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One of Colombia’s most infamous narco kingpins was released from a U.S. prison on Tuesday. 67-year-old Fabio Ochoa Vásquez completed 25 years of a 30-year sentence for drug trafficking. He is expected to be deported back to his home country.
Eighteen members and associates of the Fully Blooded Felons street gang were hit with a second superseding indictment Wednesday and charged with various federal crimes, including racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering,…
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The leader of an Arizona-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison. 44-year-old Heriberto Lopez-Landeros had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on August 5, 2024.
Five members of an organized crime group that smuggled 2.7 tons of cocaine in a shipment of bananas from South America have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. The shipment had an estimated street value of £210 million.
The Yakuza, an ethnic mafia in Japan, is an entity that exists primarily to commit crime in search of profits. Strictly speaking, it is not illegal to belong as a member of a criminal cartel. The policing approach here is to approach it as companies…
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A signature to seal a deal worth tens of millions is what exposed business ties between Dubai’s royal family and one of Europe’s biggest Mafia bosses. Camorra drug boss Raffaele Imperiale signed a contract with sheik Marwan al Maktoum to develop…
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A firearms trafficker supplying weapons to violent crime groups across Europe was arrested after a successful operation coordinated by Europol and led by law enforcement from Poland. The organizations he supplied used his guns to carry out gangland…
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Don’t let the nickname fool you. Joey “The Clown” Lombardo was one of the smartest and most ruthless mobsters in Chicago. His antics frequently made headlines, but on the streets it was clear joking around with “The Clown” could get you hurt, or…
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Cecot is nicknamed “The Alcatraz of Central America” and can house up to 40,000 inmates. It is located in Tecoluca, El Salvador, and was opened in 2023 in response to the rising influence of gangs like Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18. It's a…
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Matteo Messina Denaro was a Mafia killer. He will boast that he had filled a cemetery with his victims. The law credited him with 50 at least. He was carrying a gun at 15 and allegedly killed his first victim at 18.
A high-ranking member of the Ghostface Gangsters prison gang pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to directing a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy involving a fellow imprisoned gang member, as well as a third co-defendant.
A criminal organization connected to both the Sicilian Mafia and the Camorra was busted today in a Europe-wide takedown. The group allegedly evaded hundreds of millions of value added tax (VAT). The major cross-border operation was dubbed “Moby…
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