcotics Charges: "DEA has arrested Julianna Farrait in an undercover police operation at a Puerto Rican hotel. The wife of 70s drug dealer Frank Lucas (who inspired the movie “American Gangster”) and aunt of rapper TNT was caught in a money transaction...

Julianna Farrait Arrested on Narcotics Charges

Julianna Farrait Arrested on Narcotics Charges: "DEA has arrested Julianna Farrait in an undercover police operation at a Puerto Rican hotel. The wife of 70s drug dealer Frank Lucas (who inspired the movie “American Gangster”) and aunt of rapper TNT was caught in a money transaction involving cocaine.If found guilty, Farrait could face from 5-to 40 years and will have to pay a $2 million fine. Julianna, 70, appeared today in court and remained silent...

Reputed Mafioso arrested on drug charges - The Boston Globe

Reputed Mafioso arrested on drug charges - The Boston Globe: "Reputed New England Mafia capo Mark Rossetti was arrested yesterday at his East Boston home on suspicion of heroin trafficking, State Police sai...

Flare Network » Blog Archive » UK: Most wanted drugs gang boss arrested

Flare Network » Blog Archive » UK: Most wanted drugs gang boss arrested: "Mark Brown was one of Europe’s most wanted men when he went on the run in 2006 after Customs and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) smashed his gang.The 44-year-old, from Huyton, was said to be the “architect” behind the ruse which saw hundreds of kilos of heroin smuggled into the UK from Holland.The authorities were unable to put an exact figure on how much of the drug...

Killer on the run after gang attacks security van - Manchester Evening News

Killer on the run after gang attacks security van - Manchester Evening News: "Richard Smith, 29, was being brought to the court in a security van on Thursday morning when the vehicle was attacked at the rear of the building.Two men - one brandishing a crow bar - threatened guards inside the vehicle and then forced open the rear door, freeing Smith.The gang fled with Smith in a white Transit van which had pulled up nearb...

LAPD Detective testified that Slain Rapper was not a Gang Member | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street

LAPD Detective testified that Slain Rapper was not a Gang Member | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "allegation is that the victim was the gang member. Aubrey Berry, the accused killer of Roderick Burton, is claiming that he shot and killed Burton in self defense. Defense attorney Howard R. Price has argued that Dolla was a gang member of the Mansfield...

It's no surprise gangs have got rocket launchers -- they will stop at nothing - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

It's no surprise gangs have got rocket launchers -- they will stop at nothing - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "King Ratt gang and 'Fat' Freddie's crew to acquire grenades, which the informant labelled, as a codeword, 'pineapple'. Chillingly, the informant also told us how they would be used. It was intended that which ever gang got them first, they would try to lure the other gang in large numbers to a pub and when all were assembled and...

Mad Cobra Shot In Shoulder

Mad Cobra Shot In Shoulder: "Helter Skelter Mad Cobra was admitted to the Spanish Town Hospital of Jamaica after the D.J took a gunshot in his right shoulder. Reportedly, the bullet was fired at Mad Cobra by a gunman on Tuesday near the Braeton Seventh Day Adventist church of Hellshire Main roa...

Gangster's sister charged with perjury - Sirens & Gavels - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2010

Gangster's sister charged with perjury - Sirens & Gavels - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2010: "Jasmine N. Singh, 26, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of first-degree perjury in connection with testimony at an evidence hearing Nov. 23 before Superior Court Judge Kathleen O’Connor. Singh told Deputy Prosecutor Larry Haskell during that hearing that she never talked to her brother, Anthony D. Singh, about his case, but police recorded jail phone...

The gathering of the crime clans | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News

The gathering of the crime clans | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "GRIEVING crime clan cronies will join undercover cops and gangland spies at the funeral of slain underworld enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll today. The coffin of the 29-year-old - who was shot dead in January - will be paraded through the streets in a horse-drawn carriage before being buried. Mourners at the lavish ceremony are expected to include members of London's notorious...

N.J. authorities indict 34 in Lucchese crime family bust from 'Operation Heat' | - NJ.com

N.J. authorities indict 34 in Lucchese crime family bust from 'Operation Heat' | - NJ.com: "indictment charged 34 Lucchese members and associates with crimes included racketeering, weapons possession, tax evasion, bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.Scarfo, the son of a convicted...

