Three men have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles in a Cape Cod drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin throughout the Cape Cod and Pawtucket, R.I., regions. The men committed a violent kidnapping recorded on video and
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A former haulage firm owner in England who was imprisoned for moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe has been ordered to pay back £630,000. 42-year-old Thomas Maher was sentenced to 14 years and eight months in prison in December 2020.
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Four men who conspired to supply drugs from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom and Ireland have been convicted following an investigation by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The “kingpin” of this operation was 49-year-old Anthony Terry, from
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One of the highest ranking members of the Fruit Town Brims gang in Florida was sentenced to 6 years in prison last week. 31-year-old Michael Hankerson received the sentence for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. As part of his s
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This is a story about a crime that never exists which triggered another beyond belief in a place saturated with a history of death and betrayal. About a man who organized his own funeral without knowing it and the youth who helped to kill him so he c
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One of Italy’s most wanted and dangerous criminals was arrested on Thursday morning. 49-year-old Pasquale Bonavota was caught as he exited a cathedral in the port city of Genoa, in the north of Italy. He became a wanted man in 2018 when he went on th
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Two British crime bosses who conspired to buy and supply drugs and guns on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat have been imprisoned. Raj Singh, 45, and Waqas Iqbal, 41, plotted multi-kilo consignments of cocaine and heroin between March a
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A former Inca, or first-in-command, of the North Shore Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced Wednesday on racketeering charges. 41-year-old Israel Rodriguez, who goes by the nicknames “King Izzy
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A 38-year-old Detroit gang boss was sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday for murder, racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and other related crimes. Duane Peterson (photo above) was the leader of “It’s Just Us” (IJU), a violent 40-member strong stre
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Triad boss Chang An Lo went from rags to riches. From street thug to Triad leader and from prison to becoming involved in the political chess game between China and Taiwan. Known as the White Wolf, he claims to have retired from the underworld, yet h
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Brazil is known for its sunny beaches and swinging carnival, but it has a dark side as well. Crime is on the rise and in the poorer neighborhoods, known as favellas, gangs are in complete control. If police enter they better come armed or not at all.
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The leader of Baltimore’s NFL gang, 31-year-old Gregory “Gotti” Butler, was sentenced Friday, March 17, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.
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A British drug boss who went on the run for 8 years over his role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been jailed for 12 years. 37-year-old Michael Paul Moogan, who was one of the UK’s most wanted men, fled in October 2013 after
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In the Mafia, people tend to have a long memory. Once you are on a hit list, you never get off. Unless you’re dead. After the murders of Nicolo Rizzuto Sr. and Nicolo Rizzuto Jr. and the death of mob boss Vito Rizzuto, it seems someone still feels th
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The nephew of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was extradited from Mexico to the United States Wednesday on charges of participating in a large-scale narcotics distribution conspiracy and using one or more firearms in connection with narcotic o
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On Valentine’s Day most people are thinking about their loved ones. Husbands browse the stores in search for that one gift to tell the wife how much they love her, while youngsters arrange to meet up at the park for a romantic walk and a kiss. And th
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Several months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it soon became clear to those in the Kremlin that their so-called “brother nation” was not going to sit still for target practice. What’s more, they were running out of professional soldiers. Russia h
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A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Quandel “Chucky” Smothers Wednesday on both counts of an indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in connection with his leadership o
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The boss of a violent, prolific drug trafficking ring was sentenced on January 31 in a Seattle court to 15 years in prison. 36-year-old Cesar Valdez-Sanudo pleaded guilty in June 2022 to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to c
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A high-level drug cartel boss from Guatemala was sentenced on January 27 to over 17 years in federal prison. 51-year-old William “Humilde” Estuardo Lemus-Lara was identified as the leader of a transcontinental criminal organization that moved multi-t
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