John Dillinger killed 87 years ago

John Dillinger was behind bars in the Lake County jail in Crown Point, Indiana in early 1934. His jailers boasted that their facility was escape-proof. Dillinger whiled away his time carving a piece of wood used as a shelf in his cell. He turned it into a replica of a small handgun, painting it with shoe polish. He bluffed his captors and managed to escape. Dillinger's gang was responsible for 10 deaths, three jail breaks and more than 20 bank robberies. At 31 he became America's Public Enemy No. 1.

Dillinger's wooden prison escape pistol sold at auction for $19,120 in 2010.

Dillinger stole Sheriff Lillian Holley's new Ford V8 and used it in a crime spree across the Midwest. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and sought refuge in a brothel owned by Ana Cumpănaș. On July 22, 1934, cops closed in on the Biograph Theater. Dillinger drew a gun while attempting to flee and was shot down.

Rumors persist that the man killed that night was a double. Dillinger's descendants claim that they doubt it's really his body that's buried. There is no doubt Dillinger was killed outside Chicago's Biograph Theater. The bullet that killed him entered the back of his neck and exited under his right eye.

Colombia's Guillermo León Acevedo Giraldo reeled in

Colombian cops have arrested drug cartel boss and paramilitary leader Guillermo León Acevedo Giraldo. Known as “Memo Fantasma” (Will, the ghost), his career spanned more than three decades. Getting his start in Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel, at the height of his power he was a leader of a paramilitary group and one of the country’s biggest cocaine smugglers.

In the late 1990s, he joined the Central Bolívar Bloque, then the world’s largest paramilitary army and cocaine trafficking group. He went on to build a life in the shadows, hiding behind legitimate businesses that laundered drug cash.

Peter R de Vries

A close ally of mob boss Daniel Kinahan is believed to be behind the hit on Dutch journalist Peter R de Vries. He was shot five times in Amsterdam and is fighting for his life in hospital. Cops beleive Ridouan Taghi – who attended Kinahan’s wedding in 2017 – is behind the attack.

Kinahan has close ties with Taghi, who is currently before the courts in Holland in the Marengo trial. The gangster was extradited from Dubai in 2019. He and his associates are on trial where they are facing charges relating to seven murders.

Jail for Syndicate MC traffickers

The Syndicate is a puppet club under the Alberta nomads. They are tasked with trafficking in Red Deer and Fort McMurray. In 2019, weapons, 350k in drugs and $78k cash were seized. It was found cocaine was being cut to less than 30% purity. Casey Chapin and Joel Befus, both full-patch Syndicate MC, were charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, along with other offences. Bailey Chapin was also charged.

Casey Donald Chapin, 35, was sentenced last week to 42 months after being convicted on possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm. Joel Befus, 34, was sentenced in January to 52 months in jail. The men were arrested on April 30, 2019, following a two-year investigation called Project Rocker.

UK cocaine importers go away for a long time

Christopher Bullows, 50, and Mark Tucker, 53, were stopped at Dover docks in Sept 2020 and a search found 243 kg (536lbs) of cocaine hidden in a specially constructed waste water tank. Tucker was jailed for 16 years and Bullows for 14 years and four months.

Narco Planes in Honduras - Guyana

A burnt narco plane was found on a trail in the Bisaruni area, Kwakwani. It is the third narco plane in recent months found in Guyana-Suriname.

Five bales containing 130kg of cocaine were dumped by a plane of drug traffickers when they were shot at by soldiers flying in a helicopter. The plane, a King Air 360 Beechcraft from Venezuela, was brought down inside Bruce Laguna in La Mosquito with 600 kg of cocaine. The cargo was gone by the time cops arrived.

UK street crack dealer framed probably

Drug runner Kevin Allen tried to swallow his goods after being busted by cops who watched him dealing. He was peddling crack on the streets of Cumbria for a gang from Merseyside. He was the lowest rung of the network, which used the County Lines model of locals placing orders through a 'graft' mobile phone number controlled by those higher up. He pulled 2 years.

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Cartel Boss La Catrina - 'Dame of Death'

La Catrina was a local boss in Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel led by 'El Mencho.'

María Guadalupe López Esquivel, 21, 'La Catrina' was killed in Mexico in 2020 when her armed group had a firefight with police.

La Catrina was famed for her Instagram posts boasting of the cartel life. She was said to be one of El Mencho’s most important regional lieutenants. She was shot through the neck.

Her moniker 'Dame of Death' is a mythical female skeleton celebrated in Mexico during its Day of the Dead festival.

The Many Saints of Newark

The Many Saints of Newark is an upcoming American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner as a prequel to Chase's HBO crime drama series The Sopranos.

David Allen Geoghegan misunderstood - update

Prolific offender David Geoghegan has been charged along with Darius Commodore with first-degree murder in the killing of Jordan Christopher Smyth, 26, on Halloween 2019 in the Chilliwack area.

