Jermaine “Big Dog” Southall pulls 27 years

“This defendant was at the top of the pyramid,” said a South Carolina U.S. District Judge, as Jermaine “Big Dog” Southall, stood before him. The charge against him was drug trafficking conspiracy and the sentence was 27 years in a federal prison. Southall's three state cocaine and heroin distribution ring generated millions.

The judge said his sentence would have been life if not for a plea agreement.

Spanish cops seize 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on ship busted for second time in two weeks

Hidden among sacks containing 3,500 tonnes of corn, cops found 1,210kg of cocaine.

Spanish cops seized more than 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship carrying corn from Brazil, two weeks after Brazilian cops confiscated 1.5 tonnes from the same vessel. The Unispirit was intercepted 50 nautical miles off the island of Gran Canaria.

The tip came from Brazilian cops who reported the ship left Brazil under mysterious circumstances before they had finished examining it's cargo. They landed 1,524kg.

Kelowna HA prospects Townsend, Bayley finally go to trial

Prospect Jason Dennis Townsend was charged with common assault and assault by choking after attacking a woman. Townsend is a former member of the Renegades MC in Prince George. He was sentenced in 2014 to two years in jail for a vicious attack on three people in Prince George which was caught on camera.

He was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm

Townsend has a long criminal history with convictions for assault, drug trafficking and firearms.Townsend's trial will begin on the same day as the trial for HA prospect Colin Bayley.

Bayley had just completed 12-months probation for a previous assault conviction before another brutal attack. He faces trial for aggravated assault.

Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon - Black Power

Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon died in early October.

New Zealand's notorious Black Power gang have released footage of the funeral of their national president. Hundreds performed a haka.

Belgian cops seize 11.5 tons of cocaine in shipment from Guyana

Belgian prosecutors announced the largest-ever overseas drug bust “in the world.” Cops tracked the transatlantic journey of 11.5-tons (23,000 pounds) of cocaine from Guyana, and seized it upon its arrival at the Port of Antwerp. The catch is described as “the largest overseas drug bust ever, worldwide.” The street value of the load is over €900 million. The dismantlement of a drug gang with connections to cops in late September led to the arrest and indictment of 22 people, with three people still in the Netherlands awaiting extradition.

Outlaws MC on the rise in Cape Breton

Cops in Cape Breton say OMGs are recruiting and their numbers are increasing. A new clubhouse is being established in the Coxheath area. 4 OMGs are active, the Outlaws, the Black Pistons, the Highlanders and the Salty Souls.

$120k worth of drugs and $12k cash was seized in Glace Bay

B.C. Civil forfeiture targets Meth labs

Kim World Huang

The director of civil forfeiture has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court against Manila Bayshore Holdings Inc., David Gar Fong Lee, Kim World Huang and Yung En Yang. Cops responded to an apartment fire on March 4, 2020 at a drug lab in the 6900-block of Elmbridge Way. Cops found three clandestine labs in Richmond, including one at Huang and Yang’s home at 6340 Comstock Rd. Large amounts of drugs and cash were seized.

The properties as well as the cash is being sought as proceeds of crime.

3 dead, 1 clings to life after Vancouver Island shooting - update

An outreach worker who provides support for those living in homeless camps in the Qualicum Beach area says she was warned not to visit an encampment near Whiskey Creek where three people were later found dead. She visits 16 camps filled with people who have nowhere else to go. She said there are more than 380 people in the 'bush camps' in the Parksville-Qualicum area. Her warning to stay away came a week before the murders.

Cops are investigating after three people were found dead and another critically injured in a targeted killing at a Vancouver Island gravel pit Sunday. The grisly discovery was made around 2 p.m. in a remote area near Whiskey Creek, about 50 kilometres west of Nanaimo. A dirt bike rider came across a dead man on Melrose Forest Service Road and called for police and paramedics. First responders found a burned-out travel trailer with two dead adults inside. Another man, who had been shot, was found clinging to life in another trailer.

Bodies dropping like flies in Quebec - Update II

The Sûreté du Québec are looking for a black, four-door, Infiniti sedan from 2010 to 2012. On the evening of May 10, 2019, Eric Francis de Souza was whacked. The suspect fled on foot without ever being located. A gun, possibly the murder weapon, was found in another nearby restaurant. Shortly afterwards, a burnt-out white vehicle was discovered near the scene of the murder, on Chemin des Prairies.

Cops now believe that the man killed in a restaurant in Brossard last week is linked to criminal bikers and the drug trade. On May 10, around 10:30 pm, Eric-Francis De Souza was sitting with friends when a gunman burst into Pizzeria Sofia.

De Souza was shot in the head and killed.

Lost in the glare of bigger names, trafficker Francis Turgeon was killed in Repentigny on May 8, Eric-Francis De Souza in a pizzeria in Brossard last Friday and safety officer Eric Chabot in Terrebonne. So far police have determined that only the murders of Scoppa and Turgeon are related to organized crime. Wesley McKenzie, 40, was arrested Friday by the Sûreté du Québec for the murder of Turgeon.

Wesley McKenzie has long been associated with the Hells Angels in ​​Repentigny. He has an extensive criminal history. Francis Turgeon was said to be involved in the large-scale sale of meth.

