Griselda Blanco, The Godmother

Griselda Blanco, aka the Black Widow. Griselda was the grande dame of the Miami cocaine business, a Colombian mother of three, of impoverished origins, who slaughtered and intimidated her way to the top of a billion-dollar indust...

Hector Portillo, a member of the international MS-13 street gang, and seven others were charged in New York City with multiple crimes

Hector Portillo, a member of the international MS-13 street gang, and seven others were charged in New York City with multiple crimes, including 29 counts of murder, attempted murder, assault, racketeering, and illegal use of firearms. The charges were announced by Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Peter J. Smith, special agent in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office of investigations...

Kyle Parvez shot a member of a rival gang from close range in the neck

Kyle Parvez shot a member of a rival gang from close range in the neck will serve a minimum of 10 years behind bars. And the judge who sentenced Kyle Parvez to an open ended jail sentence said his response to almost killing his victim Dilbag Singh was "chilling." Judge Stuart Baker told Parvez: "You seem to be unconcerned for your victim. "Your response to what you have done is in my view chilling, you are a dangerous offender." The judge told...

Jeffrey "Dahmer" Gray,sentenced to 40 years in prison

Jeffrey "Dahmer" Gray, 30, was convicted by a jury following a six-day trial in May.At trail and sentencing before District Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr., Gray maintained his innocence.Assistant U.S. Attorney Ilana Eisenstein said Gray was a key cocaine distributor in the Wilmington area and was responsible for the sale of more than 50 kilograms of the drug in Delaware.She said trial testimony showed Gray lived a lavish lifestyle with luxury cars, high-stakes...

Arrested reputed Mafia member Mose Esposito

Police in Naples, Italy, Monday arrested reputed Mafia member Mose Esposito and said they were closing in on his boss, Giuseppe Setola.Esposito, 29, was arrested at a small villa near Casal di Principe, the base of an alleged murder squad run by the Camorra clan, reported ANSA, the Italian news agency.Esposito's step-brother, now in prison, is suspected in the September slaying of six West Africa immigrants in the town of Castel Volturno, ANSA said...

Infamous Shower Posse founder Vivian Blake is set to be released from prison in the United States and deported to Jamaica early next year.

Infamous Shower Posse founder Vivian Blake is set to be released from prison in the United States and deported to Jamaica early next year.Blake's pending release was announced on the BET programme, American Gangster, which aired on Thursday night.The programme looked at the rise and fall of the Shower Posse - a criminal organisation which has its roots in Tivoli Gardens and which established bases in several cities in the US, Canada and Britain.Blake...

slain gangster Joe Krantz funds raised for the murdered Independent Soldier's memorial plot

Friends of slain gangster Joe Krantz now say they will not be getting any government money for his burial expenses.Nicole Cooper, who has opened a bank account to fundraise for the murdered Independent Soldier's memorial plot, said in a series of text messages that "social services" is not paying anything.She said only Krantz's friends and family members are chipping in to cover the costs of the stone, plot and engraving for the memorial at Valley...

Jurors convicted Vincent Artuso, his son John Vincent Artuso, and Gregory Orr on all the charges they faced in October.

Jurors convicted Vincent Artuso, his son John Vincent Artuso, and Gregory Orr on all the charges they faced in October. The panel convicted Philip E. Forgione on racketeering and fraud charges, but acquitted him of more than a dozen individual money laundering charges.The U.S. Attorney's office say the men conspired in the sale and leasing of 4 office buildings owned by ADT Security Services to defraud the company of at least $11 million over five...

"senior member" of the Black Mafia Family has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for cocaine conspiracy.

A man prosecutors call a "senior member" of the Black Mafia Family has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for cocaine conspiracy. Fleming Daniels of Roswell, Ga., also was fined $10,000 for participating in the violent drug gang, the focus of federal prosecution in Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Louisville, Ky., Orlando, Fla., and elsewhere. The 35-year-old Daniels is the first of 16 defendants indicted in Atlanta to go to trial. Eleven...

Captain of the Gambino crime family’s South Florida operations, who prosecutors say has been linked to an infamous hit that led to John Gotti’s rise

Captain of the Gambino crime family’s South Florida operations, who prosecutors say has been linked to an infamous hit that led to John Gotti’s rise to power, was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison in a major real estate fraud case. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks imposed the sentence on Vincent Artuso, 64, following his conviction in October on 41 fraud and racketeering charges involving a lengthy scam against ADT Security...

