Yizhak Abergil - life plus 30 years

An Israeli court sentenced crime kingpin Yizhak Abergilto to three life sentences plus 30 years for the 2003 killing of three bystanders in an attempt on the life of Ze'ev Rosenstein, a rival in the mob underworld. Abergil was found guilty of heading a crime organization with seven of his underlings.

Avi Ruhan

Avi Ruhan, Abergil's right-hand man, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder and running a criminal organization. In May 2012, Abergil pleaded guilty to being part of a major ecstasy network. Authorities charged him and his brother Meir with running a huge drug ring in the US. He was returned to Israel to complete his 7 year sentence in 2013. The Abergil crime family was one the largest criminal organizations in Israel until its power waned with the arrests of Yitzhak and Meir. In the 1990s the organization waged a bloody war with mobster Ze’ev Rosenstein and his Abutbul organization. The conflict was tied to a long string of underworld hits and attempted assassinations across the country.

Ze’ev Rosenstein

Major Carvalho 'Brazil's Pablo Escobar' reeled in

Sérgio Roberto De Carvalho, 64 is known as 'Major Carvalho' – a nod to his former career in the Brazilian Army. He was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice for drug trafficking, money laundering, document fraud and homicide. Carvalho was arrested living under a fake identity in Hungary. In 2021, Brazilian police forced the landing of a Turkish jet that had taken off from a small airport in Ribeirao Preto and seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine. Carvalho was one of the traffickers behind the operation.The Turkish press asked how a former state-owned jet of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended up stuffed with drugs and impounded in Brazil.

After being arrested in Spain under a fake name in 2020, Carvalho disappeared. He later faked his own death, sending a certificate to Spanish authorities. Brazilian authorities found numerous assets. Cops seized a van containing 12m euros parked in a Lisbon garage. Much of his operation was run from Dubai, where his right-hand man, Marcelo Maghenzani maintained an office.

Maghenzani was arrested in May 2021.

Giovanni Gatto - The Real Sopranos

Rocco and his family were put into witness protection.

“The Sopranos” took inspiration from the DeCavalcantes. The DeCavalcantes were taken down in 2015 by New Jersey cop Giovanni Rocco. 'Giovanni Gatto' Rocco posed as a biker to snare capo Charlie 'The Hat' Stango and others. Rocco spent three years working his way up the ranks and collecting evidence to convict a dozen gangsters.

Charlie 'The Hat' Stango

New Jersey mob boss John Riggi died in 2015 aged 90.

The downfall of the DeCavalcante family began in 1998, when associate Ralph Guarino became an FBI rat to avoid a long prison sentence after a heist of $1.6m from the World Trade Center. Between 1999-2005, about 45 were jailed, including the family's consigliere and seven capos. In March 2017 Stango was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder. In 2016, Anthony Stango Jr. was sentenced to 6 years in prison. With the final fall of the DeCavalcante family, New York's five families took over many of the rackets in New Jersey.

See ----->Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo - The Real Tony Soprano

Dutch godfather Holleeder life sentence upheld

Willem Holleeder, the Netherlands most notorious gangster, was found guilty of ordering a series of murders in 2019. Holleeder, now 64, achieved notoriety in the 1980s for the kidnapping of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken. The prosecution case relied on the testimony of his sister, Astrid, who made secret recordings of their conversations. The Amsterdam Appeals Court said it "took into account the cold and unscrupulous way in which Holleeder, together with others in a criminal organization, decided on life and death."

See ----->Willem Holleeder: ‘No idea’ why man who owed him money was murdered

Eugene 'Boobsie' Castelle tries, tries again

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the mantra of Staten Island mobster Eugene 'Boobsie' Castelle. He's taking another stab at early release, his third. This time he's blaming his lawyer.

Eugene 'Boobsie' Castelle

A judge denied the bid of Staten Island mobster Eugene 'Boobsie' Castelle to cut his prison sentence, saying the wise guy has only himself to blame for refusing a plea deal and opting for trial. The soldier for the Luchese family tried to claim he misunderstood the deal. He decided the plea deal he rejected was what we wanted all along. Castelle faces between 30 to 40 months behind bars on a gambling charge. He is currently free on a $1m bond.

The mobster tried to claim a threat from Covid in jail. That claim was dismissed. Castelle was convicted in 2019 for racketeering conspiracy and running an illegal gambling house. In 2008, he had completed an 88-month sentence for racketeering conspiracy. He was sentenced to 77 months in a federal penitentary, a three-year supervised release, $100k fine and forfeiture of $188,955 in criminal proceeds. Along with getting a conviction against Boobsie the feds also showcased the inner working of the Lucchese family. The fed's snitch John Pennisi took the stand and testified about the crime family's inner workings and acting boss Michael DeSantis.

John Pennisi even recorded a mob initiation ceremony.

Gregory Woolley being sent a message - update

Gregory Woolley, closely tied to both the Montreal mafia and the Hells Angels, was targeted during two incidents in the past month. Bullet holes were found in a neighbor's house and last week shell casings were found after shots rang out beside his property. Considered "the godfather" of Montreal street gangs, Woolley changed the landscape of the drug trade in Montreal. Its said the home has been put up for sale for $3.8m. Woolley was released in November 2020 after a five-year sentence for gangsterism.

Gregory Woolley

One of those busted in a weapons trafficking operation was Daniel Charleus. He is close to blues gang leader Jean-Philippe Célestin. Charleus served as a contact to sell guns to Célestin. Célestin is closely tied to Gregory Woolley. Cops seized four handguns, a fully automatic long gun, ammunition and more than $50,000 in cash. Firearms sold by the group are suspected in the countless shootings that have taken place in the metropolis in recent months.

