All Blog Posts Tagged 'Money' (102)

Interpol arrests 6 ‘Ndrangheta fugitives in investigation spanning the globe, showcasing Mafia’s global reach

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…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on July 23, 2020 at 6:30am — No Comments

Profile of Turkish drug boss Cetin Gören, one of Europe's most wanted drug lords

By Milko for Gangsters Inc.

Cetin Gören is a true international operator. As a Dutchman with Turkish roots, he flawlessly moves through the European continent and beyond, organizing massive drug shipments during his travels.

In March of 2007, police in Brazil suspected…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on June 30, 2020 at 11:13am — No Comments

Home is where the money is - Profile of crime boss Amir Faten Mekky

By Milko for Gangsters Inc.

Crime boss Amir Faten Mekky is part of the new generation of gangsters. Young, ultra-violent, and operating around the world. Mekky went from armed robberies and murder in Sweden to drug trafficking and money laundering in…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on June 28, 2020 at 8:30am — No Comments

The Rise of Mafia Boss Joe “Loose” Iacobacci: The California Swing

By Robert Sberna for Gangsters Inc.

The death of Joe “Loose” Iacobacci in April has spurred…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on June 5, 2020 at 7:14am — No Comments

British police recover $8 million linked to international organized crime

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

$8 million of laundered criminal money has been recovered by the National Crime Agency after an investigation into a corrupt Liberian business account. On 8 April 2020, the NCA issued a Notice of Forfeiture on the account’s…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 22, 2020 at 4:35am — No Comments

Alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel drug lord extradited from Uruguay to the United States

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

An alleged high-ranking member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was extradited from Uruguay to the United States…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 18, 2020 at 11:54am — No Comments

The boss his son – Profile of Gambino Mafia family associate Joseph Gambino

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

As far as Mafia bosses go, Carlo Gambino is one of the most legendary. His name remains notorious as it is still branded on one of New York’s five La Cosa Nostra families. Being the son of such a man, then, came…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 17, 2020 at 7:50am — No Comments

Silk Road: Online Drug Lords and Cyber-whackings

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…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on April 18, 2020 at 1:30pm — No Comments

One of “Europe’s most wanted” crime bosses faces justice in Romania

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A fugitive Romanian crime boss was extradited Wednesday from the…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 16, 2020 at 4:31am — No Comments

Clan-based Albanian drug gang busted across Europe

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

An Albanian organized crime clan was busted in multiple…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 7, 2020 at 1:40am — No Comments

‘Ndrangheta bust: Police arrest 18 Calabrian Mafia figures, charge them with €160 million fraud

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Police in Italy today arrested 18 individuals with ties to the ‘Ndrangheta on charges of tax fraud. Around three…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on January 28, 2020 at 10:09am — No Comments

The Guys That Do More Than Killing: Gambino Mafia family mobsters busted for large variety of crimes

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Two mobsters once praised by Mafia boss John Gotti are among twelve…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on December 7, 2019 at 7:23am — No Comments

Kansas City Mafia boss Nick Civella and betting on the Super Bowl

By Gary Jenkins for Gangsters Inc. via Gangland Wire

In the 1969-1970 season of the…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 24, 2019 at 2:32am — No Comments

Alleged Chicago gang boss charged with sending funds to ISIS in Syria – other gangsters busted for drugs

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

An alleged Chicago-area gang boss was arrested last week for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 20, 2019 at 3:00am — No Comments

DEA: Director of Guatemalan bank and former Guatemalan presidential candidate laundered drug money

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Will a banker finally be held responsible for his financial crimes that led to a global recession? Nope. But as part of the War on Drugs, Alvaro Estuardo Cobar Bustamante, the director of a national Guatemalan bank, was…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 15, 2019 at 5:17am — No Comments

Five Minutes to Midnight: The Sicilian and New York Mafias, the Catholic Church and a huge finance scandal

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

“You never know what enough is unless you know what is more than enough.” - William Blake

It’s a story with more twists and turns than a novel by Agatha Christie. A list of…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on October 20, 2019 at 5:13am — No Comments

Five Minutes to Midnight – Part 2: The Sicilian and New York Mafias, the Catholic Church and a huge finance scandal

This is part 2 of Five Minutes to Midnight. Read part 1 here.

By Thom L. Jones for…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on October 20, 2019 at 5:12am — No Comments

Chinese national used false identities to source hundreds of properties for organized crime in Britain

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Men like him are the lubricant of the underworld. 43-year-old Feng Xu pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a network of properties used by organized crime groups for…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on October 10, 2019 at 5:30am — No Comments