Tyler Willock, who has been associated to both the Independent Soldiers and the Red Scorpions, entered his pleas in Surrey Provincial Court Monday

well-known gangster who has been targeted in both a 2009 shooting and a later sledgehammer attack pleaded guilty this week to three firearms charges.Tyler Willock, who has been associated to both the Independent Soldiers and the Red Scorpions, entered his pleas in Surrey Provincial Court Monday as his trial was scheduled to begin. He will be sentenced in July.Willock had faced eight counts in all following a July 21, 2008 incident in Langley, after...

John Alite, the chief witness against mob figure John A. (Junior) Gotti at his last trial, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his own criminal activities.

John Alite, the chief witness against mob figure John A. (Junior) Gotti at his last trial, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his own criminal activities.Alite, Gotti's former best friend, pleaded guilty to two gangland murders and other crimes, the New York Daily News reported.Federal prosecutors wrote letters to Federal Judge Susan Bucklew praising Alite's cooperation in their prosecution of Gotti as "extraordinary" and "substantial.""John...

It's a delicate question: What should a gangster give another gangster's son for a wedding gift?

In the Bonanno crime family, $300 appears to be about right.The murder trial of former mob boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano featured a scrap of paper with gift amounts for the December 2001 wedding of Bonanno soldier Emmanuel (Manny from the Bronx) Guaragna's son.NYPD Det. William Dwyer testified Wednesday that the list was seized from Guaragna's apartment on Williamsbridge Rd. several days after the nuptials of son Steven and bride Maria.Then-boss...

Waldemar Lorenzana Lima was captured by Guatemalan police on April 26, while driving on a dirt road

Waldemar Lorenzana Lima was captured by Guatemalan police on April 26, while driving on a dirt road in the municipality of El Jicaro, located in the eastern state of El Progreso. Although authorities have long accused Lorenzana of being the patriarch of a powerful drug trafficking family, he has proven difficult for them to pin down. In December 2008, the 71-year-old was arrested on charges of illegally possessing an AK-47 rifle. However,...

Micah Allen, a reputed top-ranking member of the 'Dog Paw' gang, will be put through a series of interrogations and identification parades.

The St Andrew Central Police Division yesterday said Micah Allen, a reputed top-ranking member of the 'Dog Paw' gang, will be put through a series of interrogations and identification parades.Head of the Division, Senior Superintendent Derrick Knight, said Allen, who was captured on Sunday, will be questioned about his alleged involvement in last December's triple murder in Bedward Gardens, St Andrew, and at least two other shootings incidents.Knight...

Japanese 'gangster' shot dead in Thailand

A Japanese alleged yakuza gangster was shot dead in northern Thailand by a local tourist guide in suspicious circumstances, Thai police said Wednesday.The 44-year-old was shot twice in the head and torso in a mountainous area 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city of Chiang Rai late Tuesday, Major General Adis Ngamchitsuksri, commander of the Thai Tourist Police, told AFP.Adis said a Thai tourist guide named as Apichart Inthisak, 41, had surrendered...

Mafia murder mystery that has remained unsolved for years.

But investigators finally believe they might have got to the bottom of what happened to family mobster Nicholas Cirillo, who vanished seven years ago and has not been seen since - his death may have been ordered by his own father.Mobster: Did Dominick Cirillo 'order the death of his own son'?Genovese gangster Nicholas disappeared on Mothers' Day 2004, two weeks after an altercation in the Bronx with fellow mob man Vincent Jr. Basciano and Dominick...

TONY Mokbel has struck a deal that may see him serve about 20 years in jail and taste freedom in his early 60s.

An extraordinary decade-long legal saga can finally be revealed after Mokbel - once the country's most wanted man - finally admitted to a monster drug empire he boasted netted at least $100 million.It can also now be revealed the former friend and drug dealing partner of killer Carl Williams has been acquitted of the murder of Lewis Moran.The case against him over the public shooting of kickboxer and hotdog vendor Michael Marshall was dropped before...

Gangster who called himself 'the number one hitman' jailed over gun violence

A gangster linked to rap star Giggs was sentenced to six years imprisonment today for shooting a man who owed money.Taurean Taylor, 26, gave himself the street name Kyser or Kyze after the feared Keyser Soza in the Hollywood film The Usual Suspects.He described himself as "the number one hitman" for Giggs, whose violent lyrics have been criticised by Operation Trident, the Met unit tackling gun crime in the black community.Taylor shot Marcus Bennett,...

second-generation gangster busted for slicing up a Brooklyn pizzeria owner worked as mob muscle

second-generation gangster busted for slicing up a Brooklyn pizzeria owner worked as mob muscle for his sibling's suspected loanshark operation, law enforcement sources said Saturday.The NYPD and the FBI are probing whether mob associate Benny Geritano was doing his half brother's bidding in the bloody street showdown with celebrity pizza maker Mark Iacono."Benny has a screw loose and goes off," one source told the Daily News. "But his job was...

