India's mining mafia - revisited

Mining is completely banned in the Neugal riverbed, but it goes on a large scale daily.

A month after locals, cops and the Mining Department dismantled a road leading to an illegal mining site on the Neugal riverbed, the mafia reconstructed it. The illegal road was constructed to allow heavy machinery to reach the riverbed. When villagers learned the road had been reconstructed by filling in the deep trenches, they reported the matter.

They said the mining mafia constructed many roads on forest and government lands, but the Mining Department failed to check activity in the Neugal.

2 officals escaped unhurt when goons of the mining mafia attacked them near the Neugal river where they had gone to check illegal mining after complaints of villagers. They said the illegal mining was continuous and widespread. A JCB and two haul trucks were engaged in the illegal cutting of gravel banks.

A lathi is a heavy stick often of bamboo bound with iron used in India as a weapon.

The wealth of the country is looted openly with regulation virtually non-existent.

As they reached the mining site the men were attacked with lathis. Rivers and hills in the country are dug illegally every day.

See ----->India’s sand mafia

'Filthy Fuhrer' and others off to jail for life

Five members of a white supremacist gang were sentenced in Alaska to life in prison without parole for racketeering, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping, and other offenses. Timothy Lobdell, 46, who changed his name to “Filthy Fuhrer”; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 46; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were convicted at trial. They were memebers of 1488s, a violent, prison-based Neo-Nazi gang that operated inside and outside of state prisons throughout Alaska. The 1488s use Nazi-derived symbols to identify themselves and their affiliation with the gang.

The 1488 patch which depicts an Iron Cross superimposed over a swastika is awarded to members who gained full membership by committing acts of violence on behalf of the gang. The gang enforced discipline through written rules and a code of conduct, including “the only currency we recognize is violence and unquestionable loyalty.”

Edmonton cops seize 700 catalytic converters

Cops looked at A1 Scrap Metal Recycling as part of a drug trafficking investigation in mid 2022. They noted “drug transactions conducted directly from the business,” located at 88 Street and 61 Ave. It was 'one stop' for thieves to convert stolen goods into drugs. 1.4kg of fentanyl, 2kg of cocaine, a loaded 9mm Glock handgun, 700 catalytic converters, and cash was seized.

Tekie Awte, 27, is charged with 8 drug and gun charges, as well as breaches. He was busted for the same in 2020. It was 462 stolen catalytic converters last time out for Awte.

Meron Semere Okbamichael, 28, and Simon Semere Okbamichael, 26, were also nailed.

Jefferson Randolph Smith - Soapy Smith

Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith was an American con artist and gangster. Smith gained notoriety through his "prize soap racket" in which he would sell bars of soap with prize money hidden in some of the bars. Through sleight-of-hand he would ensure that only gang members won a prize. Soapy Smith built three successive criminal empires in Denver and Creede, and in Skagway, Alaska. When the Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897, Smith moved his operations. His three-card monte and pea-and-shell games on the White Pass Trail weren't appreciated by the Miner's Committee. Smith left and didn't return to Skagway until late January 1898. On July 4, 1898, Smith rode as marshal of the Fourth Division of the parade leading his thugs on his gray horse. On the grandstand, he sat beside the territorial governor.

'Soapy' Smith in morgue, Skagway, July 8, 1898.

Smith had problems in Skagway soon after. “Soapy got drunk and went out to fight them all. Arriving at the place where an indignation meeting was being held, Soapy found five men guarding the entrance. He rapped Frank Reid, the city engineer, over the head with a rifle. Reid snapped his pistol at Soapy and Soapy shot him in the groin. Standing on one foot Reid put three bullets into Soapy, killing him instantly.”

At 38 years old, Soapy was shot dead with a bullet through the heart.

Montreal HA Daniel André Giroux tells parole board what's up

Daniel André Giroux, 52, was sentenced to seven years in prison in July 2021 after pleading guilty to gangsterism and drug trafficking. After pre-trial custody, he had 30 months left, and he was released at two-thirds of his sentence. Because the biker represents a risk to society, the parole board imposed conditions. Giroux must stay in a halfway house, disclose his financial transactions, not communicate with any individual involved in a criminal organization or having a criminal history, and he will not be able to go to bars or consume drugs and alcohol. Giroux argued this was illegal and violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, that there is no applicable law that allows for the imposition of special conditions, and that he "does not and will not consent" to them.

The PCB was unimpressed and had other ideas. Daniel André Giroux can either abide by his conditions or return to prison.

Westridge HA William McCabe busted for cocaine - revisited

William McCabe, then 47, was busted along with 7 others in 2018. They faced numerous charges after being arrested for their roles in a cocaine distribution network across northern Alberta. Five kg of cocaine, a half-kilogram of the buffing agent phenacetin, cannabis resin, and a handgun were seized along with vehicles, motorcycles and $13k.

McCabe died May 14, 2020 before facing justice. He was listed as owner of Three Monkeys Tattoo where disgraced Dustin Swanson landed after killing an innocent man in Greece on an HA world run in 2015.

