‘Godfather’ arrested in huge Spain raid | Olive Press Newspaper

‘Godfather’ arrested in huge Spain raid Olive Press Newspaper: "gang is suspected of supplying drugs to Europe as well as firearms to inner-city gangs in the UK. “We also believe this network has been offering a global investment service, ploughing hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty cash into offshore accounts, companies and property on behalf of criminals.”It is also believed to have organised money laundering scams involving building projects...

FBI smashes two Bulgarian crime rings in Las Vegas - report - Foreign - The Sofia Echo

FBI smashes two Bulgarian crime rings in Las Vegas - report - Foreign - The Sofia Echo: "FBI in the United States has smashed two Bulgarian crime rings accused of defrauding Las Vegas and Phoenix area car dealers out of $1.6 million, in addition to skimming ATM machines worth more than $700,000, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported on May 25 2010. According to the report, a total of 11 people from the two rings were arrested and subsequently charged...

Jamaica news update - police try to capture... | Gather

Jamaica news update - police try to capture... Gather: "Kingston, the capitol of Jamaica, is under a state of emergency. Police have been attacked by armed gangs. The attacks are an effort to prevent the arrest of the drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. His gang is called Shower Posse. It is an international drug smuggling ring. Last week, the Jamaican government agreed that they would finally extradite ‘Dudus’ to the US. However, ‘Dudus’ supporters...

Timeline of Colombia's Modern Paramilitary Movement

Timeline of Colombia's Modern Paramilitary Movement: "1982: In the central Magdalena River valley, landowners, politicians, military officers and drug traffickers form a group that carries out massacres and assassinations, targeting not just suspected guerrillas but also opposition politicians, prosecutors and innocent civilians. 1990: The Union Patriotica party, a political arm of FARC guerrillas, is largely wiped out after years of attacks by paramilitaries,...

Man accused of smuggling 15 pounds of cocaine in candy – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Man accused of smuggling 15 pounds of cocaine in candy – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs: "for Robert Lopera, who is accused of trying to smuggle in 15 pounds of cocaine concealed in chocolate candies and pistachios - until he was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 11. U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped Lopera, a U.S. citizen, as he was trying to enter the country from Medellin, Colombia. Lopera was selected...

WTXF Main: Prison Escape Prompts Smuggling Probe

WTXF Main: Prison Escape Prompts Smuggling Probe: "city grand jury tries to find out how an accused killer escaped from a city prison. Oscar Alvarado walked away from the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Thanksgiving Day, touching off a nationwide manhunt. Fox 29's Dave Schratwieser reported that sources say the grand jury is trying to determine if Alvarado had inside help. Sources say the grand jury investigating the escape met Thursday...

UK withdraws €500 note to curb underground mafia | Newspost Online

UK withdraws €500 note to curb underground mafia Newspost Online: "eight months of rigorous analysis of currency trading in the UK, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) concluded the €500 note as the reason of underground crime as it’s simpler to transfer. The Agency found out that 1million in €20 weighs about 50kgs whereas on the other hand in €500 notes it’s a little less than 2kgs. The mafia thus loves it. After much of brainstorming and...

FBI turns to plastic surgery newsletter in search for Bulger - Local News Updates - MetroDesk - The Boston Globe

FBI turns to plastic surgery newsletter in search for Bulger - Local News Updates - MetroDesk - The Boston Globe: "FBI is hoping that during her 15 years on the run with fugitive gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, his girlfriend might have felt the need for a little makeover. The bureau took out a full-page ad in the April-May edition of Plastic Surgery News, a newsletter circulated to more than 6,000 plastic surgeons worldwide, with photos of Bulger's...

cocaine is once again the drug of choice

June 2004 After years of declining popularity, cocaine is once again the drug of choice. But what’s the real cost of ‘Colombia’s finest’? Every gram of cocaine produced has been watered with the blood of forty years of civil war. It’s a war that kills hundreds of thousands every year, displaces countless more and causes untold misery. Offering exceptional access to the major players, this is a fresh and moving look at one of the world’s forgotten...

Ex-minister, MP, Indian probed in $4m money-laundering scam

Ex-minister, MP, Indian probed in $4m money-laundering scam: "Public Prosecution has summoned an unidentified former parliamentarian and minister for interrogation for alleged involvement in $4 million money-laundering scam, reports Al-Seyassah daily. According to security sources this came to light when the suspect former minister failed to pay a Kuwaiti man his commission and the latter filed a complaint with the police. The Al-Rai daily added...

Iran accused of money laundering, drug trafficking

Iran accused of money laundering, drug trafficking: "Yury Charniauski, who owns the TM Services company in Minsk. He was arrested on Dec 24, 2009 at the Bahrain International Airport for attempting to smuggle 500 grams of cocaine. He allegedly arrived from India and was on his way to Saudi Arabia. During interrogation with the Bahraini police, the Belarusian admitted to the drug smuggling charge but later recanted his confession in front of the...

Nevsky is first to trial in drug-smuggling case | Other Sports | Sports | Toronto Sun

Nevsky is first to trial in drug-smuggling case Other Sports Sports Toronto Sun: "Andrey Nevsky was an undefeated professional boxer and mixed-martial arts combatant from Boston when his lawyer says he took a job as a bodyguard for a guy who was supposed to be a high-stakes poker player at the Mohawks' Akwesasne reservation that straddles northern New York and Canada. Now the 26-year-old middleweight is fighting charges that he was part of an international...

The Associated Press: Gunshot starts stampede at Mexico fair; 5 killed

Gunshot starts stampede at Mexico fair; 5 killed: "Five people were trampled to death early Sunday when a gunshot fired at a cattle fair sent a panic-stricken crowd rushing for the exits in a northern Mexico town already on edge from rampant drug violence. At least 17 other people were injured at the fair in Guadalupe, outside the industrial city of Monterrey, said Adrian de la Garza, head of the Nuevo Leon State Investigative Agenc...

Is that a candle – or a consignment of smuggled cocaine? - Crime, UK - The Independent

Is that a candle – or a consignment of smuggled cocaine? - Crime, UK - The Independent: "From home-made submarines to swallowable pellets made out of condoms, cocaine barons have long resorted to unusual methods to smuggle their merchandise into Europe. But even the most suspicious customs officer would be unlikely to cast a second glance at plastic buckets, beeswax candles or bird faeces as likely drug hiding place...

Mexican streets bloodied in drug gang wars

Mexican streets bloodied in drug gang wars: "Twenty five people were fatally shot in the northern state of Chihuahua bordering the United States.Other slayings included four people who were fatally shot in a bar in the town of Camargo, near the state capital Chihuahua City.Other deaths occurred in the violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's murder capital.So far this year, more than 850 people have been killed in Ciudad Juare...

Gangster rests in gold coffin | The Sun |News

Gangster rests in gold coffin The Sun News: "At his funeral in Melbourne his family paid tribute to him as a 'family man' as mourners carried his body in the gleaming £18,000 gold casket. The service passed off peacefully under the watchful gaze of 12 police guards. Photographs of Williams — known as the 'smiling assassin' — were shown to more than 100 friends and family to the sound of Tina Turner's Simply the Bes...

Mexican traffickers get help from US prison gangs

Mexican traffickers get help from US prison gangs: "Mexican drug traffickers need someone killed or kidnapped, or drugs distributed in the United States, they increasingly call on American subcontractors — U.S.-based prison gangs that run criminal enterprises from behind bars, sometimes even from solitary confinement. Prison gangs have long controlled armies of street toughs on the outside. But in interviews with The Associated Press, authorities...