Oz gangster Mejid Hamzy whacked - Brothers 4 Life

Mejid Hamzy, 44, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in south west Sydney. Mejid Hamzy is the brother of crime gang Brothers 4 Life founder and convicted killer Bassam Hamzy. Two assassins had been lying in wait to ambush the prominent gangster. There will almost certainly be retaliation for the murder from the slain gangster's associates in an already chaotic Sydney gangland.

Men at his graveside prayed quietly for Allah to forgive Hamzy's many sins.

Sean Connery punched mobster Johnny Stompanato

After a few retakes, he walked into the frame, pointed a pistol at Connery, and told him to take his hands off Turner.

The recently deceased Sean Connery took on mobster Johnny Stompanato. In 1957, the young Connery was shooting the film Another Time, Another Place in London. His co-star was Lana Turner, a Hollywood sex symbol whose boyfriend after her 5th divorce was mob enforcer Stompanato. A jealous Stompanato showed up at the studios where Turner and Connery were filming. He caught a scene where the pair were embracing on a couch.

The future Bond grabbed the mobster's wrist and twisted it until the gun came loose, and then laid him out with one punch. Scotland Yard escorted Stompanato from the set, and he was deported for breaking England’s gun laws. Johnny Stomp was killed at Turner’s rented Beverly Hills home on April 4, 1958. Turner’s 13-year-old daughter stabbed Stompanato to death with a butcher knife after he attacked her mother.

Salvatierra, Mexico

Salvatierra is located in the valley of Huatzindeo in Guanajuato. Tourist websites speak of beautiful locations. Salvatierra hit the news last week when Mexican authorities uncovered 59 bodies in a mass burial site. The victims are said to be teenagers. Salvatierra municipality is one of the most violent places in the world as drug cartels fight for control of trafficking routes.

In July gunmen stormed a drug rehabilitation centre in Irapuato, Guanajuato, killing 24 people. Killers jumped out of a truck and rushed into the building, where they forced those present to drop to the floor before shooting them.

“The Gotti Chaperone Ended Up with a Broken Bone”

Star wiseguy witness John Pennisi, who testified at three major mob trials last year, has launched a blog. Sitdownnews.com gives “readers education and insight into ‘the life’ from first-hand knowledge and experience.” Peter Gotti accompanied his niece, Victoria, on a trip to see her father, Gambino godfather John Gotti, in the federal pen. After the visit, Uncle Pete ordered an unlucky associate to chaperone his niece to a movie. Victoria’s Gambino capo husband, Carmine (Bull) Agnello, “got wind of the movie night.”

Agnello summoned the chaperone to his junkyard and broke his arm with a baseball bat.

UK mother of 4 hid cocaine in 'Kinder Eggs' - avoids jail

A mother of four who stashed £1,600 of cocaine in her children's Kinder Eggs at her home has been spared jail. Vicki Holland, 36, was torpedoed when police raided her house in Wales and found the drugs hidden inside the chocolate treat's plastic capsules. The dope was prepared in wraps for street deals typically worth between £20 and £30.

Luis Antonio Navia - El Senador

Luis Antonio Navia 'El Senador' spent 25 years in the criminal underworld where he served as a logistical drug trafficker for some of the world's most dangerous gangs. He helped to export more than 300 tonnes of cocaine, worth billions. Navia worked for Pablo Escobar. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and served six.

El Senador is now an advisor to law enforcement. Navia recounted how he was picked up by a Mexican cartel and marked for execution because it thought he was treading on their turf.

Navia believed 'Metro', a “psychopath”, was going to kill him in a gruesome way ... in a crocodile pit. "We were on our way to the crocodiles, I was going to get thrown in – these people are rough and don’t forgive certain things.” Navia had played pool with Metro's associate and lost $250k the previous night and tried to contact the man to back his story and save his life. Eventually he got through ... “He told him, ‘No don’t do that, he owes me $250k from a pool game’ and Metro couldn’t believe that something so off the wall was actually true.”

Metro joked that Navia was “fucking crazier” than him and before being dropped off at the hotel, he said: “Today’s your fucking day, motherfucker!”

Navia reflected: “Losing $250,000 was very lucky, maybe if I had won the guy would have said ‘No, what pool game?’

Green cocaine

Customs at Philadelphia International Airport confiscated more than 12 pounds of 'green cocaine.' The green powdery substance tested positive for cocaine alkaloids.

Cops raid Hells Angels in Finland

Cops confiscated drugs, weapons and explosives during a raid on clubhouses in two cities in Finland. A new gang called Red Roots had been established. Red Roots was set up to replace the Lahti chapter of the United Brotherhood gang, which is banned.

The group dissolved into the Hells Angels.

B.C. appeal court sets aside part of forfeiture ruling against Hells Angels

Judge Davies sided with the Hells Angels over three of their clubhouses in Vancouver, Kelowna and Nanaimo. He decided they ought not be forfeited to the B.C. government as instruments of criminal activity. That decision was appealed in July. The attorney-general is appealing the finding that the forfeiture act is unconstitutional, while the director of civil forfeiture appealed the decision against forfeiting the clubhouses. Davis made the curious finding that no evidence proved the HAMC was a global operation. That contradicts a recent Netherland court that found evidence of thousands of HA linked crimes. It also proves the judge doesn't read this blog as HA gangsterism is half my material on any given day.

“The director has not proven that the Hells Angels is a worldwide criminal organization,” Davies said. “Although the evidence adduced does establish that many members of the Hells Angels in British Columbia and Ontario have committed serious criminal offences, there is a paucity of admissible evidence concerning such criminals offending in other jurisdictions.”