 | A jet transporting at least $16m in cocaine crashed in northern Guatemala, killing the co-pilot.
The plane was tracked to Sierra del Lacandón National Park where it crashed. The aircraft was the 37th linked to drug trafficking this year in Guatemala. |
 | 342 kilos of cocaine were seized from the wrecked plane. The military arrested the Mexican pilot and two Guatemalan nationals. Authorities found three rifles, three cellphones, a satellite phone, a GPS system and ammunition. |  |
 Shayne Lund | Shayne Lund was denied parole in September. He is serving an indeterminate sentence for attacks on 14 females as young as two years old. The 35 charges ranged from arranging sex offences involving children, printing child pornography, bestiality and sexual assault.  |  Kathryn Thompson, Shayne Lund. He pleaded guilty in 2016. A judge said there will never be a time when it will be safe to release Shayne Lund into the community. |
 Shayne Lund | After a five-year-old girl fought off Shayne Lund’s sex-crazed advances, he begged his girlfriend to get him younger children who wouldn’t know any better or tell. “I want the two-year-old,” Lund texted Avery Taylor. “I’m fixated ... I want her bad.” “I’m trying hun,” Taylor responded. Lund, now 28, formerly from Orillia, has been in custody since his arrest in September 2013. He pleaded guilty to 35 charges, including planning to kidnap, drug and rape children; sexually assaulting children; making child pornography; and bestiality with dogs and horses. |  |
 | Taylor and another Lund girlfriend, Kathryn Thompson pleaded guilty to their own list of related charges. In the 233-page statement of facts, text messages between Lund and Taylor show they had ongoing plans to kidnap a younger child after plans to abuse the five-year-old girl failed twice. “I liked that she saw my (penis) and I liked that she was resistant,” he replies in a text, referring to the five-year-old. “If you want them awake we need younger,” Taylor replied. Lund then describes perverted sex acts he’d perform on a toddler. |  Shayne Lund, Avery Taylor |
 | Thomas Maher, 40, conspired to transport £1.5m of cocaine and launder £1m in cash. He was jailed for 15 years. The Irishman was arrested but never charged with the killing of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a truck trailer. Cops put him under surveillance for seven months until they arrested him a second time. |  |
 | The Vietnamese had paid £10,000 each to be smuggled into the UK.
They were placed on a truck in Europe, driven by Eamonn Harrison, to Zeebrugge, Belgium and put on a ferry. Truck driver Maurice Robinson collected the container from Purfleet, Essex, after it arrived. Robinson was sent a message saying: “Give them air quickly but don’t let them out.” He drove out of Purfleet port, stopped and opened the doors to find a tomb. Robinson, 26, and Ronan Hughes, 40, who ran a haulage company, admit manslaughter and conspiracy. |
 | Munich's most spectacular rocker process has come to an end after over a year. Hells Angel Khaled B. (40) has to go to prison for nine years, six months. Khaled B. seriously injured his victim Erdinc D. (45) and his brother more than five years ago with a knife attack in the 'Crowns Club' disco. After three years on the run, the Hells Angel turned himself in 2018. |   |
 | A gangland kingpin who masterminded a UK-wide gun running racket has been jailed for 12 years after police caught him selling an antique revolver to a teenager. Aqdas Vasi, 32, was arrested after officers saw him hand over an American-made Defender 89.32 Rimfire weapon to Tyrece Weaver, 19. |  |
 | Cops searched Vasi's Audi Quattro convertible and found a British made Bulldog revolver. Vasi admitted charges of selling a firearm and possessing prohibited weapons. Weaver pulled 5 years youth custody after he admitted possessing a prohibited firearm and ammunition. The teenager claimed he was forced to get the gun by Manchester by Herts-based gangs who force kids as young as 10 into 'county lines' drug trafficking. The judge wasn't amused. 'It is trite to say that too many lethal weapons are available, carried, distributed or used. They have devastating consequences and are properly described as a scourge on our society.' |  |
 | Milton 'Butch' Jones, a leader of the notorious Detroit drug gang "Young Boys, Inc.," contracted the coronavirus in federal prison and is seeking compassionate release. Once a feared drug kingpin linked to multiple Detroit killings, Jones is now 65, in a wheelchair and on dialysis three times per week. In 1982, leaders Raymond Peoples, Jones and 41 lieutenants were indicted. Jones was released after 12 years in federal prison, but was busted again for murder and drug charges. He has served more than 19 years and has a 2027 release date. |  At Jones' prison, 306 inmates and 22 staff are Covid positive and 9 inmates have died. |
 | Milton 'Butch' Jones and his crew were called the Henry Ford of heroin. The group was highly effective because of its vertically integrated structure. It was described by the Feds as a "military-like organization chart for narcotics conspiracy." YBI worked to keep drugs, distribution, and money in separate locations. It used minors exclusively as runners and street level dealers, which made inflitrating the gang impossible. YBI represented a change in gang structure. It also sourced it's own heroin supply, instead of relying on the Italian mafia. |  |