David Allen Geoghegan, 30, was arrested at the scene of a major cop kurfufle. Police are not disclosing what prompted his lastest bust. Geoghegan is known to police and is described as a "prolific offender". In 2019 it was another major police drama reeling the frequent flyer Geoghegan in. It was a half-hour standoff with heavily armed Mounties that time.

Lennoxville HA clubhouse gonezo

The last remaining Hells Angels bunker in Quebec is no more.

See ----->Fate of Hells Angels Sherbrooke bunker sealed - State owned, C'est fini
See ----->The Lennoxville massacre

Another Narco plane abandoned in Belize

Belize cops confirmed that another drug plane landed; this time without a runway to land on. An unidentified aircraft coming from South America had entered Belizean airspace. Around 1:30 the aircraft disappeared off radar, and cops deployed to its location but did not find anything. The abandoned plane was spotted in the Monkey River area.

Cops searched the plane but its cargo had already been removed. The aircraft is intact without visible damage; however, due to its location, authorities will not be able to move it without dismantling it. It cannot be flown out.
See ----->Narco planes in Belize

2 Ottawa cops nailed

RCMP laid charges against two Ottawa cops. Both have been suspended. Const. Haidar El Badry, 29, was charged with breach of trust by a public officer, obstructing justice and causing a person to deal with a forged document. Const. Mohamed Mohamed, 45, was charged with obstructing justice.

Ottawa police asked the Mounties to investigate a breach of trust connected to a drug probe.

Raees brothers vanish - Africrypt

Two brothers from South Africa who launched a bitcoin business from their bedroom and amassed $3.6b in investments have vanished, along with the loot. Raees and Ameer Cajee, 21 and 17 have not been heard from since April when the site was shuttered.

The brothers told clients the site was hacked and funds stolen. Africrypt could be the largest bitcoin scam ever.

Crypto conman drug dealer Aram Sheibani goes away for long time

Conman Aram Sheibani, 40, flaunted his luxurious lifestyle online. He has been jailed for 37 years. He had NZ$10m in properties, $3m in cryptocurrency and a Porsche worth more than $47k. "His greed shows no limits and he has been funding his materialistic lifestyle of luxury with fraud and criminality, masquerading as a legitimate businessman."

Drug Lord Robert Dawes appeals, again

Robert Dawes, 48, was sentenced by a French court to 22 years in jail for drug trafficking. He has appealed, again, this time accusing cops of using forged documents.

Known as "The Voice" the international drug baron was behind encrypted phones from a shuttered UK-registered company No1 Business Communication (No1BC).

He was miffed by the methods the anti-drugs task force used to seize 1.3 tonnes of cocaine at Charles de Gaulle Airport. There is no word on the outcome of his April 14 hearing. Robert Dawes was one of Europe’s biggest drug traffickers.

Robert Dawes was arrested two years after the drugs were discovered inside 30 unregistered suitcases, transported on an Air France plane from Caracas to Charles de Gaulle airport. Dawes was arrested at his expansive villa in Spain and deported to France.

The cocaine had a street value of €240m.

From his base in Andalucía, Dawes imported huge quantities of cocaine. Dawes mainly used shipping containers to move drugs, but also leisure boats and commercial flights such as the Air France flight. The discovery of the Air France shipment caused a major stir in Venezuela, where the interior minister admitted the suitcases had gone through security scanners that had clearly shown the presence of drugs. Venezuelan police arrested 25 people, including members of the military and an Air France manager.

Dawes’ criminal empire stretched from Portugal, France and Belgium to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Venezuela and Mexico. Dawes met regularly with representatives of South American cartels at hotels in Madrid. He also dealt with ‘Ndrangheta mafia.

His network spanned the globe, enabling him to orchestrate the movements of huge amounts of drugs and money.

The son of criminal, he got his first conviction in 1983, aged 11, and went on to collect 16 more, for robbery, drugs, and assault. Fearing arrest, Dawes fled to Spain in 2001 and built a massive drug empire. He could be free in 12 years, with much of his loot intact.

Rapper 9lokkNine facing RICO charges

9lokkNine, real name Jacquavius Smith, was arrested on two RICO charges. His bail is $750k.

Since last year, Smith has been racking up a myriad of charges, ranging from gun possession to attempted murder.

Toronto cops announce largest drug bust ever

20 are facing multple charges after $61m worth of cocaine, crystal meth and pot was seized in Toronto.

“Project Brisa” busted a group of smugglers using trap door compartments in tractor-trailers to move up to 100 kg of drugs at a time from Mexico and California to cities in Ontario.

Trap compartments were extremely difficult to detect and penetrate. X-ray scanning was not able to detect them. 444 kg of cocaine, 157 kg of crystal meth, 427 kg of pot and 300 oxycodone pills were seized. Cops also found $966,000 in cash and seized five tractor-trailers and other vehicles including a Mercedes G-Wagon. Most of those charged reside in Kitchener, Toronto and the GTA. They are facing a combined 182 charges.