Belize's record cocaine haul came from a Narco Jet

On February 27th, 2020, a suspicious aircraft was tracked moving toward Belize airspace. At just after four in the morning, the plane set down on a makeshift airstrip. Authorities swarmed the area to find an abandoned Gulfstream II (G1159A) business jet loaded with a 69 bales of cocaine. At over 1,800 kg, it is the biggest captured haul of its kind for the country. The use of business aircraft to smuggle drugs throughout Central and South America has exploded with 2020 a record year.

A British Aerospace BAe-125-700A loaded with cocaine made an emergency landing in Quintana Roo in July. It wasn't the first.

The cartels use jet aircraft as a net positive risk-reward. The Gulfstream II (G1159A) for example was certified in 1981 and production ceased 4 years later. They are largely out of service around the world, making them very cheap to acquire. The jets can be had for several hundred of thousands or even tens of thousands, depending on airworthiness and condition. They can also carry a large payload, making them ideal for 'one way' drug missions.

See ----->Narco Jets

Chinese gangster Kwok Chung Tam loves Canadian legal system

High rollers with known connections to loan sharks deposited vast sums of cash at B.C. casinos and were allowed to regularly 'bend' anti-money laundering laws up until 2015. A BCLC casino investigator said, “It was clear to us there was only one major criminal organization working the casino VIP rooms." It's leader was convicted drug trafficker Kwok Chung Tam, 62. He is described by police as the boss of Paul King Jin and his underground bank Silver International. Despite being subject to deportation as early as 2000 the gangster is said to still be living in Canada.

Money launderer Paul Jin King was shot and his associate Jian Zhu was killed September 21, 2020

Tam made headlines in 2019 when former and now disgraced Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido’s law firm set up a “bare trust” joint venture with a company directed by Kwok Chung Tam. Tam used that instrument to mask his direct involvement in the acquisition of a 3.7-acre condo project in Coquitlam. The purchase was valued at $7.75m. It was later sold for $14.8m with the law firm helping launder the money. It was found Peschisolido repeatedly broke the code of conduct for MPs, but since he lost re-election there was no punishment.

A forged Chinese ID Card that shows Tam with the name of an alias.

Kwok Chung Tam is a convicted drug trafficker and an alleged kingpin of the notorious Chinese cartel, the Big Circle Boys. The Big Circle Boys dominate the trade of fentanyl importation and trafficking in Canada. Tam has lived in Canada for over 30 years, with immigration trying to deport him for decades. Files stretching to 1988 outline three decades of criminal activity and Tam’s connections to organized crime. Tam arrived at Vancouver International Airport on Dec. 5, 1988. Tam made a refugee claim, saying he feared persecution. He claimed he would face “severe punishment” from the Chinese government because of his support of pro-democracy student protests.

Court files show cops were investigating Tam for links to organized crime and heroin trafficking as early as 1990. He lead a home invasion and robbery team. In June 1996 his refugee claim was finally rejected. He appealed. A police raid in 1998 found weapons, ammunition and raw heroin. The charges were eventually dropped after an unacceptable court delay. The charges also held up Tam's deportation. Tam was also charged with conspiracy to import and traffic heroin in 1999. Tam was acquitted of these charges in 2002 after wiretap evidence was tossed. In December 2004, a full 6 months after he was to be deported, Tam received 'stage one' approval to remain in Canada on “humanitarian and compassionate” grounds.

After the 2004 immigration decision, investigations into Tam’s criminal activities continued. Tam was charged with various drug trafficking and possession charges and in 2010 was convicted of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. He was given a 15-month conditional sentence, which included house arrest and a weapons ban. Throughout the process Tam was again prevented from being deported. In December 2015, following the negative immigration decision from a month earlier, Tam’s lawyer submitted an appeal to the federal court. There is still no date set for Tam's removal.
See ----->'Refugee' Gangster Kwok Chung Tam loves Canada

International Assassin Čaba Der

38-year-old professional hitman Čaba Der is wanted by Dutch authorities for a gangland killing that occurred in July of 2018. He is a prime suspect in two other slayings. Dutch authorities had put a €20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Čaba Der is in custody in Hungary, where he is on trial for the murder of a local businessman in Budapest in September 2018.

Der was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison in Serbia in 2004. He was released from custody in February 2017. The brazen hitman has been photographed multiple times.

The High Court in Belgrade has scheduled the start of the trial of Čaba Der on January 13. Der is being tried in absentia. He is represented in court by a lawyer who was appointed ex-officio.

Corrupt Abbotsford cop Christopher Nicholson walks

Christopher Nicholson

A former Abbotsford cop convicted of breach of trust in 2017 arranged for drugs to be trafficked at a target’s home in order to include that information in an application for a search warrant. The case initially resulted in the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner saying it was investigating 17 other Abbotsford cops for 148 cases of misconduct. The number was later reduced to four pigs and 15 allegations. Nicholson was charged with six counts of obstructing justice, three counts of breach of trust and one count of unsafe storage of a firearm.

Nicholson pleaded guilty to one breach of trust charge in late 2017, and was sentenced to a 17-month conditional sentence. The remaining charges were stayed.

Nicholson was fired for four violations under the Police Act: discreditable conduct, corrupt practice, public trust offence and improper use or care of firearms.

Major HA bust in Quebec - update

Martin "Gros Gam" Gamache.

Cops have broken into a dozen homes, including those of some high profile members of the Hells Angels of the Quebec chapter. The cops notably went to visit Marc "Marco" Roberge and Martin "Gros Gam" Gamache. Gamache's colours are gonzo. Some 30 HA and associates have been charged so far.