Reputed gangster convicted of Irvington robbery, but jury deadlocks on four killings

One witness testified that Rolando Terrell pressed a 9 mm handgun to Candes McLean’s neck, stepped back and fired a fatal shot into her head. Seconds later, the witness said, Terrell shot and killed her daughter and niece, both 18, and her boyfriend’s 13-year-old daughter, then set fire to the Irvington house.Authorities called the Sept. 8, 2008 quadruple killing on Columbia Avenue among the most horrific in recent memory.But despite testimony from...

Joseph Massino took the witness stand at the Brooklyn trial of Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, who served as one of his captains in the Bonanno crime family. Prosecutors say that Massino secretly recorded Basciano admitting he ordered a hit on an associate who ran afoul of the secretive Bonannos.

A jailed former Mafia boss who once ordered a payback killing in the infamous "Donnie Brasco" case made gangland history Tuesday by becoming the highest-ranking member of the city's five Italian organized crime families to break their sacred vow of silence and testify against one of their own.Joseph Massino took the witness stand at the Brooklyn trial of Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, who served as one of his captains in the Bonanno crime family....

former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino the highest ranking New York mafia figure to turn rat will take the stand and testify against fellow mobster Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano.

It has been revealed by the feds that former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino the highest ranking New York mafia figure to turn rat will take the stand and testify against fellow mobster Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano. Basciano took over as boss of the Bonanno family after Massino was indicted by the feds. Massino has not been seen in public since he was in court pleading guilty to eight gangland murders in a Brooklyn Federal Court where...

hunt for the killer of Sydney racing identity Les Samba has turned to Queensland with a raid on the home of a man previously interviewed over the murder.

Victorian Homicide Squad officers went to the Gold Coast home of John Nikolic on Tuesday and removed undisclosed items.Mr Nikolic is the brother of prominent jockey Danny Nikolic who is Mr Samba's former son-in-law.Advertisement: Story continues belowPolice said in a statement they executed a search warrant at a Robina home and seized a number of items.Victorian detectives also flew to Sydney on Tuesday to conduct further interviews.The latest development...

Ryan Donovan, the seaman accused of shooting and killing a Royal Navy officer was an aspiring rapper named Reggie Moondogg who was friends with artist Tinie Tempah.

Ryan Donovan, the seaman accused of shooting and killing a Royal Navy officer and seriously wounding another on board a submarine on Friday (April 8th) in the United Kingdom, was an aspiring rapper named Reggie Moondogg who was friends with artist Tinie Tempah. Donovan is accused of murdering Lt. Commander Ian Molyneux and seriously wounding Lt. Commander Chris Hodge on the HMS Astute, a submarine that was docked in Southampton. According to witnesses,...

GANGSTER-turned-actor Dave Courtney has landed a £15million deal to star in three Hollywood movies.

But there could be ­fireworks if he bumps into ­Vinnie Jones in LA as he claims the ex-Wimbledon footballer based his breakthrough role as Big Chris in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on him.“I’ve seen him around yet not once has he said hello,” claimed Courtney, 52, who was jailed in the 80s for ­attacking five men with a meat ­cleaver.“He knows I know his character was inspired by me, It’s a joke. He can’t even act anyway.”Courtney will oversee...

former New York crime boss and head of the Bonanno crime family is due to testify against his successor Vincent Basciano.

Joseph Massino is due to testify against Vincent BascianoThe FBI revealed on Friday that Joseph Massino will go to court to spill the beans on his former crime associate.The pair were both members of the Five Families which control organised crime in New York.'A boss testifying against another boss is a sea change in the mob world,' said author of 'American Mafia' Thomas Reppetto.'The old time bosses like [Charles] Luciano and [Vito] Genovese are...

five years since murder charges were laid in the case of Vernon’s notorious Greeks gang, and jury selection is finally underway in a high-security Vancouver courtroom.

five years since murder charges were laid in the case of Vernon’s notorious Greeks gang, and jury selection is finally underway in a high-security Vancouver courtroom.Between 2004 and 2005, there were seven drug-related murders in Vernon.As a result, RCMP set up a special task force to investigate the organized crime group the Greeks.Seven men were charged with numerous counts of murder.Two of them have already pleaded guilty and are serving life...

glamorous wife of a Yorkshire gang boss, who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle paid for by his crimes, has been jailed for 12 months.

Maxine Valentine “flaunted” her wealth on social websites, enjoying expensive holidays abroad and shopping in designer stores. She owned a £3,250 mobile phone and was given a pop star’s Bentley Continental for one birthday, which later had her own number plate – 30 MV. Teesside...

Gangster Grant McIntosh was dumped bleeding at a hospital after a failed gangland execution.

The notorious hood was discovered with multiple stab wounds in the grounds of the Southern General in Glasgow.And last night, as he remained seriously ill in hospital, underworld sources claimed McIntosh was driven to the hospital by an associate after being attacked in his home town of Paisley. It is understood that McIntosh, known as Mr P for the grip he has on Paisley, is refusing to cooperate with cops. Detectives are treating the attack on him...