 | Ex-Comancheros bikie boss Mark Buddle fled Dubai for Iraq days before Australian cops carried out Operation Ironside, the country's largest ever crime bust. His wife, Mel Ter Wisscha is said to be returning to Australia with their two children. Buddle left Australia for Dubai eight years ago when cops suspected him of murder.
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 | Buddle had an office in Ayik's Kings Cross Hotel in Istanbul. |  |
 | Italian mafioso Raffaele Imperiale, 46, has been added to Italy's most wanted list. He is a top level boss of the Naples-based Camorra. Italian cops have been seeking his arrest since 2016. They consider him to be one of the country’s largest drug traffickers. Imperiale attended cartel boss Daniel Kinahan’s wedding in Dubai, and is thought to be hiding out there. The DEA identified Imperiale, Ridouan Taghi, Edin Gačanin (a Bosnian drug trafficker) and Daniel Kinahan as the heads of a ‘super drug cartel.’ Ridouan Taghi is on trial for organizing seven murders. |  |
 The cartel is one of the world’s largest, with a virtual monopoly of the Peruvian cocaine trade. |
Richard “El Rico” Vega, 47, was sentenced to 11 years in jail for operating an assassination ring and laundering drug money. “The Rich One” was once a frequent contact of Kinahan.  |  |
| Melina Roberge, then 22, was one of three people arrested on board the Sea Princess after it docked in Sydney in August 2016. Roberge and her travel companion Isabelle Lagace posted glamorous pictures of their travels on social media. The judge accepted the naive escorts were led astray by an older man. “The sugar daddy it would seem had a big impact on her life. He charmed her and he spoiled her.” |
 | Andre Tamin, 64, also pleaded guilty. The Quebec women pleaded guilty to importing 95 kg of cocaine with a value of $30.5m into Australia. They gained international notoriety when social media posts of their seven week luxury cruise went viral. The Quebecers boarded the MS Sea Princess in England. |  The women, whose tickets cost $20k each, published photos of partying in New York, mountain biking in Peru and drinking coconut milk in French Polynesia. |
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Andre Jorge Tamine celebrated his 64th birthday in custody. Roberge and Lagace travelled round the world while carrying cocaine before being detained in Sydney. Several more men that were on the cruise ship were also arrested. |  |
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Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, known as "La Negra,"
is the daughter of notorious Mexican drug lord "El Mencho". She was sentenced to 30 months in a rare criminal case involving the Kingpin Act.
The CJNG cartel is a billion-dollar global drug network, detected on every continent except Antarctica.
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 CJNG has an estimated 5,000 members and has a well earned reputation for extreme brutality. |
 | El Mencho was busted selling drugs in the 1980s and 1990s in San Francisco. He spent four years in prison and was deported a total of 3 times. He is one of America's most sought after fugitives, with a $10m reward on his head. Once heir to the CJNG, Rubén Oseguera González, "Menchito," is in a U.S. jail awaiting trial. |
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 | It was a cold and rainy day in the lower mainland and this 'E-Biker' was surely having none of that. The terd could barely push it and rode it on the platform. He then parked in front of the doors and didn't let folks pass. Amazingly, said terd is near famous and has been doing this for two years. Supposably this is an 'E-Bike' because it has pedals. Some say it's not an E-Bike if it can't be pedaled with a dead battery. It's said this $2500, 50+ kg unit won't move on a dead battery unless pushed. The issue is one of definition. Slap bogus pedals on near anything and a body ought to be able to drag it on Skytrain and over folks toes with nada problem. |
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 | Paulina Arreola Perez, 26, was killed by gunmen in Mexico City after she was lured to a meeting. |  |
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 | Perez was riddled with 9 bullets. She was targeted due to her links with the La Union Tepito cartel. Her boyfriend was Alexis 'El Alexis' Martinez, one of the cartel's leaders. 'El Alexis' was murdered by rivals in March. The moll enjoyed a life of luxury with her mobster boyfriend, which she documented on social media. Following El Alexis's death, she shared her heartbreak: "Someday we will meet again." Her murder marks the third girlfriend of a member of La Union Tepito to meet that fate, following the killings of Valeria Diaz in May last year and Nayibi Mustafa in March. |  |
