Al Capone's bulletproof 1928 Cadillac

The 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan has only 1,111 miles on the odometer and a host of hardware. It features one-inch-thick bulletproof glass windows all around, and the side windows can even be cranked up to allow a two-inch gap at the bottom for gunmen to shoot a Thompson submachine gun. The back window opens as well to allow rear-firing. The car was outfitted with a police siren, flashing police lights, and a police radio hidden in the glove box. The car sold for $341,000 in 2014.

The green and black paint was similar to Chicago’s police cars. The infamous Caddy has lived a quiet, little used life, occupying museums.

The U.S. Treasury Department impounded Capone’s Caddy after he was arrested in 1931. When FDR went to Congress to ask for a declaration of a state of war on December 8, 1941, he rode in this Cadillac.

Russian Crime Bosses hit by U.S. sanctions - Pandora Papers

In 2016 the U.S. passed the Global Magnitsky Act, which allows the U.S. State and Treasury departments to name and shame corrupt actors.

Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov

In 2017 they hit a group of 10 Russians and others connected to major organized-crime syndicates with sanctions. The syndicate targeted is known as "Thieves-in-Law" which is widely used to describe powerful organized-crime figures. The group engaged in money laundering, extortion, bribery, and robbery in Russia, Europe, and the U.S. Among those targeted was Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, who had been indicted twice in the U.S., once in 2013 and for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Gafur Rakhimov

Also included was Gafur Rakhimov, an Uzbek native renowned throughout former Soviet Central Asia and accused of money laundering, drug trafficking, and other crimes. Others were Vladimir Tyurin, Ruben Tatulian, and Yury Pichugin.

Vladimir Tyurin

Vladimir Bogdanov, Oleg Deripaska, Suleiman Kerimov, Igor Rotenberg, Kirill Shamalov, Andrei Skoch, and Viktor Vekselberg were added the following year, along with a dozen of their 'oligarch owned companies'. The Pandora Papers revealed the bite. It has meant a loss of hundreds of millions, as the impact of sanctions rippled across a hidden corner of what critics call Russia’s kleptocracy. Sanctions are not only hitting their Russian targets, but are then triggering losses that spread across their interconnected financial networks. The documents contain material on at least 46 Russian oligarchs who appear on the Forbes list of billionaires.

Drug dealer Darrin Southall going away for a long time

Darrin Southall was the ringleader in a multi-state, multi-million dollar drug ring from 2016 through 2021. He reached a plea deal that will see him caged from 30 to 35 years. Southall admits he moved about 4,000 kilograms of cocaine, 24 kilograms of heroin, and took in over $24 million during the time of his operation. He did some of his business in Mobile Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. He is also the prime suspect in a double murder.

Guilty in major Niagara-based cocaine operation = Life

Two Ontario drug traffickers have been hit with life sentences after being convicted in the largest cocaine bust in Ontario history. Vito Buffone, of Caledon, and Jeffrey Kompon, of Welland, were each sentenced to life in prison following an appeal decision this month. The operation brought 2,431 kg of cocaine into Ontario in 2013 alone.

A jury took less than four hours to find two men guilty for their roles in an Niagara-based cocaine ring for which cocaine-filled granite boulders were imported from Mexico. Jeffrey Kompon, 46, of Welland and Vito Buffone, 53, of Caledon had pleaded not guilty in Superior Court of Justice to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to import. The trial lasted more than three months. Cocaine was smuggled in boulders imported from Mexico and Brazil as building materials for kitchen countertops and other uses.

Police seized more than $1.2m in cocaine.

The cocaine was imported into Canada at Montreal and other border points in Ontario and taken to a warehouse in Port Colborne where the drugs were extracted from the boulders. The cocaine was then transported to various locations in the Toronto area. Kompon and Buffone were among 14 people arrested when police conducted a series of raids in 2014.

The ring imported more than a tonne of cocaine in less than two years. The operation included associates of the Sinaloa crime cartel in Mexico. Also seized during the raid was $250k worth of marijuana, $430k cash, $400k in watches and other jewelry, a handgun and two shotguns. Thirteen high-end vehicles were also seized including a Ferrari and a Porsche. Two people who were associated with the cartel received 17-and 18-year terms behind bars, respectively. Kompon and Buffone were in the “upper echelon”. Vito Buffone was originally sentenced to 22 years, minus a year for pre-sentence custody and restrictive bail. Jeffrey Kompon, was originally sentenced to 20 years, minus 18 months' credit for restrictive bail and pre-sentence custody.

