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Venezuelan security forces hunting a mob boss who controls an impoverished neighbourhood in Caracas say they have busted one of his cohorts - “The Hair”.
Carla Díaz Torrealba 22, was captured following days of gun battles in a community known as Cota 905.
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 | Its said she was involved in a gang "honeypot" scheme where johns were kidnapped. |  |
 A kilo of cocaine was found by Maine cops disguised as cake. They arrested John Cedeno and Chelsy Cochran. Both are charged with trafficking. Bail for Cedeno was set at $750k. |
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 | After exhausting all appeals, Mykhaylo Koretskyy was extradited to the U.S. from Curacao. “Russian Mike,” had been held in the Dutch Caribbean territory since Jan. 3, 2018, after Interpol issued a red notice. Koretskyy moved huge quantities of drugs from Mexico for El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel and its partner group, Colombia’s Cifuentes-Villa gang. |  Koretskyy's co-indicted included El Chapo himself. Also listed is Canadian Stephen Tello. |
| The Chinese government was the mastermind behind a series of malicious ransomware, data theft and cyber-espionage attacks. The sprawling Microsoft Exchange hack earlier this year was the work of Chinese state sponsored hackers. Their activities were linked to the hacker groups Advanced Persistent Threat 40 and Advanced Persistent Threat 31. The group of nations attributing the attack to China includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and NATO. |
 | The U.S. charged four Chinese with the Ministry of State Security with a campaign to hack into computer systems of dozens of companies, universities and government entities in the U.S. and abroad between 2011 and 2018. The indictment alleges the hackers targeted, among other things, Ebola vaccine research. |
 | Its a quick $100k if you know where cops can find accused killer Kier Bryan Granado. He might have fled to B.C.'s Lower Mainland because he has gang affiliations in the region. For damn sure this K9 won't last long. |
 The startled owners heard a loud bang and called the police, who found a suitcase on the roof with 8.5kg of cocaine. | A suitcase with cocaine was intended to fall from a Cessna into the hands of traffickers on the ground in Baratili San Pietro, a town of 1,200 in Sardinia. Instead it landed on the roof of a home, smashing a solar panel.  “It’s raining cocaine in Sardinia,” the Italian press crowed. |
| William Cutolo was murdered in a mob hit ordered by Colombo boss Thomas Gioeli on May 26, 1999. Cutolo was an underboss. Alphonse Persico and John DeRoss were both convicted in the killing prior to the prosecution of Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli. They ordered the hit because they believed Cutolo was threatening Persico’s leadership. Hitman Dino Calabro testified Gioeli made a wordless gesture to confirm the hit by placing his hand over his heart and holding up four fingers. |
| The body of Cutolo was found in 2008, aiding in the prosecution. Cutolo’s loafers were left on the body. Old school mafia believed it was a sign of respect to remove the dead man's shoes so that when their bodies were found, and there were no shoes. It was a sign of respect. In this case it helped nail Cutolo's killers. |
 Robert Leonard Thomas |
They brutally killed Dain Phillips in Kelowna in June 2011. The unarmed father was beaten to death on a roadside. His sons had made online comments to other children. Norman Cocks, Robert Cocks. |
 Robert Leonard Thomas |
| Battles between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Cárteles Unidos in Aguililla, Michoacán, has spilled into other Tierra Caliente municipalities. The Tierra Caliente region is coveted by criminal groups due to its proximity to Pacific coast ports. CJNG leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes hails from a small town in Aguililla. |
 | The latest violence was related to the kidnaping of a self-defense group founder by CJNG members. Ángel Gutiérrez Aguilar, known as “El Kiro,” was rescued by supporters. Armed vehicle believed to belong to the CJNG. |
 | KTS Dre (Londre Sylvester) was a member of Chicago's Lakeside Gangster Disciples. He was blasted 64 times as he walked free from Cook County Jail on Saturday night. |  The Chicago drill rapper was 31. |
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