AFP: 'Old school' Montreal gangster gunned down

AFP: 'Old school' Montreal gangster gunned down: "reputed Montreal gangster with ties to the Rizzuto crime family was gunned down in a brazen daylight shooting, police said Wednesday.Agostino Cuntrera, 66, and his 48-year-old bodyguard were shot Tuesday afternoon outside an east-end Montreal restaurant said to be owned by Cuntrera.Two men in a black Chevrolet Impala similar to one spotted leaving the scene were arrested shortly after the slayings....

Italian police arrest alleged Mafia kingpin | Earth Times News

Italian police arrest alleged Mafia kingpin | Earth Times News: "Carabinieri officers arrested Umberto Onda, considered the head of the Gionta clan of the Camorra Mafia, in the southeastern port of Brindisi on the Adriatic coast as he disembarked from a ferry arriving from Greece.Onda initially showed his unexpected 'reception committee' false papers, but later gave himself over to the special forces without resisting, according to the reports.Onda,...

Blood Trade: The Story of Craig Petties » The Commercial Appeal

Blood Trade: The Story of Craig Petties » The Commercial Appeal: "story of Petties' alleged rise from petty drug peddler to international trafficker illustrates how the drug business works and Memphis' role as a distribution hub. It also shows how an enterprise built on American...

The Associated Press: Italian mobster nabbed in France

The Associated Press: Italian mobster nabbed in France: "Italian officials say a mobster and one of the country's top 30 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the south of France.The Interior Ministry says Giuseppe Falsone was arrested Friday in Marseille.Interior Minister Roberto Maroni says in a statement that Falsone had been a fugitive for over a decade and must serve a life sentence.The ANSA news agency says Falsone is close to Bernardo...

Terry Adams, Britain’s most feared gangster, leaves jail

Terry Adams, Britain’s most feared gangster, leaves jail: "Terry Adams, Britain’s most feared gangster, yesterday walked to freedom after serving just half of a seven-year sentence for money laundering.In what could have been a scene from The Godfather, he was greeted by a glamorous brunette in black and two sidekicks.Wearing an open-necked white shirt tucked into khaki trousers, Adams looked relaxed as the attractive young woman stepped out of a...

Reputed gang leader sentenced » Times Record News

Reputed gang leader sentenced » Times Record News: "founder of a Wichita Falls street gang was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than 27 years in prison, according to a news release.The Department of Justice announced in the Wednesday release Michael Gene Williams, 38, was sentenced to 327 months in a federal prison by U. S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in connection with firearms and drug charges.According to the release:Members of the...

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke: profile - Telegraph

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke: profile - Telegraph: "son of one of the Caribbean island's most legendary dons, Coke built his own name as a businessman, a political player - and chief of the 'Shower Posse,' a group named not for cleanliness but for showering bullets on foes.Coke's gang...

Notorious Jamaican gang leader under arrest, reports say - Americas - MiamiHerald.com

Notorious Jamaican gang leader under arrest, reports say - Americas - MiamiHerald.com: "Christopher ``Dudus'' Coke, the Jamaican drug don at the center of a prolonged and lethal manhunt, is under arrest, the Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner reported late Tuesday.The government's attempts to arrest and extradite Coke to the United States on drugs and weapons charges in May led to a violent clash in West Kingston that resulted in the deaths of at least...

Jamaican gang boss arrested on way to American embassy | World news | The Guardian

Jamaican gang boss arrested on way to American embassy | World news | The Guardian: "Jamaican police have captured the once powerful gang leader, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, as he was on his way to surrender to the US embassy in Kingston weeks after leading a bloody urban battle to avoid deportation for trial to New York.Coke appears to have wanted to hand himself in to the Americans out of concern for his safety after his father died in a mysterious...

Fatal shooting was gang-related; teen targeted, Salinas police say - MontereyHerald.com :

Fatal shooting was gang-related; teen targeted, Salinas police say - MontereyHerald.com :: "15-year-old boy who was shot and killed outside a Salinas market has been identified by police as Jorge Alberto Mendez Barrera. Police said that about 7p.m. Sunday, Mendez went to the Fairway Market at 323 Williams Road with friends. He was returning to their vehicle when a man with a gun approached and shot him several times. 'We don't have any reasons as...