 | The Spanish Guardia Civil, with the support of Europol, dismantled a criminal network that trafficked cocaine from South America to the Port of Algeciras in Spain. The network was capable of controlling the maritime traffic of containers from South America completely. The operation consisted of employees who worked in various areas at the Port of Algeciras. These employees included a worker from a port container terminal, two workers from the Border Inspection Post, four from Auxiliary Maritime Services (SAM), and several stevedores, freight forwarders, consignees and carriers. |
 29 people have been arrested; 1,600 kg of cocaine and EUR 16.5m was seized. | Intelligence from Operation Trojan Shield revealed the network was shipping a large consignment of cocaine hidden in frozen mackerel. |  |
| Too bright gangster Christian Lanthier bought himself another 9 months in the big house because he thought threatening guards after he was sent to the hole was a great idea. He spewed ... “I am going to take away everything you have” and “You don’t know who I am on the outside” whilst making a 'slit' motion across his throat. That didn't go over well for some reason. It was not the first time Lanthier has been convicted of intimidating jailhouse staff. Lanthier, 45, is incarcerated at Rivière-des-Prairies prison awaiting trial for conspiracy and cocaine trafficking. |  The gangster requires medical testosterone shots. |
 | He filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General of Quebec alleging damages exceeding $20k. He is too upset that his 1999 Mercedes CL 600 AMG was "seriously damaged" by scratches and damage to the trunk. $17k worth according to Lanthier. |  The car sold for about $110k new in 1999. Examples can be found for less than $20k. |
 He is very hurt that his Maui Jim sunglasses ($360) were allegedly trampled on by cops. | He claims damage to furniture which, according to him, will cost $2k to repair. Lanthier was nailed in February 2019 along with about thirty others in operation 'Oursin'. Lanthier was one of the Hells Angels' main cocaine suppliers for their New Brunswick chapter. He is the brother of notorious Hells Angel Daniel Lanthier. |  |
 | Australia's most-wanted fugitive, Hakan Ayik, unwittingly helped police bust more than 200 underworld figures in Australia alone. He has been urged to turn himself in rather than be executed by gangsters. Ayik unknowingly distributed an FBI Trojan horse application to his associates, a messaging app called ANØM. |  |
 | The sting led to 224 arrests and 525 charges, and the seizure of 3.7 tonnes of drugs, 104 weapons and over $35m. Ayik is known as the "Facebook gangster" because of his love for self-promotion. The press tracked Ayik down easily and found him owning the Kings Cross Hotel in Istanbul and living in high-end properties. He had changed his name (Hakan Reis) and disguised his appearance with plastic surgery. |  Blogger 'canyouguess67' posted a warning (removed from blogpress) about ANØM: 'STAY AWAY .... IF YOU VALUE YOUR PRIVACY & SAFETY'. |
 Hakan Ayik's nephews were busted. |  |  |  |
 | Operation Trojan Shield was led by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in San Diego who created a closed-loop encryption cellphone service, called ANØM. Cops convinced trusted players already embedded in criminal syndicates to distribute the customized phones. They also approached former distributors of busted networks. Their strategy was an unmitigated success. 12,000 ANØM phones were sold and cops read some 27 million messages of top level criminals. |  Cops knew about shipments of cocaine stamped with Batman logos, cocaine hidden in tuna cans, cocaine in French diplomatic pouches and cocaine in frozen fish. |
 | There was evidence of pending hits, 21 in all, evidence of corrupt cops and border personnel, and much, much more as criminals were brazenly unfiltered. The amount of top level intelligence was staggering. 6 cops have been arrested and dozens of officials around the world are under investigation. |  14 were arrested as distributors |
 | Three men are identified as the administrators for ANØM — Hakan Ayik, Domenico Catanzariti and Maximilian Rivkin. They were given control over customer service functions like initiating new accounts, setting up access for distributors and wiping devices clean. Rivkin was busted, the others are on the run. None of their lives are worth squat. |  Domenico Catanzariti |
