USCG unloads $1b in drugs

The haul is a new record for a 90 day patrol.

U.S. Coast Guard crews from nine ships seized 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of pot, worth about $1.06 billion, in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. The Cutter James set a record for the largest single cocaine interdiction at 10,915 pounds, worth $206m.

Neco Arabaci with ex-Hells Angel Saman B.

A recent summit meeting in a hookah bar in Izmir, Turkey. Neco Arabaci, 50 and ex-Hells Angel Saman B. Saman B. has been in a life and death struggle in Cologne with his former boss Fatih K. The feud recently entered the next round with a near shootout in a shisha bar on Rudolfplatz.

Saman B. (31) is a former Hells Angel from Cologne out in bad standing. The rocker was a professional martial arts fighter. He was feared, but now has become the hunted. He recently narrowly escaped death in an ambush. Angry Hells Angel boss Fatih K. wants Saman B. dead. On Sept 30 the German state of Hesse banned two Frankfurt-based chapters of the Hells Angels and confiscated their assets. The Westend and Frankfurt chapters were seized under the ban. Each chapter is thought to have around 90 members. Two other Hells Angels chapters were banned in other parts of Germany. Gangs in the rest of Germany remain legal.

See ----->Turkey targets Necati 'Neco' Arabaci

Fate of Hells Angel Sherbrooke bunker sealed

The land on which the Hells Angels bunker stood, demolished in June 2021, has been put up for sale. The owner, the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, is asking $775k for the 29.54 acre lot located at 1575 rue Wellington Sud. The land is described as a guaranteed future investment, with "Magnificent forest, ideal for nature project."

After a decade of legal wrangling, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled against the HA and for the confiscation of the building at 1575 Wellington St. South.

There is no further appeal.

The last bunker of the Hells Angels still standing in Quebec was confiscated in Sept 2017. The notorious clubhouse has been vacant since the 2009 SharQc Operation. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was made in Sept 2019 by Richard Rousseau, Guy Auclair, and Georges Beaulieu, members in good standing of the HA.

On March 24, 1985 the property saw the cold blooded execution of 5 members of the Hells Angels by their brothers. It became infamous as the Lennoxville massacre. At least two other members of the Laval chapter were supposed to be killed that day as well, but they failed to show up for the meeting.

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Instafamous Oz Catwoman busted

An Australian Instagram model with sticky fingers and habit of posing as Catwoman was jailed in 2020 for a series of masked crimes. Monique Agostino, 25, was warned by a judge that her life was “going down the toilet.” The former modeling entrepreneur and social media maven became a cat burglar and drug dealer.

She began by driving teenagers to commit burglaries in Sydney. Agostino was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for a series of heists and drug dealing.

3D printed ghost gun bust in NL

140 charges were laid after a huge weapon seizure that included 3D printed ghost guns. Printing certain gun components is a criminal offence in Canada. Cops seized a range of partially manufactured 3D printed guns, 3D printed silencers, barrels, slides, frames and other parts; nine prohibited firearms, two restricted and four non-restricted firearms; assorted magazines and ammunition; a bullet-proof vest; and 3D printed knuckles. Police also seized drugs. Scott Waterman, 40, of Torbay, was charged with more than 140 offences related to the possession, manufacturing and trafficking of weapons. He was denied bail.

Rafael Banuelos Ortega 'El Fantasma' - busted, released

El Fantasma was captured in Chihuahua and transferred to Zacatecas in an army plane.

Rafael Banuelos Ortega 'El Fantasma', leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) in Zacatecas, was released despite being arrested for a string of violent offences included murders, kidnappings, extortion, sale and distribution of drugs. El Fantasma has been singled out for being the generator of violence in recent months in the southern region of Zacatecs. El Fantasma was released and it was the president of Mexico himself, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who announced the news. He has often lamented the actions of judicial authorities of various states.

