Fraudster from Hornsey supplied luxury cars to gang members

London Street Gangs: Fraudster from Hornsey supplied luxury cars to gang members: "A FRAUDSTER from Hornsey who rented luxury cars to gang members while claiming £60,000 in benefits has been jailed. Tyrone Somerszaul, of Kings Gate Mews, used three different alter egos — Tyrone Simmons, Dean Miller and Sean Kimani Taylor — to collect a fleet of high end cars including a Lamborghini, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, and Aston Martin. He then leased the cars...

31-year fugitive from Black Tuna drug gang arrested - Miami-Dade Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

31-year fugitive from Black Tuna drug gang arrested - Miami-Dade Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com: "A key member of the infamous Miami-based Black Tuna Gang, the biggest U.S. marijuana-smuggling operation of its time, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Thursday morning in West Palm Beach -- more than 31 years after he skipped out of a federal trial. Mark Steven Phillips, 62, was captured in his rented apartment at Century Village, a senior...

Johnny K-9 arrested for BC murders

 Johnny K-9 arrested for BC murders: "Former WWE jobber and Canadian independent wrestler/strongman Ion (John) Croitoru -- Johnny K-9 -- was one of seven men charged last week in B.C. for murders committed during a violent gang war in 2008 and 2009 that turned Vancouver’s streets...

U.S. arrests 'most wanted' fugitive at New York airport after extradition from Ukraine - Oneindia News

U.S. arrests 'most wanted' fugitive at New York airport after extradition from Ukraine - Oneindia News: "Veniamin Gonikman, 55, was charged in Detroit in 2005 in a 22-count indictment with trafficking in persons, forced labor, alien smuggling, money laundering, extortion collection, and conspiracy, among other charges. He absconded from the U.S. before being formally charged. Gonikman, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on Wednesday in Ukraine before...

Alleged gang member wanted in three murders arrested during Gardena raid

Alleged gang member wanted in three murders arrested during Gardena raid | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times: "series of raids Wednesday across L.A. County targeting members of the Gardena 13 gang led to 11 arrests, including that of a man wanted on suspicion of killing two brothers and another man at a 2008 car cruising event. Luis Erasmo Garcia, 27, was taken into custody by Gardena police shortly before 6 a.m. as sheriff’s detectives, Drug Enforcement...

Two Lower Valley men waved goodbye to tearful relatives Thursday as they prepared to serve more than 50 years each in prison for a gang-related shooting in Sunnyside.

Gang members' long sentences may just be the first | Yakima Herald-Republic: "Two Lower Valley men waved goodbye to tearful relatives Thursday as they prepared to serve more than 50 years each in prison for a gang-related shooting in Sunnyside. The case foreshadows a possible wave of lengthy prison terms for Yakima County defendants convicted of violent gang crimes, thanks to recent changes in state law intended to crack down on street gangs. Rep....

Street gang member convicted of rape

Street gang member convicted of rape The Republican-American: "teenage member of the Bloods street gang was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman during a gang rape in 2008. Witness testimony and statements to police painted a picture of a brutal rape that occurred after the woman was locked inside a vacant apartment on Taylor Street and held against her will for hours. It took a six-member jury in Waterbury Superior...

Mohammed Sarwar, 30, taught at Burnage Media Arts College in Manchester. Mr Sarwar is alleged to have been ‘managing director’ of an organised crime group

"A teacher allegedly led a double life as the mastermind behind a major drugs gang. Mohammed Sarwar, 30, taught at Burnage Media Arts College in Manchester. Mr Sarwar is alleged to have been ‘managing director’ of an organised crime group involved in the large scale commercial supply of cocaine across the city. A jury was told that he conspired with a prison officer to supply inmates at Forest Bank prison in Salford with cannabis. The secondary...

Ex-gang boss gets OK to gamble in New Jersey - BusinessWeek

Ex-gang boss gets OK to gamble in New Jersey - BusinessWeek: "A man who once was one of the top three leaders of a notorious Chinese street gang in New York that dealt in drugs, illegal gambling and other vices can now gamble in Atlantic City casinos. Robin Chee says he's a changed man and 'a model citizen.' He was once one of the three top leaders of the Ghost Shadows. The state Casino Control Commission on Wednesday removed Chee from a list of...

Winnipeg street gang member deported - Worldnews.com

Winnipeg street gang member deported - Worldnews.com: "A member of Winnipeg's African Mafia street gang has been deported by the Canada Border Services Agency, the federal government reported Wednesday" Canada deported to Sierra Leone the reputed leader of a street gang called...

110 alleged organized crime suspects were arrested in New York

110 alleged organized crime suspects were arrested in New York, New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast in the largest Mob sweep in U.S. history, federal officials said Thursday. The suspects, wanted on criminal charges ranging from murder and narcotics trafficking to fraud and extortion, represent New York's once dominant five crime families, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at briefing in Brooklyn. Holder said the suspects included bosses...