Paolo Pesce has been on the run for 17 years and faces life imprisonment for murder.

Paolo Pesce has been on the run for 17 years and faces life imprisonment for murder. The Guardia Civil have arrested an alleged member of the Camorra Naples mafia, Paolo Pesce, in an operation carried out by the Organised Crime Squad in Fuengirola.The 44 year old member of the ‘Mariano...

Internationally acclaimed author and journalist Roberto Saviano has told hundreds of young Italians a war is being fought by the Mafia in southern Italy every day. Speaking at Rome Tre University in the Italian capital late Wednesday, Saviano, author of the top-selling book 'Gomorrah',...

Salvatore Aracri is a hot name all over Italy in fact, with a strong connection to David "Dudi" Appel, the Israeli businessman

Salvatore Aracri is a hot name all over Italy in fact, with a strong connection to David "Dudi" Appel, the Israeli businessman who wanted to build Europaradiso, a huge tourist city in Crotone that was to be the largest tourism project in the world. About two weeks ago the Italian police raided Aracri's home and those of other Italians, including public officials, who were connected in some way to the project. It was part of a comprehensive campaign...

Suspect in Mafia Case Found Hanged in Prison

A suspect arrested in a series of high-profile raids on leading Mafia families was found hanged in Palermo’s Pagliarelli prison hours after his arrest, Italian officials said Wednesday. Officials said the man, Gaetano Lo Presti, 52, had hanged himself. The raids in Palermo on Tuesday...

Gang member Sean Mercer, 18, was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of blasting three bullets across a pub car park in Croxteth, Liverpool,

Gang member Sean Mercer, 18, was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of blasting three bullets across a pub car park in Croxteth, Liverpool, after targeting rivals who had strayed on to his turf.Innocent schoolboy Rhys was caught in the line of fire and shot in the neck.He died in...

Corpse of Welsh career criminal Courtney Davies, 53, was mutilated, set on fire and left at a popular dog walking spot in Staunton, Gloucestershire

killers of a notorious gangster stabbed 70 times in a "frenzied and sustained attack", burned and dumped in Gloucestershire woodlands have not been caught despite a four-year manhunt, an inquest has heard.The corpse of Welsh career criminal Courtney Davies, 53, was mutilated, set on fire and left at a popular dog walking spot in Staunton, Gloucestershire, in December 2004.Despite a number of arrests and a collapsed trial, no-one from the criminal...

Darryn Molloy, 40, was arrested after police allegedly found 1.2 kilograms of cocaine in his car on Nicklin Way at Kawana

Darryn Molloy, 40, was arrested after police allegedly found 1.2 kilograms of cocaine in his car on Nicklin Way at Kawana last Tuesday night.He has been charged with trafficking and possessing cocaine. He has been remanded in custody until today when his lawyer will present a bail application.It is believed Molloy's sister will present an affidavit saying he can live with her if he is granted bail.She is also prepared to provide a $50,000 surety...

John E. Alite acknowledged his role as a top Gambino associate and admitted to conspiring to kill several men and trafficking cocaine

John E. Alite acknowledged his role as a top Gambino associate and admitted to conspiring to kill several men and trafficking cocaine, among other crimes.The suspected boss of the Gambino crime family's Tampa enterprise has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and acknowledged...

Police raid Hells Angels clubhouse in Horry County.

Police raid of a Hells Angels hangout in Horry County.It happened Monday night on Highway 814, and is an ongoing investigation.Police are staying tight lipped about the incident. Officers won't say why they were there or what they were looking for.The captain of special operations...

Terry Pink, 41, president of the Simcoe chapter, had pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and possession of proceeds of a crime

Gerald (Skinny) Ward, 60, a founding member of the Niagara chapter, had pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and possession of proceeds of a crime. Terry Pink, 41, president of the Simcoe chapter, had pleaded guilty to similar charges but both denied that these illicit activities had anything to do with their motorcycle club.Mr. Justice John McMahon of Ontario Superior Court ruled yesterday that the club is "a criminal organization which is dedicated...

Brandon Thomas Mundell, Trial of a Hells Angel motorcycle club member

Brandon Thomas Mundell, 28, of the San Fernando Valley is on trial in Ventura County Superior Court, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, exhibiting a weapon, driving while intoxicated and driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent. Trial of a Hells Angel motorcycle club member, the prosecution told jurors the defendant walked into a now-closed bar in Newbury Park spoiling for a fight with rival gang members and telling patrons he was...