Mafia boss Giovanni Tegano arrested in Italy | World news | The Guardian

Mafia boss Giovanni Tegano arrested in Italy | World news | The Guardian: "veteran mafia member who was among Italy's 30 most wanted fugitives has been arrested after 17 years on the run, police said today.Giovanni Tegano, 70, of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group in Calabria, had been sentenced to life in his absence for his part in a turf war in the 1980s that left scores dead.Police said he was arrested on Monday at a house in the hills surrounding...

Costa Del Crime: James Taylor, known as 'Pancake', are 'certainly talking' to the Sinaloa, along with Los Zetas

Costa Del Crime: James Taylor, known as 'Pancake', are 'certainly talking' to the Sinaloa, along with Los Zetas: "'James Pancake Taylor, are 'certainly talking' to the Sinaloa, along with Los Zetas, classified by the US Drug Enforcement Administration as Mexico's most dangerous trafficking organisation. Los Zetas control access to the Venezuelan ports from where cocaine almost certainly has already been dispatched direct to Liverpool. With menacing...

Cops say gangster Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll must be buried and not cremated - The Daily Record

Cops say gangster Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll must be buried and not cremated - The Daily Record: "family of slain hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll have been told he must be buried at his funeral on Tuesday - more than four months after he was gunned down at Asda.The gangster's family have been told he must not be cremated whi le his murder is still unsolved.Daniel crime clan enforcer Carroll was shot more than 10 times as he sat in a car outside the Asda...

KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia - Scarfo Arrested Along With Members Of Bloods Street Gang

KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia - Scarfo Arrested Along With Members Of Bloods Street Gang: "Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr. and the current top capo in New Jersey, Raplh V. Perna, are charged with overseeing the Lucchese family's criminal activities in New Jersey.'Scarfo, son of the onetime Philadelphia crime boss, was picked up in his home down the shore. But there were also 9 members of the Bloods street gang who allegedly worked with the Luccheses to smuggle...

Gangster Noonan's 'set me free' ultimatum - Manchester Evening News

Gangster Noonan's 'set me free' ultimatum - Manchester Evening News: "Jailed gangster Domenyk Noonan has issued an ultimatum to the authorities: 'Set me free or I'll see you in court.'His solicitor has told the Probation Service she will issue High Court proceedings against his recall to prison for breaching his licence unless he is released on Monday.Noonan, 45, was recalled last week after an alleged spat with a driver. He was accused of going...

Gerbil’s funeral will be mobbed | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News

Gerbil’s funeral will be mobbed | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "SLAIN underworld enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll's funeral will finally be held next week - once his family find a venue big enough to hold all the gangland mourners expected to attend. The 29-year-old was shot dead in a supermarket car park four months ago, but detectives investigating the killing have only just released his body. And last night relatives were said to be still...

Rocket launchers and cocaine seized in raid on crime gang - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Rocket launchers and cocaine seized in raid on crime gang - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "TWO loaded rocket launchers seized from a crime gang by gardai yesterday are capable of destroying an armoured security van -- or even the homes of feuding gangsters.The disposable launchers, which were seized along with a cocaine shipment in a raid by gardai, can be fired from the shoulder and discarded after being used only once.The rockets,...

State College cocaine dealer sentenced in hit man case - Local | Centre Daily Times - State College, PA

State College cocaine dealer sentenced in hit man case - Local | Centre Daily Times - State College, PA: "Michael Alexander be able to serve his 10-to 20-year prison sentence at the same time as the nine-to 18-year sentence he’s already serving on drug dealing charges. “It doesn’t take away from his claim of innocence,” his attorney, Tami Fees, said. But because it essentially adds only one year to the time he’ll need to serve before coming up before...

FBI Turns to Plastic Surgery Newsletter in Hunt for Gangster Whitey Bulger

FBI Turns to Plastic Surgery Newsletter in Hunt for Gangster Whitey Bulger: "FBI took out a full-page ad in a plastic surgery newsletter in a bid to catch fugitive gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.According to the FBI, Bulger’s girlfriend, Catherine Greig, received breast implants, a face lift, a nose job, liposuction and eyelid surgery before she went on the run with Bulger. Feds believe she may have sought a touch-up...

