On Bank Holiday Monday 29 May 2006,Leon Johnson flew into Liverpool airport and, together with others, drove into the middle of a Caribbean festival which was taking place in Broadfield Park, Moss Side. Within minutes a shooting occurred between rival gangs, including Johnson.SOCU...
Ruben "Nite Owl" Castro, 46, a leader of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who authorities said controlled the two cliques of the 18th Street gang targeted in the indictment, the Shatto Park Locos and the Hoover Locos. Castro allegedly ran the enterprise from the Administrative Maximum...
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal authorities have charged the leader and 13 members of a South Florida street gang for organized crime. those charged are members of the gang called Neighborhood Piru or NHP, which has ties with the national organized crime group Bloods. They have committed murders, kidnappings, shootings, assaults, home invasions, robberies and other crimes over the past 18 months. If convicted of the charge,...
"execution-style" shooting death of Albanian national.No arrests have been made in the death of Gezin Vukcaj, whose body was discovered slumped in the front seat of a friend's full-size Hummer on Groesbeck Highway near the Imperial Hall banquet center in Clinton Township."We've ruled out robbery and it looks like an execution-style slaying," said Detective Lt. Marc Rybinski.Authorities suspect drugs or retribution may be a motive in the slaying...
Bulgaria's most notorious crime bosses, nicknamed "The Eyes", has been jailed for for drug trafficking.A court in the Black Sea city of Burgas convicted Dimitar Zheliazkov and 11 members of his gang after they pleaded guilty to charges of founding an organised armed group for drug trafficking, a court spokeswoman said. "For the first time such a key figure from the Bulgarian criminal world has been convicted. This has not happened so far," prosecutor...
"The Mexican Mafia is a violent criminal gang. They deal in intimidation. They deal in drugs — heroin and cocaine. They deal in violence, and in this case, they dealt in murder," he said.The slayings go back to 2000 and occurred in San Antonio, Austin and Atascosa County, a rural county south of San Antonio. Most were unsolved before the racketeering charges, said Sutton.The victims were mostly members of the Mexican Mafia or rival gangs. In some...
Ten reputed members of a violent Camden street gang have been arrested on drug dealing and racketeering charges stemming from a six-month investigation by a joint state and federal violent-crime drug task force.Three of the reputed gang members were already facing charges of conspiracy to commit murder. The New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced the arrests yesterday in a case that targeted the Nine Trey Headbustas, a faction or "set" of...
Well-planned gangland hits are making murders tougher to solve, says B.C.'s top cop."The gangs are very sophisticated," Solicitor-General John Les said yesterday. "They use up-to-date equipment. Our job is to make sure police have the right tools."[But] these targeted gang-related shootings can be very hard to investigate."Les said he is not concerned about falling success rates at a regional homicide unit based in Surrey.The Integrated Homicide...
Commonly known as the enforcement branch of a top tier Mexican drug trafficking organization (DTO) known as the Gulf Cartel, the founding members of this elite group of hit men are former Mexican soldiers who, once trained, left the rank and file to earn money protecting the black...
Obsessed with the lore of the outlaw James Gang, James "Tokie" Caston decided that his first two boys would bear the names of his heroes: Jesse and Frank James. By the time the third son, Sonny, arrived in 1967, the boys' futures were clear. At an early age, Frank Caston recalls,...
Sir Stephen Lander, SOCA's chairman, warned that large-scale "cannabis factories" run by Vietnamese and Chinese criminals are springing up across the country.Home-grown: Vietnamese and Chinese criminal Gangs have set up large-scale 'cannabis factories' hidden in ordinary housesHidden in ordinary houses, the factories are producing huge quantities of high- strength skunk cannabis on an "industrial scale".Sir Stephen told the Commons Home Affairs Select...
The Australian Crime Commission yesterday painted a disturbing picture of just how powerful organised crime gangs have become. It said Australians were largely unaware of organised crime's involvement in legitimate business activities. The nation's gigantic superannuation stockpile has even become a major target. The ACC said it was concerned about the association between criminals and potential terrorists. "Terrorists use crime to support their...
Assaulted and bashed by men who are believed to be members of the so-called Gang of 49.Adelaide police say five men were involved in nine violent attacks over two hours late last night.A 19-year-old woman who does not want to be identified says she was walking home with her mother after using an autoteller machine on Prospect Road when they were approached by two men demanding money.The pair refused to hand over a handbag."They threw my mum to the...
gang of young men from affluent Durban families trashed an upmarket pub, leaving two people seriously injured and causing damage estimated at thousands of rands.The bloody brawl, captured by closed-circuit camera, lasted more than two hours at the Hillcrest franchise of the trendy Franki Bananaz pub in the early hours of Thursday.The pub's management said police failed to respond to their calls despite the station being only about 200m away.In CCTV...
18-person crime ring that may be responsible for the theft of up to $100 million worth of medicine and health and beauty goods from convenience and grocery stores statewide, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Thursday.The investigation started with two shoplifters at a Publix supermarket on Shepherd Road in Lakeland on June 26, Judd said at a news conference in Lakeland on Thursday afternoon.Rita Maddox and Elisha Cordle of Dover stole nearly $4,500...