Alleged New England mobster arrested in federal crackdown

Alleged New England mobster arrested in federal crackdown: "Luigi 'Louie' Manocchio, 83, was charged in an indictment unsealed today in US District Court in Rhode Island. He was arrested Wednesday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The US attorney's office in Rhode Island said the indictment...

FBI swoop on more than 100 Mafia suspects, including a former associate of Frank Sinatra

FBI swoop on more than 100 Mafia suspects, including a former associate of Frank Sinatra, but two organised crime experts tell Channel 4 News it will do little to stem crime in New York. It was a scene straight out of hit mob drama The Sopranos: a coordinated dawn raid by the FBI...

Geriatric NY gangster, 93, gets 8 years in prison

Geriatric NY gangster, 93, gets 8 years in prison - Yahoo! News: "Convicted mob boss John 'Sonny' Franzese is so old, he knew Frank Sinatra in his heyday. He's so old, his recent extortion trial became nap time — even when his turncoat son took the witness stand against him. But a federal judge decided Friday that Franzese is not so old that he can avoid prison. Franzese, 93, was sentenced to eight years in prison for extorting Manhattan strip clubs...

triad gang leader was run over and hacked to death outside a luxury Hong Kong hotel

Hong Kong gang boss executed in grisly revenge attack, court told - Monsters and Critics: "triad gang leader was run over and hacked to death outside a luxury Hong Kong hotel to avenge the humiliation of a rival gangster three years earlier, a news report said Thursday. Gang boss Lee Tai-lung was run over by a van as he stepped out of a Mercedes at Hong Kong's Kowloon Shangri-la Hotel in August 2009. The van threw Lee, 41, into the air, leaving him...

The secret grave of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll

The secret grave of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll - The Daily Record: "Feared gangland enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll still lies in an unmarked grave - a year after he was shot dead. With no headstone, his final resting place bears only flowers and two cans of Red Bull. The dad-of-two...

Ex footy star in gun gang quiz | The Sun |News

Ex footy star in gun gang quiz | The Sun |News: "Ronnie Wallwork, who played for England at under-20 level, was detained as he flew into Britain by an elite crime fighting unit probing a racket in which high performance cars were stolen to use in a string of vicious raids across six counties. The 33-year-old was questioned on suspicion of stealing cars and later bailed pending further inquiries. Wallwork played for United 19 times and won an Old...

North Van crime kingpin still on the lam

BCLocalNews.com - North Van crime kingpin still on the lam: "North Shore crime lord wanted by both the Canadian Mounties and the American FBI may be hiding in Toronto, according to recent reports. In December, Persian gangster Omid Tahvili made headlines in Toronto after it was...

2 Hilltop Crips defendants sentenced - Crime Reports - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

2 Hilltop Crips defendants sentenced - Crime Reports - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington: "Two men swept up in last year's crackdown on Tacoma's Hilltop Crips street gang were sentenced Friday, bringing to 23 the number of people sent to prison in the case. Andre L. Bonds, 38, who previously pleaded guilty to riot and conspiracy to commit drive-by shooting, received a five-year sentence from Pierce County Superior Court Judge Thomas Felnagle. Adrian...

2 Hilltop Crips defendants sentenced - Crime Reports - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

2 Hilltop Crips defendants sentenced - Crime Reports - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington: "Two men swept up in last year's crackdown on Tacoma's Hilltop Crips street gang were sentenced Friday, bringing to 23 the number of people sent to prison in the case.Andre L. Bonds, 38, who previously pleaded guilty to riot and conspiracy to commit drive-by shooting, received a five-year sentence from Pierce County Superior Court Judge Thomas Felnagle.Adrian...

Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Clue to Biggie Smalls murder

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Clue to Biggie Smalls murder: "murder investigation into the controversial shooting of rap legend ­Notorious B.I.G. has quietly been reopened 13 years after the star’s death. Authorities in Los ­Angeles decided to “reinvigorate”...

Gangland widow's statement can be evidence

Gangland widow's statement can be evidence: "NEW statement made by gangland widow Wendy Peirce incriminating her former husband in the 1988 Walsh Street shootings of two policemen can be used by the State Coroner in a new investigation, despite her reluctance to give evidence at a hearing, legal experts say. Within weeks, the Coroner is expected to notify the families of murdered police constables Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20, as to whether...

Mafia killer George Barone who inspired West Side Story dies at 86 of natural causes | Mail Online

Mafia killer George Barone who inspired West Side Story dies at 86 of natural causes | Mail Online: "One of the Mafia’s most feared hit men has died at the age of 86. George Barone is suspected of personally murdering at least 20 people during his reign of terror on New York’s...

Peckham Young Guns Gangster who shot student in drive-by gets 24 years in jail | News

Gangster who shot student in drive-by gets 24 years in jail | News: "teenage gangster who shot dead an innocent student buying a pint of milk was jailed for a minimum of 24 years today. Ashley Bucknor was 19 when he gunned down Ryan Bravo in a drive-by shooting outside a Costcutter store in Walworth. Mr Bravo, 18, had only gone to the store because milk was 20p cheaper there than at another shop, but he became the victim of a clash between two...