It was the first time ever for Alberta cops to lay an instructing a criminal organization charge against a current member of the Hells Angels. Police say McCabe was the “primary facilitator” of the drug network.

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Three Monkeys Tattoo 2:08 PM (5 minutes ago) to me " You are a troll. Lol. Keep fantasizing thinking you are something. haha" See ----->3 Alberta Hells Angels charged with murder in Greece

Timothy Craig Durkin - real estate scammer deported

A deportation order against Timothy Craig Durkin was issued Jan. 18. The BCSC ruled that he defrauded an investor of $1m. In 2013, a grand jury in Alabama indicted him and three others for a Ponzi scheme. Durkin moved to Canada a few months before the indictment. His associates were convicted and sentenced to 5 years. US prosecutors dropped the charges against Durkin last year because of issues with jurisdiction and witness availability.

Durkin thought that would work to his advantage. He was wrong.

Timothy Craig Durkin is best known for his fraudulent, six-year legal battle over ownership of the Sooke Harbour House hotel. On April 22, 2021. Durkin filed a lawsuit for defamation and privacy tort against a journalist who busted him. He sued others with no role in the story. The case was eventually dismissed but costs are uncollectible. Durkin sued Facebook in the summer of 2020 for $50m after a profile featuring his criminal mug appeared on the platform.

In a scathing decision, the judge described Durkin as a "garden-variety bully" who is "entirely unencumbered by ordinary norms of morality, integrity and decency." The judge noted that Durkin swore false affidavits.

See ----->https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/the-man-who-stole-a-hotel

DoJ says it 'hacked the hackers' - Hive Ransomware nailed

The FBI revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130m in ransomware from more than 300 victims. Government hackers broke into Hive's network and put the gang under surveillance, surreptitiously stealing the digital keys the group used to unlock victim data. They were then able to alert victims in advance so they could take steps to protect their systems before Hive demanded the payments. Over the years, Hive has targeted more than 1,500 victims in 80 different countries, and collected more than $100m in ransom. There were no arrests.

Hive was responsible for at least 11 incidents involving U.S. government organizations, schools, and healthcare providers last year. Hive thrived on targeting hospitals. Hive was initially observed in June 2021. During 2021, Hive made headlines when it attacked Europe's largest consumer electronics retailer, MediaMarkt. The Hive leak site, dubbed "HiveLeaks", was hosted in the dark web and remained stable compared with other leak sites. Any person with access to the TOR URL could access it publicly, as it is not protected by any passwords. To further pressure their victims to pay, affiliates would publish details of the breach and data stolen and use a countdown to add urgency if payments are not met in time (double extortion). Hive server's Application Programming Interface (API) has also been seized by the authorities, indicating a complete takedown of the gang's infrastructure.

Dairo Antonio Usuga 'Otoniel' - Guilty

Dairo Antonio Úsuga David pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to overseeing the smuggling of more than 100 tons of cocaine into Central America and the U.S. He was extradited to the U.S. last year after the DoJ accused him of being the leader of the Gulf Clan, one of the largest and most powerful cocaine-trafficking organizations in Colombia. 'Otoniel' was arrested in Colombia in 2021 after years on the run. The U.S. had placed a $5m bounty on his head. Federal prosecutors said in court that federal sentencing guidelines would likely recommend a term of life in prison. However, as part of his extradition, the U.S. agreed it wouldn’t seek a life sentence.

Colombian drug lord Dairo Usuga arrived in New York to face charges. 'Otoniel' was flown from Colombia to John F. Kennedy Airport and made an appearance in Brooklyn federal court. He is accused of overseeing the production, purchase and transfer of multi-ton cocaine shipments. The leader of the Clan del Golfo 'CDG' likely won't be leaving America anytime soon.

Dairo Antonio Usuga “Otoniel” leader of the Colombian Clan del Golfo cartel has been busted after more than a decade on the run. He has long been a fixture on the DEA most-wanted list, with a $5 million bounty. He was first indicted in 2009. Indictments in Brooklyn and Miami accused him of importing at least 73 metric tons of cocaine into the US between 2003 and 2014 alone. Intelligence provided by the U.S. led to an operation of more than 500 soldiers and Colombia’s special forces to Úsuga’s jungle hideout, which was protected by eight rings of security.

Youssef Taghi fingered in escape plots - 66 months

Former lawyer and cousin of Ridouan Taghi has been sentenced to five and a half years in a Dutch prison. Youssef Taghi, 39, played a key role in Taghi’s organization. Ridouan Taghi, who is in custody in the high-security prison in Vught, is the main suspect in the massive Marengo trial. His cousin became one of his lawyers in March 2021 and visited him at the Vught prison many times. Cops arrested Youssef Taghi during a visit to his client after secretly recording them. Taghi has been incarcerated in the EBI since December 2019.

Ridouan Taghi was the directing hand of the Marengo liquidation process, a series of underworld murders. Ridouan Taghi is believed to be behind the hit on Dutch journalist Peter R de Vries. See ----->Daniel Kinahan's cartel under pressure See ----->Dutch crime reporter De Vries killers face justice