Violent extortion attempt lands gangster in prison - Winnipeg Free Press

Violent extortion attempt lands gangster in prison - Winnipeg Free Press: "mother of an imprisoned Winnipeg gang member was terrorized at gunpoint by several of her son's criminal colleagues during a violent attempt to extort $40,000 from her.Details of the February 2007 incident emerged for the first time Monday at the sentencing hearing for one of the attackers. The victim -- who immigrated from South Africa -- described her ordeal as comparable...

Only evidence agreed facts as gangster found guilty | Winnipeg | News | Winnipeg Sun

Only evidence agreed facts as gangster found guilty | Winnipeg | News | Winnipeg Sun: "Raymond Bruce Brown, a former president of the Zig-Zag Crew street gang, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in marijuana but not guilty to conspiracy to participate in a criminal organization and conspiracy to launder proceeds of crime.Brown, 44, stood trial on the conspiracy charges. Justice Glenn Joyal heard no witnesses.“The accused is accepting the...

FOXNews.com - Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place

FOXNews.com - Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place: "southern Arizona, where parts of five federal lands -- including two designated national monuments -- continue to post travel warnings or be outright closed to Americans who own the land because of the dangers of 'human and drug trafficking' along the Mexican border.Roughly 3,500 acres of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge -- about 3 percent of the 118,000-acre park...

The Santa Barbara Independent Mize Trial, Day 12

The Santa Barbara Independent Mize Trial, Day 12: "Detective Gary Siegel took the stand Tuesday, June 15, to discuss the gang involvement of the defendants in the murder trial of Lorenzo Carachure. Being charged are Ruben Mize, Brian Medinilla, Ricardo Nava, and Raul Diaz, all of whom are on trial for murder – Mize is also being charged with other offenses. The four also face charges of being active participants in a criminal street gang, the focus...

Life without parole for gangster who killed guard | mydesert.com | The Desert Sun

Life without parole for gangster who killed guard | mydesert.com | The Desert Sun: "Jamar Thomas, 21, was found guilty in April of first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co. guard Wallace Brown near Rosa Parks Road and El Dorado Boulevard.The jury that convicted Thomas spared him the death penalty, deciding instead that he should spend his life in prison.Judge James Hawkins formalized the panel's...

Neil Green, 36, is sergeant-at-arms of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle chapter

Neil Green, 36, is sergeant-at-arms of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle chapter in Riverstone, in Sydney's northwest, police say.Detectives believe he was last seen on the afternoon of April 16, when he and another man drove to a premises in Wiltona Place, Girraween, in the city's west.Witnesses in the area at the time claim they heard a verbal argument and gunsho...

Gangs Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a high-ranking Outlaw Gangster

Gangs Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a high-ranking Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member. Police are seeking assistance from anyone who may have information about the disappearance of 36-year-old Neil Green on Friday 16 April this year. The Northmead man is the Sergeant at Arms of the Riverstone Chapter of the Nomads Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. Gangs Squad detectives became aware...

Salinas has 3,500 gang members — six times the national average — and a four-decade history of gang violence.

Salinas has 3,500 gang members — six times the national average — and a four-decade history of gang violence."The gangster element has become so embedded and well-organized that it's just been operating with impunity," said Louis Fetherolf, 64, who became police chief last year. "An aquifer of organized criminality runs under this city, moving tons of narcotics. And I'm concerned that the scope and depth of that is lost on the public."Azahel's death...

Ex-Mafia capo Anthony (Tony D) Palumbo indicted in '92 Bronx whack

Ex-Mafia capo Anthony (Tony D) Palumbo indicted in '92 Bronx whack: "aging ex-Genovese crime family capo, already facing charges of extortion and gambling, was indicted in Manhattan Federal Court Tuesday on charges related to a 1992 murder ordered on his behalf.Anthony (Tony D) Palumbo, 61, charged this year with shaking down the owners of area bartending schools, was arraigned yesterday and charged with getting a fellow mobster who was stealing...