'Stupid Gangster' pleads guilty to dealing heroin, faces federal prison | - NOLA.com

'Stupid Gangster' pleads guilty to dealing heroin, faces federal prison | - NOLA.com: "Michael Pinkney, 30, of New Orleans, whose aliases include 'Stupid Gangster' and 'Goofy Gangster,' Wednesday pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to dealing at least 3kilograms of heroin and 500 grams of cocaine around the B.W. Cooper public housing development last year.Pinkney faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval scheduled...

Unemployed Irish gangster spends $10,000 on daughter’s Communion | Irish News | IrishCentral

Unemployed Irish gangster spends $10,000 on daughter’s Communion | Irish News | IrishCentral: "Wayne Dundon of the McCarthy-Dundon gang in Limerick was released from Wheatfield prison in Britain in March of this year. He had served five years for murder and the assault of two police officers.He is just back from a luxury holiday in Cancun Mexico and he is now claiming unemployment benefits from the Irish Stat...

Why is the Jamaican Prime Minister Protecting a Reputed Criminal? - Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices

Why is the Jamaican Prime Minister Protecting a Reputed Criminal? - Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices: "Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is not an elected official, yet he is known as the president. He presides over Tivoli Gardens, an enclave in Jamaica known as a garrison. To some, he is a community leader, to others he is gangster. Unfortunately for Dudus, the U.S. government has extradited him on guns and drug trafficking...

Metro Detention Center guard is now in the custody of the jail that employs him, suspected of trying to smuggle drugs into the prison.

Metro Detention Center guard is now in the custody of the jail that employs him, suspected of trying to smuggle drugs into the prison. Authorities arrested 32-year-old corrections officer Anthony Kennedy on Tuesday following a two week long investigation after someone tipped off jail administrators that Kennedy might be bringing drugs inside. Investigators say they found heroin, meth, marijuana, and tobacco on Kennedy when he showed up to work. "We...

Gangster who blew own head off boasted gun was empty - Courts, National News - Independent.ie

Gangster who blew own head off boasted gun was empty - Courts, National News - Independent.ie: "LEADER of a notorious criminal gang told onlookers that his Glock pistol wasn't loaded seconds before he put the gun to his head, pulled the trigger and killed himself.Philip Collopy (29) fatally shot himself in front of a number of teenagers, including a youth who was on temporary release from a juvenile detention centre, an inquest was told yesterday....

Inmate died in ‘timed beating’: prosecutors - Crime - Canoe.ca

Inmate died in ‘timed beating’: prosecutors - Crime - Canoe.ca: "Street gangster David Tavares died in a case of rough justice taken way too far, jurors heard Monday.Tavares, 40, was beaten to death March 20, 2005 at Stony Mountain Institution.Four fellow inmates are now on trial for his death. Victor Ryle is charged with manslaughter while Charles Coaster, Evan Myran and Alvin Cote are charged with second-degree murde...

Jail time put off until he graduates | Courts | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Jail time put off until he graduates | Courts | projo.com | The Providence Journal: "Suliva Hong, 18, of 231 Wallace St., will get five weeks’ liberty to allow him to graduate from high school before he must report to the Adult Correctional Institutions. And his co-defendant, Jose Brito, 20, of 282 Manton Ave., will enjoy the extra time, too.Five weeks is “a lot longer than I typically leave people on the street” after they have been sentenced for...

Corrupt cop jailed over crook's trial - mirror.co.uk

Corrupt cop jailed over crook's trial - mirror.co.uk: "corrupt detective has been jailed for two years for helping a gangster who firebombed two officers' homes. Det Con Bob Sloan, 52, was recorded in a bugged phone box telling Wayne Taylor, 42, how to sabotage his trial for the 2006 arson attack.Sloan had befriended the underworld boss as an informant but became 'disillusioned' after he was probed over their friendship.He told Taylor: 'We can walk...

Domenyk Noonan back in jail - Manchester Evening News

Domenyk Noonan back in jail - Manchester Evening News: "Gangster Domenyk Noonan who claimed to have found God after being released early from prison is back behind bars – for hitting a car with a newspaper.He was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence within hours of claiming in the MEN that he was a changed man.The 45-year-old, one of Manchester's most notorious villains, was quizzed by police after waving a copy of the paper at a shocked...

