 | $5m is offered for info leading to the arrest of former Venezuelan official Samark López. López served as the frontman for Tareck El Aissami, ally of President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. has a $15m bounty for him. There are rewards of $10m for Diosdado Cabello, Hugo Carvajal, and El Aissmai. |
 | In May 2019, the Dominican Republic raided an $18m mansion owned by López and El Aissami. Cops seized $25k and 18k euros along with three SUVs, luxury watches and jewelry. |  |
 | Carlos Almada Castrillo was head of Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación operations in Guadalajara, and could have been a key witness for U.S. prosecutors. But he was found hanging in a Mexican jail cell in March. Experts say the 27-year-old's death is likely a murder to prevent him from testifying in the U.S. "El Chicken" is one of three high-ranking members of CJNG to die before officials could secure their extraditions to the U.S. CJNG has an estimated 5,000 members and is operating in at least 35 states and Puerto Rico. |  |
 Rubén Oseguera González -'Menchito' | Almada grew up with the cartel leader's son, Rubén Oseguera González, and remained part of his inner circle. Menchito stood to inherit control of the cartel but was arrested in Mexico in 2017 and sits in a U.S. jail cell awaiting trial. Mexican officials announced Almada's arrest, but they have said nothing of his death. It remains 'under investigation'. Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, aka El Mencho, is thought to have ordered the killing. Eleno Madrigal Virrueta, "El 20," was found dead in August 2019 inside a Mexican jail cell, sharing the fate of Adrián Gómez Meza. |  |
 | In publicity photos Salvatore Ponzo wears polo shirts and baseball caps emblazoned with the logo of his company. It was a different look from Ponzo when he was executed in May 2018.  |
 | Ponzo's "Tierra Nuestra Latina" exported pineapples and other fruit and vegetables to Europe. Salvatore Ponzo was also a major cocaine trafficker, and his murder resulted from a drug deal gone bad. An Italian court convicted Ponzo’s father and business partner of using their fruit company to traffick cocaine. The killing was payback for a missing shipment Ponzo’s partners suspected him of stealing. |  |
 After time served he has six years to go. | Mohammad Shakil Khan, 39, is an IS member who joined the Wolfpack gang alliance after it formed in 2010. Project Riverbank resulted in the arrest of 13 who all faced multiple drug trafficking and possession charges.  |  Kingpin Khan was sentenced to nine years in prison. |
 | Gangster Stephen Dunford has spent 261 days in custody since his arrest but he woke up today knowing he will spend the next 19 years behind bars. He fired a gun with the intention of killing another man over a drug war in Sheffield on January 12. The child survived. Dunford penned a gloating rap about the shooting, reciting it in a phone call from prison. The judge wasn't impressed. "I have not the slightest doubt that you are an exceptionally dangerous man." |  Co-accused Brandon Bailey, 26, was jailed for 126 months. |
 | Ahmed Ismail was charged with attempted murder after a brazen daylight shooting in Vancouver that targeted a man carrying a baby. He was hit and injured, the infant unharmed. Ismail is on the run from a first degree murder charge in Toronto. Ezekiel Agyemang, 16, died June 30. |  |
 | Cops are looking for the owner of a pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run crash last month that killed HA Mike 'Speedy' Christiansen. His body and wrecked motorcycle was found at the side of the road on Sept. 21. Investigators believe that Christiansen was hit during the afternoon hours of Sept. 18. He was struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene. The RCMP says they recovered the pickup believed to be involved and want to speak with the registered owner. |
 | Michael “Speedy” Christiansen was found dead on Monday morning (Sept. 21) near Ruby Creek on Highway 7. Investigators believe a collision occurred sometime over the weekend between Sept. 18 and Sept. 20. Christiansen was one of the founding member of the Kelowna chapter. |  |
 It was her second drug offense. | Junior tennis star Monique Belovukovic, 21, tested positive for cocaine when cops pulled over her black Mercedes G-Class in Sydney. She claimed her drink was spiked. She later admitted the crime and was slapped with a driving ban and $500 fine.
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| Belovukovic is best known for staggering out of a nightclub with Nick Kyrgios at 3am after he pulled out of Wimbledon in 2017. 'I allowed myself to be in the company of individuals I would not normally associate with,' she wrote to the judge. 'This resulted in me making poor choices and exceeding my usual boundaries.' The former teen tennis prodigy fizzled at the pro level.  |
 | The court in Utrecht banned the club last year. Lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops told the court in Arnhem that the state is wrongfully portraying the Hells Angels as a criminal organization. They use a strategy which relies on "tabloids from the gossip press and obscure, dubious websites". Bikers roundly denounced the 'smear campaign.' |  |
| A Chinese drug trafficker facing a death sentence in Indonesia has escaped from prison using the tunnel he dug. Cai Changpan, also known as Cai Ji Fan, broke out of the prison located in the Tangerang area on the outskirts of Jakarta on Sept. 14. He fashioned a narrow tunnel through the sewage system. Cai Changpan was put on death row in 2017 for smuggling 135 kg (298 pounds) of methamphetamine. It was his second escape from the prison. He was busted 3 days after his first attempt. |
