Rocco Morabito arrives in Rome

Rocco Morabito, the "cocaine king of Milan" has arrived in Italy. Brazil’s Supreme Court approved Morabito's extradition March 9. It comes after his arrest in northern Brazil in May 2021, following a manhunt by Brazilian, Uruguayan and Italian cops. Born in the Calabrian town of Africo with family ties to boss Giuseppe Morabito, Morabito was a key figure in 'Ndrangheta. Giuseppe Morabito

Morabito lived in Uruguay for over a decade. He begins his 30 year sentence today.

Rocco Morabito was arrested almost two years after his escape from a prison in Uruguay. He was awaiting extradition to Italy where he is a most wanted man. He had been sentenced in his absence to 28 years by an Italian court in 2015, a penalty later increased to 30 years. Morabito was behind the smuggling of tons cocaine from Brazil to Europe.

The ‘Cocaine king of Milan’ was one of Italy’s most wanted mob bosses.

Morabito established a partnership between the ‘Ndrangheta and Brazilian gang First Capital Command.

He was arrested while staying in a hotel in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, where he had gone after having a fight with his wife. A search of his villa in Punta del Este uncovered a gun, 13 mobile phones, and 150 passport-sized photos of Morabito in different guises.

Villa where Italian mafia fugitive Rocco Morabito lived near the resort town of Punta del Este

Arrested in Uruguay after 23 years on the run, Rocco Morabito is a top leader of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s powerful organized crime group and one of Europe’s biggest importers of cocaine. Morabito has often rubbed shoulders with Sicilian boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

See ----->Hunt for mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro - Diabolik

Jorge Enrique Bazán Aguilar - Gordo Tobi

1,881 kg of cocaine was seized in the northwestern Peru coastal city of Máncora. The drugs were to be moved by a speedboat to another vessel on the high seas. The cocaine was destined for Rotterdam. The seizure was part of a larger operation in which cops busted gang leader Jorge Enrique Bazán Aguilar, 'Gordo Tobi'. A property on Máncora’s Las Pocitas beach used to store and package cocaine was raided. Cops detained four members of Gordo Tobi’s gang and seized a car and four jet skis.

For cocaine to be sourced from both regions, which are 1,350 km apart, is unusual. Peruvian family clans have been expanding and bypassing foreign middlemen. Gordo Tobi’s gang may have been doing exactly that.

Cocaine was sourced in Huallaga, in northern Peru, while some came from the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, Mantaro and Urubamba Rivers, where most of the country’s cocaine is produced.

Vincent 'Fatz' Caruso busted, along with mom

Caruso’s operation had links to the Lil Crip and Tiny Rascal street gangs.

Boston fentanyl dealer Vincent 'Fatz' Caruso, 29, was sentenced to 20 years. On social media, he bragged about owning six pill presses, which he used to make fentanyl disguised as Percocet. He also admitted to firearms, robbery, and money laundering offences. He washed proceeds at the Brook Casino in Seabrook, NH, where his mother assisted. She was handed nine years.

Caruso made frequent trips to the Brook Casino with his mother, Laurie Caruso, 52. The duo was careful to bet amounts below $10,000, the threshold at which a casino must report cash transactions. Prosectors said it was “even more appalling” that some of Caruso’s Instagram boasts were posted while he was on pretrial release.

Caruso has prior arrests for firearms, home invasion, robbery, assault, and drug offenses. Its 250 months for FATZ, he is a 'Menace II Society' no longer.

Mongrel Mobster Fairlane Wiringi

He was on parole from an earlier prison sentence at the time of the violent robbery.

Tears ran down Mongrel Mobster Fairlane Wiringi's cheeks as he briefly held his baby boy. He then began a 5 year sentence for aggravated robbery. The judge noted "You were born into the gang. Your dad is the president of the local chapter of the Mongrel Mob. You were surrounded by violence, drugs, and alcohol. Both parents spent long lags in prison and you spent long periods in care.

Christchurch Mob boss Junior Wiringi.

"You have got something to live for on the outside. Make sure you don't go back." Father Junior Wiringi offered other advice. "No more crack, son. No more crack," It seems hopeless. Fairlane Wiringi flashed gang signs before entering and leaving court.

Fairlane Wiringi was shot twice in 2021 in a failed hit.

