All Blog Posts Tagged 'Marijuana' (140)

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas (BLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in prison. 30-year-old Ronald Catalan (photo above) led the BLS clique from 2015…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Doing time is no picnic. In prison you’re away from your loved ones, your home, and surrounded by stone-cold killers, gangsters, and crazies, who could shank you if they feel like it. How does one remain sane and…

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40 alleged members of the Santapaola-Ercolano family in Catania, Sicily, were arrested on Tuesday and charged with Mafia association, drug trafficking, extortion, social security and pension fraud. The Santapaola-Ercolano clan is led by…

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A gangster-turned-informant has filed a lawsuit against Scotland Yard because it has failed to protect him after his identity was exposed to his underworld colleagues when a 166-page intelligence report on “endemic police…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Women who climb to the top of the underworld remain a rare breed, but every now and then several manage to break through that glass ceiling. Among them Moroccan-Dutch drug boss Naima Jillal, dubbed “The Godmother…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

They call him “Mouf” or “Poto” and they know he is one of France’s biggest narcotics traffickers. 41-year-old Moufide Bouchibi allegedly supplies France with 10 percent of its annual hashish intake. Police were on…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Drug traffickers and gangsters all over the globe were shocked to find their encrypted text messages in the hands of law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States. Large service providers called EncroChat and…

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A man who went on the run after he became wanted for his part in a drug smuggling ring was sentenced to 11 years in prison. 42-year-old Ajah Onuchukwu and his associates became a target of Britain’s National Crime Agency in…

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A Vietnamese people smuggler who brought migrants into the United Kingdom to put them to work in his cannabis farms was sentenced to 11 years in prison today. 55-year-old Tuan Anh Do, from Manchester, was arrested following an…

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She led the life of a fabulously rich housewife, Narcos-style, but now she faces a much grimmer reality: locked up in an American prison. 31-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro is the wife of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Mafia hitman or crazy serial killer? Every so often people ask this question when they come upon a very capable and active mob assassin. A murderer like Bonanno crime family soldier “Tommy Karate” Pitera brings up…

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Living the life of an outlaw tends to get you into trouble every now and then. On Tuesday, thirty bikers and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club were confronted with that reality in a massive way when an FBI-led…

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A vicious Latin Kings gangster was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday following his conviction at trial in July 2019 of racketeering conspiracy including murders and drug charges. 39-year-old Jeremiah Farmer, of Hammond,…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Borders and smugglers make for the perfect love hate relationship. On the one hand, the dividing line creates a barrier between them and their product. On the other, it adds a significant value to it. Especially…

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French and Italian authorities with support from Europol busted 46 individuals on Tuesday for their role in a large-scale…

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The career of 84-year-old Lucchese Mafia family acting boss Matthew Madonna (photo above, middle) has officially come to an end. On Monday, he was sentenced to life in prison following his conviction for the 2013 murder of…

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A global investigation involving Interpol and law enforcement agencies in multiple countries this week resulted in the arrests of six wanted fugitives with strong ties to the Calabrian Mafia in Albania, Argentina and Costa…

By Niko Vorobyov for Gangsters Inc.

Ross Ulbricht, or Rossman to his pals, was born in 1984 in Austin, Texas, where he smoked plenty of dope before going to study physics at the University of Dallas, then science and engineering at Penn State where he met his on-off girlfriend…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

A Jamaican street legend. That’s who Wayne “Sandokhan” Smith was. He will forever be known as the man who – after police treated his girlfriend harshly - attacked a police station, killed three officers,…

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The Chief of Security of the Gangster Disciples for the State of Tennessee was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Monday. 36-year-old Demarcus “Trip” Deon Crawford (photo above) had admitted to his involvement in the…