Quebec waste company Ricova in cop crosshairs

Ricova is in hot water for having defrauded the City of Montreal of more than $1m.

An RCMP intelligence report in 2020 indicated that Ricova and its leader, Domenico Colubriale, "may be" involved in "shipping container drug trafficking and money laundering through exports of recycled paper." Ricova is a major player in the waste industry in Quebec. The company manages sorting centers in Montreal and the South Shore. It is also responsible for garbage collection in many cities in the south of the province, as well as 25% of Montreal. Many of Ricova's recyclables vendors work from Colombia.

In June the company was blacklisted by the City of Montreal for five years, which prevents it from obtaining new contracts. Ricova applied to the court to have this decision overturned. The SQ reports contacts between one of Ricova's leaders and the Rizzuto clan. This individual heads the Ricova Services subsidiary. This company obtained at least $150m in public contracts over the past five years.

Indian 'Money Heist' mastermind busted

Altaf Shaikh, 43, worked as a cash custodian manager at the ICICI Bank in Mumbais Dombivali for 9 years. Inspired to steal from the bank's vault after watching the web series Money Heist, Shaikh spent a year planning his caper. The heist of Rs 34 crore ($4.1m) was executed on July 9 on a bank holiday. Shaikh disabled the alarm systems and removed all the hard disks of the CCTVs. Once the system was disabled, he used an air conditioning duct to move the cash. It took 3 months for cops to break the case.

Around Rs 9 crore ($1m) was seized, according to cops.

Former Columbus cop tried to frame club owner

Former Columbus vice cop Steven G. Rosser, 46, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for framing an owner of a gentlemen's club for cocaine possession in 2018. Rosser was looking at a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Rosser went to the club in April 2018 with other Columbus oinkers. Rosser alleged he found cocaine residue on a desk and took the owner into custody. Cops searched him and his vehicle without permission or a warrant. A minuscule amount of cocaine, .017 grams, had been planted the court found. Rosser falsified documentation to conceal the conspiracy.

Israeli mob boss Benny Shlomo killed - update II

4 members of the Jarushi crime family have been arrested for the hit in Azor that killed Benny Shlomo.

Shlomo was pursued and shot down like a dog.

Cops say “he lived within a fortress” at his home in southern Israel “surrounded by walls, he didn’t move without security guards.” “It’s clear that someone set a trap for him, that someone betrayed him and that he wasn’t warned.” Cops think Shlomo’s death was plotted by longtime rival Shalom Domrani.

Benny Shlomo, the head of a senior criminal organization, was shot and killed at a gas station. The suspects began fleeing on foot before carjacking a woman. An offduty cop opened fire at the suspects but they got away unharmed in the stolen vehicle. Shlomo was declared dead at hospital. Shlomo ran his mob based in southern Israel from his family compound on Moshav Heletz.

Benny Shlomo's organization has been locked in a bloody rivalry with a mob led by Shalom Domrani for years. Shlomo survived several attempts on his life. His brother Shalom Shlomo was assassinated in 2015. Cops expect retaliation.

Mongols ex-boss David Santillan a rat - no new trial

Prosecutors say that Mongol Nation encourages, supports and rewards its members for committing crimes.

The Mongols MC will not get a second chance to clear itself of federal racketeering charges after a judge last week denied its request for a new trial. In 2021 it was revealed that David Santillan, president, had acted as a confidential informant for John Ciccone, an agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The feds call the Mongol Nation "the most violent and dangerous" OMG in the country.

David Santillan, 52, covertly cooperated for over a decade with a special agent. In exchange the agent spared Santillan from serious legal consequences for many offenses. His own wife had this to say: “In other words,” she wrote, “he is a rat.”

David 'Lil Dave' Santillan was out in bad standing in 2021.

Project Gateway lassoes 20 for over 120 charges

3 generations of the Fogazzi family are busted. Here.

The investigation found the organized group was engaged in a wide range of criminal enterprises including drugs, tobacco, pot, vehicle theft, and human smuggling. Haul includes 3 handguns, 2 shotguns, a rifle, ammunition, 6 stolen vehicles and $467k in cash. Nerio Frank Fogazzi, then 77, attempted to cross into the US with 104 pounds of pot in 2018.

Rough justice for Zimbabwe robbers

4 armed robbers including a serving member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police were killed in a shootout with cops after they robbed a Harare businessman of US$10,000. Prior to the robbery, cops had received a tipoff of the robbers intention and laid an ambush. After the robbers pounced on the businessman and robbed him, cops responded swiftly. The shootout resulted in the death of four robbers while two others were arrested.

Stéphane Maheu out and about

3 Hells Angels and a Repentigny cop pleaded guilty to various drug trafficking charges in 2018. A civilian undercover agent sank the operation. Stéphane Maheu bought six years. His incarceration went "without major hitches" and he has reached statutory release.

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Stéphane Maheu

Project Objection was a major investigation into three drug trafficking networks run by the Hells Angels.

Michel (Sky) Langlois

Michel (Sky) Langlois, 72, one of the first men to wear the Hells Angels patch in Canada, was also done in by the same undercover agent. Carmelo Sacco, 36, was sentenced to 53 months. The last person to plead guilty was Carl Ranger, a member of the Repentigny police who was suspended following his arrest. Ranger acted as a courier for traffickers. Police seized 21 kilograms of cocaine, 200,000 synthetic drug tablets, $ 2.5 million and 34 firearms.

Pro fishing chitbags busted - Jacob Runyan, Chase Cominsky

Something stinks in the world of competitive fishing. Would-be winners of $29k at an Ohio fishing tournament, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky, were disqualified after it was found their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets.

Prize money came mainly from other entrants.

Competitors faced off to see who could achieve the highest total weight for a bucket of five walleyes caught in Lake Erie. Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky were known for their success at other fishing tournaments.

Soninder Dhingra sentenced, sprung

Soninder Dhingra, 49, was busted with 94kg of cocaine and 15kg of crystal meth in 2013. He pleaded guilty to importing narcotics and was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Taking into account the time spent in detention, for which each day counts as a day and a half, there was only one day left to serve for Dhingra. Dhingra imported drugs with the help of a corrupt customs officer. After an initial trial, Dhingra was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years. He took his case to the Court of Appeal, arguing that his first trial began in English and gradually and then completely took place in French, and that violated his constitutional rights. The new trial was being prepared when negotiations began last week between the prosecution and the defense.

Project Abri targeted drug importers linked to a member of the Montreal Mafia.