How Al Capone was untouchable - NYPOST.com

How Al Capone was untouchable - NYPOST.com: "Al Capone’s story has never been properly understood. The man known as Scarface has been turned into a cartoon bad guy. And in almost every account of Capone’s villainy, the role of the good guy is played by Eliot Ness, the dapper young Prohibition agent who led his team of so-called Untouchables in battering down doors and chopping up beer barrels to ruin the Capone empire and bring Public Enemy No. 1...

Friends of Ours: RCMP: Street Gangs Behind Italian Cafe Arsons

Friends of Ours: RCMP: Street Gangs Behind Italian Cafe Arsons: "Montreal, QC Canada police arrested nine individuals with suspected ties to street gangs in connection with 'five of 18 fires that occurred, mostly in Italian cafes, between Sept. 22 and Jan. 24' but remain at a loss to explain motivation as reported by Paul Cherry for The Montreal Gazette: 'Some theories that have emerged are that people associated with street gangs were hired to...

Rosemead Gangster Found Guilty of Murder

Rosemead Gangster Found Guilty of Murder: "After 4-days of deliberation, a jury on Friday found Joseph Garivay guilty of 1st degree murder in a case that had ties to the Mexican Mafia. Investigators say Garivay, a Lomas Rosemead gang member, known on the streets as 'Capone' and two other gangsters executed a former 'homeboy' they'd known for most of their live...

Warren drug smuggling appeal refused » News » This Is Jersey

Warren drug smuggling appeal refused » News » This Is Jersey: "Curtis Warren and his gang have lost their appeals against conviction over a £1 million drug smuggling plot.Three Court of Appeal judges delivered their decision after defence lawyers challenged the convictions earlier this year.Warren as well as life-long friend John Welsh (43), James O’Brien (45) and Jason Woodward (22) also lost appeals against their sentences.The men were convicted...

Analysis: Italian mafia brokering Mexican drug trade | Border crime

Analysis: Italian mafia brokering Mexican drug trade | Border crime: "mafia boss and notorious narco-trafficker Vincenzo Roccisano is scheduled to appear before a Nassau County judge after his February arrest, at a Long Island restaurant, for illegally re-entering the United States. Four years ago, Roccisano was deported from the U.S. to Italy after serving a 20-year sentence for routing drugs from Latin America to Europe.Roccisano’s arrest may look...

Killer gangster must do 25 years: Crown - Winnipeg Free Press

Killer gangster must do 25 years: Crown - Winnipeg Free Press: "Jeffrey Cansanay was convicted last month of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence with no parole eligibility for at least 10 years. But the Crown wants Justice Shawn Greenberg to order Cansanay to spend at least 25 years behind bars -- the same punishment a person convicted of first-degree murder would face and the most severe sentence in the Criminal Code. 'This...

Sister of gangster who tossed stiletto at cop offered plea deal - The Trentonian News: Serving Trenton and surrounding communities. (trentonian.com)

Sister of gangster who tossed stiletto at cop offered plea deal - The Trentonian News: Serving Trenton and surrounding communities. (trentonian.com): "Mob moll Shannon Heisler, sister of the gangster suspected of shooting a deputy sheriff, was offered an 18-month prison term yesterday for firing her stiletto heels at another cop a few months later at a disturbance outside a city bar.Heisler, 27, who allegedly called for the deputy’s death after the...

Friends of Ours: Gay Gangster Gets Life In Murder-For-Hire Case

Friends of Ours: Gay Gangster Gets Life In Murder-For-Hire Case: "Yorkshire, England a manufacturer and trafficker of the club drug ecstasy has been sentenced to life in prison in the murder-for-hire of his boyfriend and fellow druggie whom he wanted to ditch after fifteen years in order to be free to take up with a woman as reported by the Yorkshire Post:The victim, Leeds car dealer and drug supplier Christopher Hartley, was found with gunshot wounds...

