Thomas Farese busted again

The DoJ announced Nov. 19 that Thomas Farese, 79, and Domenic Gatto, 47, have been charged with health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and other crimes totaling $25m in losses by Medicare, Tricare and CHAMPVA, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health program for eligible veterans' spouses and children. Its the second time in seven months the men have faced charges for health care fraud: in April, they and others were charged with conspiracy and committing fraud, bilking government health programs of $65m.

Thomas Farese (aka Tom Mix), the former consiglieri and street boss for the Colombo crime family was reportedly at the top of the scheme, which involved “durable medical equipment and genetic cancer screening.” Prosecutors called Farese "a capo in the Colombo organized crime family" with "contacts throughout the world to facilitate money-laundering transactions."

Leonardo Rizzuto wins appeal

The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected the Crown’s appeal of a lower court decision to exclude evidence seized from the home of Montreal Mafia boss Leonardo Rizzuto six years ago that resulted in him being acquitted on cocaine and firearms-related charges. The son of Vito Rizzuto was acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. A judge previously ruled that cops illegally wiretapped Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito lawyer’s office.

The men were arrested in 2015.

With the evidence from the wiretaps excluded, the only evidence that remained, in terms of supporting the search warrant, was a statement from a police informant.

London minicab driver Hannan Khan a crack dealer

Khan drove his taxi, specially adapted to hide drugs, from London to Dundee.

London minicab driver Hannan Khan, 24, made a 1,000-mile round trip to flood a Scottish city with crack cocaine. He has been jailed for 18 months. He claimed the downturn in work caused by the pandemic lockdown had forced him to turn to dealing crack. He was also linked to a second car found parked in the city. A search of both vehicles recovered rocks of crack cocaine worth over £13,000.

Luck assists €9.8m Irish cocaine bust

There was an “element of luck” to the seizure of €9.8m as the criminal who was due to collect the seizure was arrested earlier this week in the Netherlands and no one else arrived to collect the drugs which was at Dublin Port for a number of days. Revenue officers seized 60kg of cocaine, 22kg of heroin, 145kg of cannabis resin, 79kg of cannabis herb and 1kg of ketamine. Detector dog Robbie racked up another one.

Anton Billis - Bat Boy

From 2010. This would be Mr. Anton Billis with a baseball bat, along with dog Michael James Giovinazzo. The two bums were photographed red-handed doing their 'standover tactics' with Mr. Terence McLernon present in a vehicle. Billis lost his toughness (balls?) when the cops showed up.

Shortly afterwards McLernon's car was firebombed. No one was charged.

Anthony Byron Billis claims McLernon is in contempt of court. Billis has a criminal record, along with an extensive history with Australian securities regulators.

See -----> Anthony Byron Billis - World's Largest Bullion Scam - 'No Balls'

Roy Demeo

Mobster Roy Demeo oversaw a bloodthirsty crew of killers that was suspected in as many as 200 gangland murders from the 1970s to the early 1980s. Besides bringing in money for the Gambinos, the Demeo Crew also proved adept at murder — and not getting caught. They called it the “Gemini Method” of getting rid of bodies. Unlucky mobsters who “do the Houdini” simply vanished. The death house was an apartment over a joint called the Gemini Lounge in Canarsie, Brooklyn. When the doomed arrived at the upstairs apartment — called the Horror Hotel — they were greeted by crew member Joseph “Dracula” Guglielmo.

Dominick Montiglio testified in court: “Somebody would wrap a towel around to stop the blood and somebody would stab him in the heart to stop the blood from pumping.” “Roy said, ‘We have to cut them up’.

Demeo made his bones in 1973 when he whacked New York porno kingpin Paul Rothenberg.

Demeo kept his tool kit in the flat. Bullet in the head, then dismemberment. Demeo was subpoenaed in late 1982 and by that time Gambino Boss “Big Paulie” Castellano had seen enough. Demeo was lured to a garage in Brooklyn that his gang had used. Crew members pumped scores of bullets into his body, seven of them into his head. Demeo didn’t disappear. His corpse was left in the trunk of his Cadillac.

Colombia lassoes 10 tons

Colombia’s armed forces made their largest drug bust of the year, seizing 10 tons of cocaine from the National Liberation Army (ELN), a leftist guerrilla group. Armed forces also destroyed two drug labs belonging to ELN, located in the Narino province near the country’s border with Ecuador. The Colombian government said 580 tons were seized in 2020, with coca cultivation and cocaine production numbers reaching a record 245,000 hectares and 1,010 metric tons.

Narcocorridos

A Haitian gang leader recently published a musical attack on what he frames as government failures to provide for the people of Haiti. These are common in Mexico, which has a long tradition of what are colloquially dubbed narcocorridos. "With an AK-47 and a bazooka on my shoulder, cross my path and I’ll chop your head off, we’re bloodthirsty, crazy, and we like to kill,” one song goes. The outlaw lifestyle has an appeal to youngsters, who are attracted to narcocorridos in part because it has been stigmatized. In Mexico, northwest Chihuahua state has banned live performances of narcocorridos or the playing of such songs on the radio. But trying to forbid them has had the reverse effect.

Juan Carlos Gonzalez = $5m bounty

The U.S. Department of State announced a reward of up to $5m for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez. U.S.-born Valencia Gonzalez is accused of being a leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion. Cops identified Valencia Gonzalez as a leader of the cartel's armed wing known as Grupo Elite. The reward comes after the State Department offered a $5m reward for Audias Flores-Silva, a boss of the CJNC, and a $10m reward for Nemesio Ruben Oseguera-Cervantes, the leader of the cartel and stepfather to Valencia Gonzalez.

Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. (CJNG)

Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez - the ruthless chief behind Jalisco New Generation Cartel's elite military units - is reportedly next in line as boss. Gonzalez runs military units El RR and El Grupo Delta, who are battling for territory in central Mexico. Current boss El Mencho's health is said to be deteriorating and Gonzalez is heir apparent. El Mencho's son, Ruben Oseguera-González 'El Menchito' should have been next in line to the throne, but he was extradited to the US.

CJNG captured a leader with Carteles Unidos who went by the nickname Ghost Rider. They used rubbing alcohol to set fire to his face and filmed as he screamed in agony and begged to be killed.

‘Cocaine Pepe’ pulls 151 months

Jose Francisco Arredondo, 33, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute. Known as ‘Cocaine Pepe’ he faced life in prison. In handing down the sentence, the judge noted Arredondo was consistently arrested multiple times with guns and drugs and that previous jail sentences didn't dissuade him from criminality. Alice city police arrested Arredondo in the South Texas town sitting in a Jeep. Cops noticed a gun sitting in the center console of the vehicle. Cops recognized Arredondo as a gang member and convicted felon and he was toast.