Cops are making a series of raids in connection with the drug underworld in Quebec City, Beauce, Portneuf, Gatineau and Montreal. Drug networks in various regions are controlled by the Hells Angels. Quebec’s organized crime suppression squad (ENRCO) said that about 20 arrests are planned for today. Four kg of cocaine, 130k meth tablets, $400k in cash, eight firearms - including five handguns - and an electric pulse pistol, silencers and ammunition has been seized.

The investigation is dubbed Operation Palefroi (walking or parade horse).

Belgium HA and Vakeso Drom not friends

Cops in Belgium simultaneously carried out five searches. It relates to an attempted shooting of an HA in June by a member of Vakeso Drom MC. The shooter was settling a score in the context of a territorial war. Vakeso Drom are closely associated to the Bandidos.

Phoebe Greenberg $15m civil lawsuit exposes HA connections

Phoebe Greenberg

A $15m lawsuit filed by Phoebe Greenberg against her former assistant Sandra Testa is more than it appears. Phoebe Greenberg is heiress and shareholder of the Minto Empire, a real estate company listed on the TSE with a portfolio of over $ 2.5b. Testa defends herself by swearing her boss authorized all expenses. She describes Greenberg as unaware of the cost of her luxurious lifestyle, who relied on 'servants' to pay her extravagant expenses. Greenberg is said to spend a fortune for continuous plastic surgery.

Cops recently discovered two stolen paintings of Riopelle in his residence.

One of the beneficiaries of Greenberg cash was Carlo Farruggia, known for his ties to the Italian Mafia and HA. Farruggia is linked to mafioso Antonio Pietrantonio. In 1994, Farruggia was intercepted on his way to HA Richard Vallee with $122k in cash. Farruggia avoided charges, but when Vallée was tried for murder, the prosecution linked the money to cocaine trafficking. Cops took Farruggia’s fingerprints from a bag containing explosives. Farruggia also had the key to a car in which a handgun and a detonator identical to the one used to kill a witness was found. Vallee was extradited to the US in 2006. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Richard Vallee

Farruggia wasn't the only hand. Vanessa Purdy, a former employee, is the daughter of the late Jerry Purdy, one of the strong men of the Irish underworld in Montreal. She is the sister of Sean Purdy, a man with high level connections to organized crime.

A similar $5m lawsuit against former employee Giuseppina “Penny” Mancuso was settled. Mancuso was paid $400k per year, plus $200k for beauty care and an allowance of $100k for her children’s schooling. Apparently this was cause to steal more.Penny Mancuso, Phoebe Greenberg

Phoebe Greenberg on a trip to Europe with Nabil Salaheddine and Carlo Farruggia.

Mitchell Wesley Carlson fingered as HA - 'Boogaloo Bois'

The FBI has pieced together the involvement of members of a far right-wing sect calling themselves the 'Boogaloo Bois' in street violence in Minneapolis. 'Boogaloo' refers to the group’s belief in an impending civil war in the U.S., which its members hope to forment. The attack on the police precinct office with Molotov cocktails is their work. Two have been charged with that arson. Texas man Ivan Hunter, a 'Boogaloo Bois' fired 13 rounds from an AK-47-style rifle through the glass doors and windows of the precinct office while people were inside.

Ivan Harrison Hunter, Benjamin Ryan Teeter.

'Umbrella Man' is Mitchell Wesley Carlson. He is a full patch member of the Hell's Angels and an associate of the Aryan Cowboys. See ----->White Power HA bikers make waves in Stillwater

32-year-old Carlson has not been charged, yet. He took part in a June incident in Stillwater and was in his colours when he and others verbally harassed a Muslim woman. This PR is all bad for the club. This meatbag will be out in bad standing if he's lucky.

Chinese money brokers laundering cartel cash

Chinese “money brokers” have emerged as partners for Latin American drug cartels. The recent trial of a Chinese businessman convicted of laundering cartel drug money shows how it's done. A cartel wants it's drug cash. It contacts a local Chinese money broker. Terms and an amount are agreed upon. The broker then sends, 1) a code word, 2) the number of a U.S. burner phone, and 3) the unique serial number of an authentic $1 bill. The crime group shares those details with a drug dealer in the US, who calls the burner phone and identifies himself with the code word. He arranges to meet a U.S.-based money courier working for the Chinese broker. The courier hands over the $1 bill with the unique serial number. When it's verified, the dealer hands over the cash, keeping the bill as a receipt.

The courier takes the cash to a U.S. based Chinese merchant who has a bank account in China. The merchant performs a currency swap known as a “mirror transaction.” Chinese yuan flows from his Chinese bank account to the money broker’s Chinese account. The drug cash is now sitting in a Chinese bank, outside the view of the US.

The broker has two options to send it on. Option 1 is to do another “mirror transaction.” The yuan is transferred from the money broker’s Chinese account to the Chinese bank account of a cartel business. Pesos go to the money broker and that cash goes to the cartel. The second option is to buy consumer goods in China and export them. The goods are sold, and the proceeds flow to the cartel.

Mobster Gregory Scarpa Jr given compassionate release

Brooklyn mafia figure Gregory Scarpa Jr, 69, was serving a 40-year prison term for his role in several killings in the 1980s. He became a jailhouse informant and has been granted a compassionate release by a federal judge. Once a top-ranked member of the Colombo family, he is said to be seriously ill. During his incarceration, he has been diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Doctors removed a tumor that left a hole in his throat. Scarpa also had his salivary glands removed, which left him in a state where he ‘regularly chokes’ on his food. Scarpa Jr is the son of the late Gregory Scarpa, a former Colombo crime family hit man who earned the nickname 'The Grim Reaper.' He died in prison in 1994 after contracting HIV.