Hitman Frédérick Silva sunk by 'Finder' - update

Frédérick Silva has brought his murder trial to a halt after he acknowledged the evidence presented by the prosecution meets the burden of proof. The 'non-contest plea' is rarely used. An agreed statement of facts will be presented to the judge.

A transit ticket discovered by police dog 'Finder' had Frédérick Silva's fingerprint on it. It was found near the Laval car dealership where Alessandro Vinci was killed on Oct. 11, 2018. Finder was trained specifically to locate items recently handled by humans. The ticket was purchased on the day Vinci was shot and a timestamp on it indicated it was used at 7:04 p.m. Vinci was shot inside the car dealership 90 minutes later. Videotape footage and photos of Silva using the ticket at the Square-Victoria métro station and getting off at the Montmorency station in Laval less than an hour before Vinci was killed sealed the deal.

Silva's weapon from the attempted hit on Salvatore Scoppa.

Frédérick Silva, 41, is accused of three murders and the attempted murder of mafioso Salvatore Scoppa on February 21, 2017. Alessandro Vinci was shot in Laval in October 2018; Yvon Marchand, a 51-year-old drug dealer was gunned down in October 2018, and Sébastien Beauchamp, 44, a former member of a Hells Angels farm club was shot in December 2018.

The hit on Scoppa was partially foiled by his armour plated Camry. It was even rigged with flashing police lights.Windows are 1 cm thick

Ollie James Henyu reeled in, again.

Ollie James Henyu, 39, has been located by Prince George RCMP. Henyu is facing counts of forcible confinement and assault from a September 23 incident. 3 years earilier Ollie James Henyu was sentenced to time served of 368 days in custody for attempting to prevent the victim from telling her story to police.

Kevin McTaggart - Danny Greene's top lieutenant

Kevin McTaggart was the right hand man of Cleveland's Danny Greene. Attorneys for the former mob enforcer continued their push to get him released from a life sentence. McTaggart was sentenced to life in prison in 1983. He has served 38 years in prison and has an exemplary record. “While these years of confinement have been difficult, it has been a journey of reflection, remorse, sorrow, inspiration, discovery, friendship, love, blessings and hard-won wisdom,” McTaggart wrote. Federal prosecutors oppose McTaggart’s compassionate release.

An ex-prosecutor and the prison warden urge his release despite a violent past that includes the ruthless killings of six people. Now 65, McTaggart remains in federal prison in Milan, Michigan. After Greene was killed in a 1977 car bombing, McTaggart aligned with other underworld figures: Joey Gallo, Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria and others. The FBI ended the run. At trial, McTaggart, then 26, was convicted of multiple counts and sentenced to life.

Those killed were gangsters, all fighting for their share of the black market in Cleveland. Virtually all of McTaggart's gangster peers have died.
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DEA lands 960kg of cocaine in New York

Cops seized 960kg of cocaine shipped to the New York area from Puerto Rico, the largest bust of the drug in the region in over a decade. Jorge Aponte-Guzman, Nelson Agramonte-Minaya and Carlos Maisonet-Lopez are accused of drug trafficking conspiracy. The cocaine was packaged inside 2 shipments of large metal lawn rollers.

Cloned keyless fobs

Thieves using a cloning device to whisk away cars with smart keys off their owner's driveways isn't new. It's usually done in less than a minute and takes a device thats readily available to crooks. Recently in the UK the device was disguised as a game boy.

Thieves can get the signal from your key fob just by standing near your home (relay box technique) or clone it for later use. The device is held near the door handle and the car's locks disengage. The hazard lights even flash as if the real fob was used. The car can be started and driven away in seconds. Luxury vehicles that are sought after overseas are usually the targets. The gadgets are costly: around $25k. There are three recommendations. The first is to use a signal blocking pouch, known as a Faraday Bag. It prevents thieves from cloning your key fob. Another alternative is to turn off the fob's wireless signal, but that depends on the vehicle model. The last is a low tech steering wheel lock.

Good UK son was on a cocaine trip

A joiner was caught with more than £450,000 of cocaine after picking up the haul while on a trip to see his ill mother. Copsswooped in on Gary O'Connell, 23, as he returned keys to a van containing the drugs on April 18, 2020 in Gartcosh. The nine kilos of cocaine were recovered from a secret compartment in the rear of the vehicle only accessible by using a magnet. O'Connell claimed he drove back to Scotland unaware of anything in the van. A check of the ghost phone discovered that O'Connell went by the username 'IvoryUmbrella'. A woman in the public gallery shouted: "I love you, son" as O'Connell was led into custody.