Jean-Philippe Célestin

Ex-HA bikie Dennis Basic guilty

Ex-Hells Angel bikie Dennis Basic, 42, was sentenced to 26 months and 14 days in prison for a dozen offences including assaulting an emergency worker, animal cruelty and recklessly causing injury. He was jailed for throwing a heavy bollard at a mounted officer and hitting a police horse in the head during separate protests in Melbourne in 2020 and 2021. While wielding a 'resist' flag, Basic used the flagpole to hit a police horse in the head multiple times. Cops subsequently searched his home and found illegal weapons.

While on bail, Basic attended another anti-lockdown protest in July 2021 where he threw an orange traffic bollard across the crowd and hit a cop mounted on a horse. The judge called Basic's actions “unwarranted, disrespectful and appalling” and said the attacks were "dangerous, unprovoked and completely lawless”. In 2007 Basic was involved in helping HA bikies try to blow up the Nitro Gym, owned by Comancheros president Michael Murray. Dennis Basic is described as chronic unemployed and living off his ex-wife's money. The judge said Basic's rehabilitation prospects were "highly problematic".

Mural of Conor McGregor helps sink drug kingpin

A mural of Conor McGregor painted on the side of a house ultimately helped bring down Liverpool dealer Ryan Palin. Palin, 36, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine, 15kg of heroin and 40kg of meth during a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court. Palin, ‘Titch.com’ uploaded the mural from his phone onto EncroChat. The loot when he was busted was extensive. Assets including £129k in watches, and £135k in designer clothes. Its a significant 29 years in prison for a man who refused to plead guilty despite being busted cold.

Moment Oz drug courier realizes huge stash is gone - redux

Christian Tachev claimed that he worked as a personal trainer and sold vapes. He was actually the courier in a huge drug operation in Western Australia.

Tachev moved large amounts of money and drugs for biker-affiliated gangsters. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Cops captured the exact moment Tachev realized the drugs were gone.

Marcelo Pecci hit - Brazilian gang PCC fingered

5 have been arrested for the May 10 murder of Marcelo Pecci on the resort island of Baru, including the shooter. Colombian cops say the First Capital Command (PCC) formulated the plot to assassinate prosecutor Pecci.

Still at large is Gabriel Carlos Luis Salinas.

Paraguay’s anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci collapsed and died on the white sand of Barú beach. He was shot once in the face and once in the back by two gunmen on a waterski. Pecci was a prosecutor specializing in drug trafficking. He had recently participated in the operation Ultranza Py against drug trafficking in that country. Colombian cops revealed a photograph of a man with a hat, glasses and dressed in black.

'A ULtranza PY' is an operation carried out with the support of the DEA, Europol, and the Uruguayan Directorate for the Suppression of Illicit Drug Trafficking. It seized assets exceeding US$100m. The leader would be Uruguayan Sebastian Marset.

It was the newlyweds last day in the Caribbean.

See ----->Brazil's Port of Santos - Marco Willians Herbas Camacho

UK Rolex robber Mark Toth pulls 10 years

Mark Toth threatened a woman in her 50s with an axe as he stole her £25,000 watch in a street attack. He fled to Spain in November 2019 after his cohorts were busted. He was arrested in a hotel room after being spotted by cops in photos posted on social media when he returned to England for a funeral. On arrest, Toth screamed 'I'm unarmed'. When cops entered the hotel room, he tried and failed to break his phone in half before being put in handcuffs. He has been jailed for 10 years. The 37-year-old was previously caged for five years in 2006 for his role in a violent carjacking gang.

Paraguayan gangster Gordito Lindo tastes freedom

Cops captured Ortiz several blocks from the prison, along with three others.

All it took was a face mask, a blue skirt, makeup, nail polish, and a wig, and César Ortiz was free. Ortiz, known as 'Gordito Lindo', translated as Cute Chubby Man, slipped into a disguise in late May and walked out of Tacumbú National Penitentiary dressed as a woman.

Tucson biker brawl - HA Robert Crane reeled in

Eight are scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Pima County.

HA Robert Crane was the last man arrested by U.S. Marshals. His charges include conspired aggravated assault, deadly weapon dangerous instrument and participating in a criminal street gang. "The defendant along with seven other males went into the bar," the prosecutor said. " .. he is a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang." The Huns, the Pagans, the Sons of Odin and Hells Angels tangled in October 2021.

Dutch crime reporter De Vries killers face justice

Prosecutors say Delano Geerman, 22, shot de Vries five times as he was walking to his car in Amsterdam in July 2021 while Pole Kamiel Egiert, 35 drove the getaway vehicle. The pair was arrested within hours of the shooting on a Dutch highway in the getaway vehicle. Police said the weapon used to kill De Vries was found in the car. Last week, the prosecution asked for a life sentence for both men. Geerman refused to comment after high resolution security camera footage was aired in court that showed him in the vicinity of the attack immediately before and after the killing. "I invoke my right to remain silent." The men had ties to Ridouan Taghi.

See ----->Marengo trial
See ----->Ridouan Taghi fingered in escape plots

1,300 kg of cocaine disguised as potatoes

Smugglers disguised cocaine as potatoes and frozen chips in Colombia. Cops seized 1,300 kg of cocaine. The shipment of refrigerated and vacuum-sealed cocaine simulating yuccas and Creole potatoes was destined for Spain. The drug was formed in irregular moulds simulating croquettes of cassava and papa criolla.