All Blog Posts Tagged 'Narcos' (80)

Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

Adel El Zabayar, a former member of the Venezuelan National Assembly, was charged in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday with narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking, and related weapons offenses involving the use and…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 28, 2020 at 4:00am — No Comments

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Organized crime is big business. And not just of the illegal kind. Each year, millions are made by film studios, writers, and media giants by turning stories about stone cold gangsters and Mafiosi in cold hard dollars.

We at Gangsters Inc. thoroughly enjoy these products and decided to shine some light on them in this section. This is where we discuss the true story behind some…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 24, 2020 at 8:24am — No Comments

Operation Mala Civitas shows over 100 ‘Ndrangheta bosses and members collected welfare cheques

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Italian police launched Operation Mala Civitas to investigate around 500 people with convictions for Mafia crimes and check whether or not they collected welfare cheques. On Wednesday, investigators of the Guardia…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 22, 2020 at 5:58am — 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

WATCH: Medellin Cartel operative shares his insights into the narco lifestyle, Scarface, Manuel Noriega

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Jorge Valdés isn’t the best-known name in the drug game, but he has been around the block and back. As a Cuban immigrant, he came to Miami with his family to find a better life. When the cocaine boom hit the United States,…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on May 9, 2020 at 11:30am — No Comments

The Milkman always delivers - Profile of British drug boss Brian Wright

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Brian "The Milkman" Wright is one of Britain’s biggest drugs barons. His organization smuggled hundreds of millions of pounds (£) worth of cocaine into Britain. Wright was known as a heavy gambler. He would bet £50.000 or £100.000 a time on horse races. But it is said he had fixed some of those races. When former amateur…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on April 27, 2020 at 4:42am — 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

Asia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord - Profile of Triad boss Tse Chi Lop, nicknamed “Brother Number Three”

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

The world is a big place. While everyone was focusing on the narco kingpins in the Americas, a powerful Triad boss was operating in the shadows, organizing the Asian drug trade under his rule,…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on March 26, 2020 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

From emerald mines to cocaine trafficking: Doing business in Boyacá, Colombia

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Their family owns two of the biggest emerald mines in Boyacá, Colombia, but two brothers had to make some difficult business choices and ended up in the…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on March 18, 2020 at 4:00am — No Comments

Aiming for El Mencho: DEA-led operation targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación sees over 600 arrests

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

The objective of the Justice Department and the DEA is to put the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación in a chokehold. It explains the name of their major six-month investigation targeting the powerful Mexican drug cartel:…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on March 11, 2020 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Daughter of Mexican drug cartel leader arrested in U.S. for violations of the Kingpin Act

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Talk about walking straight into a trap! 33-year-old Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez (photo above) was arrested at the federal courthouse in…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on March 1, 2020 at 4:00am — No Comments

Nephew of Mexican narco kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero hit with heavy load of drug charges

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

An associate and nephew of infamous narco kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero was charged in Brooklyn federal court on Monday with participating in an international conspiracy to manufacture and distribute…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 12, 2020 at 8:31am — No Comments

“Popeye”, Pablo Escobar’s chief sicario, dies of cancer at 57

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who was once one of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s chief sicarios, died yesterday.…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 7, 2020 at 7:30am — 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

Kingpin Style: Sinaloa Cartel bosses walk out of prison where they awaited extradition to U.S.

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Some men are above the law. In Mexico this group of men tends to be quite large at the moment. High-placed drug lords live a life of luxury wherever they choose. Even inside prison walls. And when they want out?…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 1, 2020 at 6:30pm — No Comments