Teenagers with gang ties sentenced for beatings in Henrico | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Teenagers with gang ties sentenced for beatings in Henrico | Richmond Times-Dispatch: "Mentor Bislimi of the 2100 block of Cool Brook Drive and Kirkland Morris of the First block of Chase Gayton Terrace, both 19, will serve 10 years and seven years, respectively.Bislimi was convicted of participating in a criminal act benefiting a gang, gang recruitment and two counts of assault by mob. Morris was convicted of two counts of assault by mob and a single...

Domenyk Noonan was described by the judge who jailed him in 2005 as a ‘very dangerous man who is clearly a risk to the public’

Domenyk Noonan was described by the judge who jailed him in 2005 as a ‘very dangerous man who is clearly a risk to the public’. But Noonan, 45, who has been let out on licence half way through his nine-and-a-half year jail sentence, said: “I started going to the Christian meetings...

The Press Association: Gangster loses conviction appeal

The Press Association: Gangster loses conviction appeal: "Gangster Curtis Warren, thought to be one of Britain's richest criminals, has lost his appeal against a conviction for plotting to smuggle £1 million worth of cannabis, court officials said.Liverpool-born Warren, 46, started a 13-year jail term in December after he and five others were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to import the drugs from mainland Europe to Jersey in the Channel Islands.Warren,...

Applause fills church after brother hails slain gangster as role model - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Applause fills church after brother hails slain gangster as role model - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "SLAIN gangster, suspected of ordering more than a dozen murders, was described as a great 'role model' at his funeral yesterday.More than 400 people turned out to mourn Eamonn Dunne (34), who was gunned down in a Dublin pub last Friday week.The Finglas-based drug trafficker had been a major garda target and one of the most feared criminals...

Funeral of Taiwan Mafia Boss - Visboo

Funeral of Taiwan Mafia Boss - Visboo: "Senior politicians and gangsters gathered at the funeral of Taiwan mafia boss Lee Chao-hsiung. Also more than 20,000 people gathered to see the procession led by 108 black limousines – a symbolic number in Chinese Buddhis...

After a golden gangster life, cruel days - St. Petersburg Times

After a golden gangster life, cruel days - St. Petersburg Times: "This is Joe DeFede, a retired New York gangster who oversaw the rackets in the city's garment district in the 1990s. He once had a Cadillac, a driver and three horses stabled at Aqueduct.These days, though, after a five-year prison stint, legal fees and the crushing costs of creating a new identity, the boss is almost broke. He and his second wife, Nancy, live on an annual income they...

Old mobster Anthony Anastasio suicides before jail term starts

Old mobster Anthony Anastasio suicides before jail term starts: "Anthony (Todo) Anastasio pumped two bullets into his heart Friday morning, just days before he was due to start a 2-1/2-year term in federal prison on convictions for racketeering, extortion and arson.Anastasio, whose uncle was the legendary Murder Inc. boss Albert Anastasia, was supposed to surrender to authorities May 10, officials said.'It was a sudden death and his family is in...

Gangster gets life for 2007 killing | Seattle Seahawks - The News Tribune

Gangster gets life for 2007 killing | Seattle Seahawks - The News Tribune: "gang member convicted of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in a drive-by shooting was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus 1,152 years after family members recounted the devastating impact of the killing. Willie Clark, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder in the New Year’s Day 2007 slaying of Williams after a confrontation at a nightclub.Earlier Friday,...

Former Utah gang member killed while serving prison sentence in Virginia - Salt Lake Tribune

Former Utah gang member killed while serving prison sentence in Virginia - Salt Lake Tribune: "Filikisi 'Junior' Hafoka, 23, died Thursday after being removed from life support, a family member in Utah said. Hafoka was serving a 12-year prison sentence at the the U.S. Penitentiary-Lee in Jonesville, Va. for shooting a 7-Eleven clerk in July 2007. He was stabbed during a riot at the prison that occurred last weekend. His funeral arrangements are pending...

Melbourne gangster buried in £18,000 coffin - Australasia, World - The Independent

Melbourne gangster buried in £18,000 coffin - Australasia, World - The Independent: "mobster Carl Williams was buried in a golden casket yesterday after he was murdered in prison last week.Williams, whose life story was turned into the popular television series Underbelly, was serving a life sentence for organising the murders of several rivals. He was attacked by a fellow inmate wielding the stem of an exercise bike. A large crowd of mourners –...