Kinahan gangster Naoufal Fassih - 'Mr Couscous'

Naoufal Fassih has been jailed in Holland for conspiracy to murder and money laundering, after being arrested in April 2016 in Ireland and extradited to Amsterdam. Fassih, ‘Mr Couscous’ is seen as a major figure in the global drugs trade. He has sinister connections in the US, South America and Africa. Mr Couscous has had a legal case sent to the EU’s Court of Justice from the Irish Supreme Court over his extradition from Ireland. A five-judge Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the case raised questions that should be determined by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The thug, who’s also wanted in Spain for conspiracy to whack a Kinahan cartel rival, spearheaded a number of attacks on the Hutch gang while hiding out in Ireland.

Mobster Daniel Kinahan

Due to the efforts of gardai, he was put on a porridge diet for his role in masterminding a failed gangland assassination. The target, Peter ‘Pjotr’ Raap, miraculously survived despite being hit six times when assassins pumped 36 bullets into his car near Amsterdam in November 2015. Five men convicted of the attempted hit were sentenced to between 17 and 20 years. Fassih was the man responsible.

See ----->Drug ring linked to Kinahan cartel uncovered in Australia

Modesto HA VP Shafer pulls 5 years for drugs

Modesto HA Michael Shafer, 34, has been sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking including intent to distribute heroin. Shafer was the vice president of the HAMC in Modesto in 2019. As part of a long investigation into the Hells Angels, cops obtained a wiretap for Shafer’s phone. Calls and messages showed that Shafer was conspiring in drug trafficking. Shafer faced up to 40 years in prison and a $5m fine.

See ----->Modesto HA president, 3 others charged in Meth ring

NY Gangster scammers undone by social media photos

New York detectives noticed that members of Brooklyn’s Woo street gang were posting photos of themselves on social media from luxurious locations that weren't Brooklyn. Detectives were able to match the background of at least one of the homes with an Airbnb listing in California. Cops and federal agents combed through bank records, tracing various withdrawals that were financing the gangster's new lifestyles. They soon discovered that the gang used false names to file for benefits through a federal COVID relief program. 800 false identities filed nearly 1,000 unemployment claims, stealing at least $4.3 million.

Romean Brown, Tyrek Clarke, Kennith Desir, Stephan Dorminvil, Kai Heyward, Keith James, Oneal Marks, Jahriah Olivierre, Christopher Jean Pierre, Roleeke Smith, and Christopher Topey carried out the scheme between March 2020 and October 2021. Arrests occured hours before the body of Woo gangster and rapper TDott Woo, 22, was borne past his Brooklyn home. He was shot dead on Feb. 1, the day he signed a recording contract with Million Dollar Music.

Vladimir Putin - World's most successful gangster? - Update

As Putin flexes his might, its likely that an invasion won't return what he expects.

Russia's military buildup around Ukraine suggests Putin might, and could, order an invasion. Geopolitical forces may take heed of the wisdom imparted by Mike Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

Vladimir Putin, speaking in a CBS '60 Minutes' interview in 2015 refuted claims that he was a gangster. "How can I be a gangster if I worked for the KGB?" Putin said "Come on. That doesn't correspond to reality." Russia warned today it would take “retaliatory measures” if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands over NATO and Ukraine.

Putin is deploying an estimated 100k troops near Ukraine and launching warplanes, ships, and armour. Putin has demanded that NATO never admit Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations as members and that NATO will roll back troops in other former Soviet bloc nations.

Those demands are seen as non starters, raising the prospect of war.

Putin is a master of what he learned at the KGB. Manipulate. Lie. Repress. Putin's ability to act as a bridge between the worlds of politics, money, and criminality is unmatched.

Putin is among the world's longest serving leaders and can rule until 2036. He will be aged 83 if he lasts that long. Putin's ascent began in the legal department of President Yeltsin.

He was appointed head of the FSB – the successor to the KGB. Putin turned the FSB into a mercenary for any gangster, criminal or corrupt businessman able to pay. He also became the primary source of information on Yeltsin opponents. Yeltsin rewarded Putin by making him prime minister in August 1999. Within a few months, Putin became acting president when Yeltsin resigned. Over the ensuing two decades, Putin has become a de facto monarch, with power rivaling any Tsar. He has established a support network of the richest capitalists who rely on him completely for their fortunes and status.

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