In London alone 27 teenagers were stabbed to death last year. There have been at least four deaths this year already. Two weeks ago, in a London suburb, a schoolgirl was beaten, gang-raped and then had caustic soda poured over her to eliminate traces of her attackers’ DNA. She is in a burns unit and fighting for her life.Three youths are awaiting sentencing for kicking to death a harmless disabled man in Sunderland. In Warrington a father of three...
Three young men were being treated at local hospitals after a Monday afternoon brawl fought with knives, according to San Jose police.The injuries were not life-threatening, police said. And police said the fight occurred over an argument. It was possibly gang-related.The fight began about 3:30 p.m at Winter Park Drive and Cunningham Avenue.It left three juveniles injured, one seriously. The victims are 15, 16 and 17 years old. Police were looking...
A confidential operation was conducted against the Ergenekon organization, which has been monitored for 2.5 months. Thirty-three people were taken into custody in an operation which hit 43 different locations. Those arrested for founding a terrorist organization include the Kuvayı Milliye Association chairman, Fikri Karadağ, and retired general Veli Küçük.Charges brought against the deep-state linked Ergenekon organization by a Turkish court have...
Abkeen Cochran, who was gunned down on a Hempstead street last Thursday, stands in stark contrast to the fact that the rate of violent crime in Nassau County is low and dropping. Any gun violence is too much. So it's welcome news that officials are targeting gun crimes, one category of offenses that ticked up last year. The goal is sustained crime reduction, which is the right target. The plan, announced last week by Nassau District Attorney Kathleen...
Jamaican national and gang member is back in his homelandafter being deported by U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement officers.USICE officers recently deported Raymond Jackson, a.k.a.`Renard Harrison,` who is wanted by Jamaican authorities forthe murder of two police officers there.Jackson had entered the United States on April 26, 2006 viasea near Jupiter, Florida. He was ordered removed on May 4,2006 and subsequently deported on May 22, 2006....
ICE takes custody of suspected Lynn gang members Some of the seven suspected MS-13 gang members arrested Saturday at the Strawberry Avenue Playground are currently in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for possible immigration violations, authorities said. At least two of the seven men arrested, Manuel Mendes, 23, of 58 Kirtland St., Lynn and Jose Recinos, 17, of 299 Lexington St. #2, East Boston are currently in ICE custody, according...
Execution-style murder of a man at a Gold Coast home today.The child, aged about 2 1/2, was in the pool in the back yard of the house when the man was shot three times in the chest by another man who fled in a black BMW.Police are now searching for the gunman, who is in his late 20s or early 30s.Officers wearing bullet-proof vests rushed to the property in Cayuga Street, Nerang, after shots were heard.It is understood they found a man at the house...
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In a daring strike during the early Sunday morning hours, armed robbers raided the Boardwalk Casino in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. While the casino was passing through a relatively slow time of both the day and week, a large group of between ten to fourteen men carrying pistols and rifles entered through the casino's main entrance.The Casino Gang then overpowered security guards on the premises and made their way to the cashier's cage, which they...
Jamaica Police are reporting that a significant dent has been made in the number of drug mule gangs smuggling narcotics out of the country. Statistics from the Narcotics Division show that the number of drug mules arrested last year fell by 19 per cent when compared with the figure for 2006. "Throughout 2007 we arrested a total of 5,496 persons for drugs, a significant reduction from the 6,793 persons arrested in 2006," Acting Assistant Commissioner...
"For too long the gangsters of the criminal underworld have been able to direct their evil enterprises and operate with apparent impunity, profiting on the backs of decent hard-working Scots and their families.Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is proposing new offences of directing or being involved in organised crime.A consultation on the details of any new legislation is to seek the views of law enforcement organisations and other stakeholders...
"Scissionisti" clan Rome flying squad, working alongside those of Naples, Caserta, Perugia and Macerata, with activities coordinated by the central anti-crime headquarters of state police and the central anti-drugs headquarters, is in the process of arresting a large number of members of a vast criminal organization, made up of Italian and Nigerian citizens involved in international drug trafficking. Two hundred and fifty state police are working...
British authorities have linked recent thefts of John Deere tractors in rural England to the criminal gang responsible for similar thefts across Europe over the past four years. The National Plant Equipment Register (TER) fears that this gang has set up a base in southwestern England and intends to target dealerships there. According to the TER, this gang changes the identities of the stolen tractors and then sells them as far afield as Austral...
50 police commandos in Moscow captured Semyon Mogilevich, one of the world’s most feared mafia bosses accused of arms dealing, drug running, uranium trafficking and multiple murders. Authorities estimate his worth to be around $100 million. The FBI, Interpol and the UK police have sought Mogilevich for numerous international crimes including fraud, racketeering and money laundering. Monya Elson, a known associate of Mr Mogilevich, claimed in an interview...
"The organized Bulgarian bandit groups dealing with car thefts get involved more and more seriously into the coca traffic coming from South America. Just in Malaga, Marbella, Benalmadella and Toremolinos act 5-6 such bands formed by Bulgarians. They are very closely connected with the Columbian cartels and very active as well.", Alfledo Marihuan, a Director of "Criminal department" in Malaga says for "168 hours" weekly and adds: "Approximately 20...
Martin Foley remains in a critical condition in hospital today after he was shot repeatedly in an assassination attempt yesterday. A garda at the scene of the shooting of Martin Foley, at Kimmage Road West, Dublin, yesterday.Foley (55) and also known as 'The Viper' is reported to...
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