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Albanian crime group busted in Belgium and Germany – Clan-based network trafficked drugs throughout Europe

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 30, 2023 at 13:29

German and Belgian authorities took down an Albanian organized crime group involved in large-scale drugs trafficking and money laundering across Europe. On 25 May, over 300 officers, including special intervention and K9 teams, carried out a series

Portland drug trafficker with ties to Sinaloa Cartel gets 26 years for kidnapping and killing man who owed $90,000

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 5, 2023 at 3:06

A drug trafficker operating in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced on Wednesday for his role in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a Washington State man. 48-year-old Marcos Alonso Castillo-Bernal received a prison sentence of 26 years.

Member of Colombian La Oficina drug cartel sentenced for role in Massachusetts underworld

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 27, 2023 at 3:28

A man from Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute cocaine. 61-year-old Miguel Colindres got a sentence of over 4 years in prison.

Taking the fight to Los Chapitos: Sinaloa Cartel hit with indictments, seen as premier source of fentanyl

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 17, 2023 at 11:14

The U.S. Justice Department has come at the Sinaloa Cartel hard. In “a clear message to the Chapitos”, authorities charged the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics, money laundering, and

Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel money laundering organization busted by feds

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 16, 2023 at 2:29

Americans are dying younger and younger. One of the reasons is their addiction to opioids and other narcotics. Though the War on Drugs seems a failure, authorities continue as before. Only this time they focus on the money. The root of all evil. A tw

Brother of murdered Gulf Cartel plaza boss “Gringo Mike” sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on March 24, 2023 at 14:19

The 39-year-old brother of a former leader in the Gulf Cartel was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday. Lee Roy Villarreal was found guilty in July of 2019 following an eight-day trial of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of coca

Gold shipment forfeited after British authorities link it to South American drug cartels

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on March 24, 2023 at 14:02

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained a civil recovery order for gold worth an estimated £4 million that was being laundered by South American drug cartels, the NCA announced Tuesday. Financial investigators took up the case after the sh

Narco Cat: Gang had $2,000-dollar, tattooed cat as pet inside Mexican prison

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on March 9, 2023 at 23:13

If you are an inmate and want to flaunt your influence behind bars, what do you do? Well, one Mexican crime boss got himself a $2,000-dollar cat and tattooed it with a pirate flag and bald eagle, because… Well, Narcos Mexico, I guess.

Nephew of infamous narco kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero extradited to US

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on March 5, 2023 at 2:09

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

Mexican Cartel’s man in Waterloo, Iowa, found guilty of trafficking “significant” amounts of meth

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on February 12, 2023 at 3:04

A Mexican man involved in a Mexico‑based drug trafficking organization that was distributing significant amounts of methamphetamine in the Waterloo, Iowa, area was convicted by a jury on Thursday after a three‑day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapi

Guatemalan cartel boss goes to US prison for smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on February 3, 2023 at 2:54

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

Beltran Leyva drug lord and one of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives captured in Mexico

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 14, 2023 at 0:48

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Rodolfo “El Gato” Villarreal-Hernandez was arrested Saturday, January 7, 2023, by Mexican authorities. In 2018, he was charged with stalking and orchestrating the murder-for-hire of a 43-year-old male victim on May 2

Mexican cartels bringing drug expertise to Europe, new report finds

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on December 21, 2022 at 11:05

Europol and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a joint analysis report on December 14 shedding light on the involvement of Mexican criminal actors in the European drug market. The report shows that Mexican cartels and Euro

Italian Mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale becomes government witness in move that shocks narco underworld

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on December 7, 2022 at 4:29

In a move that will shock the global underworld, Italian Mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale has decided to become a witness for the government and testify about his crimes. Imperiale is seen as one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world and has clos

Super cartel controlled one third of cocaine trade in Europe – Taken down in six countries

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 28, 2022 at 6:57

Authorities brought down a “super cartel” which controlled around one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, Europol reported today. A total of 49 suspects have been arrested during the course of this investigation and in coordinated raids across Euro

Drug trafficker who shipped tons of cocaine into Chicago, laundered $50 million, gets 30 years in prison

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 27, 2022 at 8:58

An international drug trafficker who partnered with Mexican drug cartels to purchase and transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine to Chicago and other parts of the United States was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week.

Juarez Cartel boss sentenced to prison for marijuana trafficking

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 8, 2022 at 4:14

A leading figure in the Juarez Cartel was sentenced last week to over 7 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms but less than 100 kilograms of marijuana. 51-year-old Luis Carlos “El 20” Vásquez-Barragán, of Nico

Former heavyweight boxer trafficked over $1 billion worth of cocaine from Colombia to Europe via the US

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 7, 2022 at 5:06

What a direct hit! U.S. prosecutors arrested Goran Gogic, a citizen of Montenegro and former heavyweight boxer, on October 30 and charged him with trafficking “a staggering amount of cocaine, more than 20 tons,” through U.S. ports. He faces up to lif

The Book of Mafia

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 1, 2022 at 2:32

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

As Hercule Poirot would have said, “Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.”

And yet, the “why” is everything in this story.

In the 1990s, someone caught a yellow-cab in Manhatt

Barrio Azteca hitmen who murdered US Consulate employee & 2 others in Ciudad Juarez get life in prison

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 26, 2022 at 3:10

The Barrio Azteca gunmen directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee were sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

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Albanian crime group busted in Belgium and Germany – Clan-based network trafficked drugs throughout Europe

Portland drug trafficker with ties to Sinaloa Cartel gets 26 years for kidnapping and killing man who owed $90,000

Member of Colombian La Oficina drug cartel sentenced for role in Massachusetts underworld

Taking the fight to Los Chapitos: Sinaloa Cartel hit with indictments, seen as premier source of fentanyl

Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel money laundering organization busted by feds

Brother of murdered Gulf Cartel plaza boss “Gringo Mike” sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking

Gold shipment forfeited after British authorities link it to South American drug cartels

Narco Cat: Gang had $2,000-dollar, tattooed cat as pet inside Mexican prison

Nephew of infamous narco kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero extradited to US

Mexican Cartel’s man in Waterloo, Iowa, found guilty of trafficking “significant” amounts of meth

Guatemalan cartel boss goes to US prison for smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine

Beltran Leyva drug lord and one of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives captured in Mexico

Mexican cartels bringing drug expertise to Europe, new report finds

Italian Mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale becomes government witness in move that shocks narco underworld

Super cartel controlled one third of cocaine trade in Europe – Taken down in six countries

Drug trafficker who shipped tons of cocaine into Chicago, laundered $50 million, gets 30 years in prison

Juarez Cartel boss sentenced to prison for marijuana trafficking

Former heavyweight boxer trafficked over $1 billion worth of cocaine from Colombia to Europe via the US

The Book of Mafia

Barrio Azteca hitmen who murdered US Consulate employee & 2 others in Ciudad Juarez get life in prison

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