Crime Scene - Va. indictment against biker gang

Crime Scene - Va. indictment against biker gang: "Twenty-three members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang have been indicted by a grand jury in Virginia on charges they were part of a complex criminal enterprise that engaged in assaults, kidnapping, drug dealing, illegal gambling and even attempted murder, federal authorities announced Tuesday.Among those charged are Mark Steven Fiel, known as 'Snuff,' who officials say is president of the gang’s Manassas/...

Mobster's rat son tried to make money off 'Oldfather' alleged life of crime: defense - NYPOST.com

Mobster's rat son tried to make money off 'Oldfather' alleged life of crime: defense - NYPOST.com: "The rat son of legendary Colombo mob boss tried to write a book about his gangster dad in the hopes of profiting off the story and was even called up to help as a consultant on a realty TV show about mob life. The theory -- put forward by a defense lawyer for of one of Colombo underboss John 'Sonny' Franzese's co-defendants -- argued in Brooklyn federal...

Police arrest mafia clan boss

Police arrest mafia clan boss: "Nicola Schiavone, 32, is thought to have replaced his father, Francesco, who is serving a life term in a high-security prison for several murders as well as extorsion and drug trafficking as head of the Camorra's Casalesi clan.He is suspected of ordering the killings of three associates who were thought to be working secretly for another clan led by Francesco Bidognetti.Schiavone did not resist arrest at his luxury...

B92 - News - Politics - “Croatia could extradite gangster”

B92 - News - Politics - “Croatia could extradite gangster”: "Kalinić is a fugitive Đinđić assassination conspirator, who was shot and wounded last week in Zagreb. But despite the fact he was tried and convicted in Serbia in absentia, as a Croatian citizen, he currently cannot be extradited. “I hope that Croatia will adopt the constitutional changes this week in order to introduce a set of new elements to the Croatian Constitution. These changes include...

Bulgaria: Bulgaria Mafia Bosses Acquittal Kills Hopes for Change - Interior - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria: Bulgaria Mafia Bosses Acquittal Kills Hopes for Change - Interior - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency: "acquittal of two men, reputed to be the biggest mafia bosses in Bulgaria, by a Sofia court will make society believe there is no hope for a change in this country, the interior minister has said.“In situations like this the society loses the little hope that it has for some kind of change, for settling the scores with the figures from...

Gangster Domenyk Noonan in rape arrest - Manchester Evening News

Gangster Domenyk Noonan in rape arrest - Manchester Evening News: "Gangster Domenyk Noonan has been arrested on suspicion of rape. He is accused of carrying out a sex attack on a woman in a Stockport hotel room after celebrating his 46th birthday on Sunday. Noonan was arrested shortly after 6am on Monday at the two-star Saxon Holme Hotel on Wellington Road North.He was being questioned by police last night. Noonan strongly denies the accusation....

Winnipeg gangster who killed bystander avoids max sentence

Winnipeg gangster who killed bystander avoids max sentence: "judge has refused to hand down the maximum sentence to a Winnipeg gangster who killed a teenage bystander during a gunfight with a drug-dealing rival.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 wanted Justice Shawn Greenberg to order Cansanay to spend at least 25...

Police crack down on Calabrian mafia - UPI.com

Police crack down on Calabrian mafia - UPI.com: "Italian police said Tuesday they arrested 52 members of the Calabrian mafia suspected of skimming money off the construction contract for expanding a motorway.The organization, the 'Ndrangheta mafia, also illegally supplied concrete for the A3 motorway expansion from Salerno to Reggio Calabria, one of Italy's largest infrastructure projects and one that has been behind schedule for years, the ANSA...

The South Asian Link News Paper : The oldest Indo Canadian Newspaper

The South Asian Link News Paper : The oldest Indo Canadian Newspaper: "trial of Indo-Canadian gangster Raminder Singh (Mindy) Bhander began this week with a dramatic outline of victim Tejvir Singh (Sunny) Bains scrambled up the stairs of his Surrey townhouse trying to escape the gunman who the prosecution alleges was Bhander, who fired at him on Jan. 28, 2008 at a Surrey apartment complex.According to the prosecutor, forensic evidence, video surveillance...