Rebels and the Bandidos is being linked to as many as 13 shootings on Sydney streets

Rebels and the Bandidos is being linked to as many as 13 shootings on Sydney streets in just over two weeks.A new elite police unit, originally set up to investigate the night-time shooting of a gang member in Seven Hills last month, is widening its net to examine the outbreak of...

Alberta Court of Appeal panel rejected a call by the prosecution to increase Hui (Philip) Xu's punishment to five years.

Alberta Court of Appeal panel rejected a call by the prosecution to increase Hui (Philip) Xu's punishment to five years. Crown lawyer Bob Sigurdson argued provincial court Judge John Bascom erred in not taking into account the cache of weapons police found in Xu's home when they...

Gangster John Gizzi,activated the 2,712 extra days which Gizzi must serve on top of his original sentence for failing to abide by the confiscation

John Damon Gizzi failed to sell his luxury pad, meaning he could not meet a £2.6m confiscation order and automatically triggering an extension to his jail term.Gizzi, who lived a millionaire lifestyle, was jailed for five-and-a-half years in January 2007.He was also ordered to pay...

Ruben Rosado, whom authorities call a ringleader of the band of robbers known as the "Route 35 Crew'' faces decades in prison

whom authorities call a ringleader of the band of robbers known as the "Route 35 Crew'' faces decades in prison following his guilty plea in federal court.Ruben Rosado, 31, admitted in U.S. District Court, Newark on Monday, Dec. 8 to committing 11 bank robberies in central New Jersey, a home invasion in Pennsylvania and the robberies of two Union County businesses during a 14-month spree, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Mack.But under a plea...

lawsuit, filed against nine leaders of the 18th Street gang who are all serving prison time

City prosecutors say they have filed the state's first lawsuit seeking to seize homes, businesses and other assets from known gang members. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo says the case was filed Monday against nine leaders of the 18th Street gang to cripple their criminal enterprises. All the defendants are serving prison time. Delgadillo says it's the largest gang in Los Angeles. A state law passed earlier this year allows cities to sue for the...

Biker gangs and others carry out “grow-rips” in which they invade a house with a grow-op and steal the crop.

Biker gangs and others carry out “grow-rips” in which they invade a house with a grow-op and steal the crop. They are often armed and people have died in such instances, said Fanning."Its a very dangerous business.”Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia—a province known for its “B.C. bud”—has been a major center for grow-ops producing high-potency marijuana for decades. Organized criminals and outlaw motorcycle gangs often control the trade...

Peter Limone, 74, of Medford, was charged with 12 counts of attempted extortion, loan-sharking and illegal gaming.

Peter Limone, 74, of Medford, was charged with 12 counts of attempted extortion, loan-sharking and illegal gaming. He’s accused of running a ring of bookmakers who took bets on sporting events and charging other bookmakers to work on his turf in the Boston area and Middlesex County.Limone spent more than three decades in prison for a 1965 gangland murder that he didn’t commit. He won part of a $101.7 million civil judgment last year after a federal...

Eugene “South Side Gene” Flores said he had to help shoot Jesse “Pelon” Guevara in August 2004 or he would have been killed himself.

member of the Mexican Mafia pleaded guilty to racketeering-conspiracy charges Friday and admitted killing a fellow gang member he said he didn’t even know. In a plea deal, he got 25 years in prison. Under questioning by U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, Eugene “South Side Gene” Flores said he had to help shoot Jesse “Pelon” Guevara in August 2004 or he would have been killed himself. Guevara’s body was dumped on Senior Road in rural southwestern...

Reputed Gambino crime family soldier Joseph Chirico won't serve a single day in prison: He was sentenced to six months' house arrest

Brooklyn restaurateur got a slap on the wrist for laundering Mafia money Friday - with a little help from friends like Borough President Marty Markowitz.Reputed Gambino crime family soldier Joseph Chirico won't serve a single day in prison: He was sentenced to six months' house arrest - and can spend 10 hours a day at his Marco Polo restaurant in Carroll Gardens - without even wearing an ankle bracelet. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Brownell said Chirico...

James "Whitey" Bulger, pulled out the victim's tongue and teeth and then tried to strangle the gun-runner, John McIntyre, with a ship's rope.

James "Whitey" Bulger, pulled out the victim's tongue and teeth and then tried to strangle the gun-runner, John McIntyre, with a ship's rope.The FBI man's complicity in this particular murder has never been proved but his betrayal of his badge – proved in two other cases – is one...