 | Sûreté du Québec revoked the firearm permits of 11 members of motorcycle clubs sympathetic to the Hells Angels. "Allegiance to organized crime has a direct impact on their privilege of possessing a license to possess and acquisition of firearms." Red Devils, Dark Souls, Devils Ghosts, Devils Riders, Death Messengers, Brotherhood, Rolling Aces, Heaven Demon, Survivor Bikers and Sacrilege clubs were all effected. 'Hangarounds' of the Hells Angels are targets. The Rebel Riders appealed to the Court of Quebec to recover their firearms licenses, but failed. The president admitted that his group wore jewelry showing their support for the HA. Walking around in public with a badge showing support for the Hells Angels is now a recipe for headaches. |
 | 2 kg of fentanyl was among the drugs seized in Project Juliet in Victoria, along with 20 firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Seven pistols with silencers were also found. At the same time, cops in the Lower Mainland executed search warrants on three residences and two vehicles. One person was arrested. Police seized more than 10 kg of fentanyl, two kilograms of meth, a kilogram of ecstasy, $335,390 in cash and three luxury vehicles. Fentanyl had a concentration ranging from 88 to 90 per cent. Fentanyl that had been prepared for distribution on the street was found to have a concentration of 13 per cent, which is highly toxic. 12 kg of fentanyl was seized overall, enough for over four million doses. |
 |  Cops peg the street value of the bust at over $30m. |
 | A UK drug dealer who sold meth, MDMA, and pot boasted to his customers about hiding drugs up his ass to avoid getting 'pinched' by cops. Cameron James Standley, 31, ran a 'sophisticated' drug supply network in 2019.
Standley was busted by cops when they found 2.4kg of MDMA and 1kg of meth in his car. (not up his anus) 6 weeks later he was nailed again with 4.5kg of MDMA and 1.4kg of meth. Standley was sentenced to nine years jail with 336 days already served. |  |
| Diego Optra is a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in Buenaventura. In addition to drug trafficking and extortion, La Local was behind over 90% of the city’s homicides. Optra evaded cops for months, but he left a digital trail in an active Instagram profile. Fans were regaled with Optra donning diamond-encrusted bracelets, designer clothes, and an arsenal of guns. Instagram is currently the leading platform for selling drugs to consumers, while Facebook comes a close second. Gangsters use social media to publicize their exploits, cement loyalties, recruit, and intimidate their enemies. |
 | Gabriel Kenigsberger, an Israeli citizen, was busted in the Chapinero neighborhood of Bogotá by Colombia’s army. Kenigsberger has lived in Colombia for twenty years and holds Colombian identity documents that allowed him to travel throughout Colombia arranging shipments of cocaine to Europe. His used his cover was as a hotel manager in Bogotá to export cocaine to gangsters in Europe, the Japanese Yakuza and the Jerusalem Clan in Israel. He is now facing 26 years in prison for his role as a kingpin in an organized crime network connecting buyers with the Colombian La Oficina narcotrafficking gang. Kenigsberger, though already convicted, is also also being investigated for a pedophile sex ring that offered sexual tourism. Kenigsberger also faces an Interpol red notice for drug trafficking in France, the Netherlands and Israel. |  |
 | The court found that the Hells Angels should be seen as a foreign organization contrary to public order in the Netherlands. It ordered a prohibition of the HAMC. The prohibition of Hells Angels and Hells Angels Holland is irrevocable, and the activities of charters and members is prohibited. HA are no longer allowed to wear their colors in public and the charters are no longer allowed to use the name. |
 | Operating in the Eastern Pacific the USS Gabrielle Giffords intercepted a low-profile vessel (LPV) containing 2,810kg (4,806 lbs) of cocaine. The value of the cargo is over $100m. The LPV is a common design and 19 of the craft have been busted since 2017. It was built from roughly crafted fiberglass and is powered by three Yamaha Enduro 2-stroke outboard motors. A crew of 3 are crammed into a tiny cockpit at the extreme rear of the craft. Beneath the deck is a cargo hold and living space. The crew sleep on the bales of cocaine. At either side and at the front are fuel tanks. The interior is claustrophobic, yet there is no problem recruiting crew. |
 | Damiane Buehrer, 43, went to prison twice for running dog-fighting operations in southern Michigan. He is now facing 30 years for the overdose death of an Afghanistan war veteran, whose charred remains were found inside the trunk of a burned-out car. Buehrer provided the victim with a fatal dose of carfentanil, and then burned the body in an effort to destroy evidence. The remains of Tyler Herendeen, 30, were identified through dental records. Even after causing Herendeen’s death and incinerating the body, Buehrer kept dealing drugs. Herendeen, as a result of his combat service in Afghanistan, suffered from PTSD. Despite his heroin addiction, he “was deeply loved by family and friends who never lost hope." The judge sentenced Damiane Buehrer to 30 years. |  |
| 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. |
 | 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. |
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. |  |
 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. |