Gangster shot in Far South Side park :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

Gangster shot in Far South Side park :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "“self admitted” gang member was shot while in a Far South Side park with several companions Thursday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, police said.About 10:15 p.m. police saw a man who was shot walking at 3250 E. 83rd St., near Russell Square Park, according to a South Chicago District police sergeant. While police found no crime scene, the man told officers he was...

KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona Mexican Mafia leader sentenced to 18 years in prison

KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona Mexican Mafia leader sentenced to 18 years in prison: "sentencing of John Frederick Farinas, 39, of Phoenix to 18 years in prison for assisting a criminal street gang and possession of prison contraband. The State alleged at trial that Farinas was a lieutenant in the Mexican Mafia prison gang and had conspired to introduce prison contraband for the profit of gang members in the 4th Avenue Jail in Phoeni...

Cops target likely site of gangster's murder | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

Cops target likely site of gangster's murder | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun: "Vietnamese gangster Quang Lu, known as Hak Quai Ming or Black Ghost, was murdered in 2007.Lu’s body was found in May, entombed in a barrel of cement that was dumped into Lake Ontario off Sherbourne St.Lu, 47, of Thornhill, disappeared in October 2007 and police believe he was at this home when he was murdered, most likely in the basement, and then stuffed into...

Two charged over gangland crimes - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 05, 2010

Two charged over gangland crimes - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 05, 2010: "Two men have today been charged in connection with an investigation into organised crime.The men aged 27 and 30 were arrested by gardaí as part of a major inquiry into drug and gun crime in the west of Ireland.They will appear before a special sitting of Galway District Court at 5pm this evening.Another man arrested as part of the operation remains in custody in Gort.Twelve...

Arturo Beltran Leyva, shot dead during a shootout with security forces

Arturo Beltran Leyva, shot dead during a shootout with security forces, was one of Mexico's most wanted men, with a $2.3m reward on his head.Known as "the boss of bosses", he headed the cartel that bears his name, the Beltran Leyva Organisation (BLO).This was formed as as a gang in its own right after a 2008 split from the notorious and powerful Sinaloa cartel headed by Joaquin Shorty Guzman.The area of operations of the two gangs along Mexico's...

MS13 Gang Leader To Be Deported | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street

MS13 Gang Leader To Be Deported | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Salvadoran national suspected of being a high-ranking member of a violent street gang was arrested Friday by Santa Cruz police and federal authorities, and likely will be deported, officials announced Wednesday.Jose Abrego-Galdamez, 30, is due in federal court Thursday to face a charge...

AFP: Mafia's waste disposal business flourishes in Italy in 2009

AFP: Mafia's waste disposal business flourishes in Italy in 2009: "mafia's waste disposal and illegal dumping business in Italy continued to flourish in 2009, defying the global economy's woes, environmental organisation Legambiente said on Friday.Circumventing environmental regulations is 'the only business that is immune from crises,' Legambiente said in a statement, estimating the crime syndicates' turnover in 2009 at 20.5 billion euros (24.5...

The Santa Barbara Independent Family Secrets

The Santa Barbara Independent Family Secrets: "Ruben Mize, on trial for the murder of 16-year-old Lorenzo Carachure.First, his cousin, Christopher Diaz, took the stand to testify that Mize admitted to stabbing the victim. Then he listened to a tape from a secret wire Diaz — a confidential informant for authorities for some time — wore, on which Mize says he “stuck” the victim in the neck. Mize also seems to indicate on the recording that he participated...

Strip bar's ownership scrutinized at hearing

Strip bar's ownership scrutinized at hearing: "Montreal man’s alleged extensive ties to organized crime groups is being explored in detail as the Montreal police continue their effort to have the license of a Montreal strip club revoked. On paper, Club Temptation on Ste. Catherine St. W. is owned by Joseph Vallera, a 61-year-old Montreal man with no criminal convictions. But over the past two years Montreal police investigators have gathered evidence...