Tracking Britney Lewis associates

Britney Lewis is the sole person busted, so far, in the hit on Bernard Cherfan.

Jay Alexander 'NHS Jay Jay'

In 2020, Brittney Lewis, 23, Devante Long, 25, Nikeita Forbes, 28, and Jay Alexander, 19, faced 42 gun and drug charges. Jay Alexander 'NHS Jay Jay' was killed in 2021 in a drug related hit. In 2017 Nikeita Forbes faced attempted murder and robbery with a firearm charges after trying and failing to rob a jewelry store in 2014 with Katrina Vanderwyk.

Devante Long, 28, is wanted by Toronto police for assault and theft. A man assaulted a woman and stole her car. Long is wanted for assault, failing to comply with a release order and theft of a motor vehicle. He has a history of drug arrests.

Drug kingpin Chung Chak Lee

Chung Chak Lee, 66, faced a short hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in June after being extradited from Thailand. The British-Chinese national has been accused of being a key player in the 'The Company' or 'Sam Gor' cartel. Up to 70% of drugs in Australia are linked to the cartel. Lee is second only to Chinese-born Canadian national Tse Chi Lop, known as Asia's El Chapo. Lee was arrested in Bangkok in Oct 2020 and spent 18 months in a Thai prison before he was extradited. Australian cops spent a decade hunting for Lee - working with authorities from up to 20 nations to eventually capture him. He was sixth on Australia's most wanted list. Cops say Lee worked under the direction Tse Chi Lop.

On June 7 the Dutch Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Tse Chi Lop against his extradition to Australia.
See ----->Tse Chi Lop - World's largest drug trafficker

Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie - Bank robbers shot dead

The men had no criminal records.

22-year old twins from Duncan, Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie are the bank robbers shot dead in a Saanich BMO attempted robbery. Six cops were taken to hospital after the shootout. Three were released.

'Ndrangheta boss Vittorio Raso busted in Spanish traffic stop

Vittorio Raso was released from custody by mistake two years ago after being arrested in Spain on a warrant from Italian cops, who wanted him for organized crime, extortion and drug trafficking. The National Court of Spain released him over a warrant mix-up. 43-year-old Raso's freedom lasted until June 21 when his car was stopped in Castelldefels during a routine check by Spanish police. Raso's forged papers were revealed as fakes and he was busted.

Harb Dhaliwal killer sentenced - 20 years

Francois Joseph Gauthier, 53, had been charged with first degree murder in the execution of Brothers Keepers gangster Harb Dhaliwal but pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of second-degree murder. On the night of April 17, 2021, Gauthier used a semi-automatic handgun with a silencer to shoot Dhaliwal 10 times, including twice in the back of the head. Two in the Dhaliwal group chased and stabbed Gauthier multiple times, including in the eye. Bleeding profusely, Gauthier was cornered in a condo courtyard where cops found him.

Harb Dhaliwal, 31, was shot at point blank range in the 1500-block of Coal Harbour Quay. The Brothers Keepers are linked to HA Hardside chapter, and are embroiled in a street war with the UN, as well as the Kang/Red Scorpion gang.

Harb Dhaliwal, second from right.

Of 31 gang-related murders in 2019 seven had a link to the Brothers Keepers either as a suspect or a victim.

Harb Dhaliwal was injured in two previous shootings — one in 2017 and another in 2018. Elder brother Barinder “Shrek” Dhaliwal was held back by Vancouver cops. Youngest brother Meninder was said to be present. All 3 gangsters are well known to cops.

Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger dead at 83

"Keep your head up high, stay loyal, remain free, and always value honor." was his final message.

The founder of the Hells Angels, Sonny Barger, has died at 83 of liver cancer.

Pornhub Feras Antoon's $19m Montreal mansion up in smoke - update III

Feras Antoon, 46, is a Syrian immigrant David Tassillo

CEO Feras Antoon and COO David Tassillo have resigned after more than a decade running Pornhub. Their exit comes after The New Yorker released a scathing story about the company. The New Yorker story chronicled the heartbreaking plight of a 15-year-old UK girl struggling to have explicit videos removed from the company's websites that were uploaded without her consent. The porn merchant's response? "Instead, they chose to ignore the fact that MindGeek has more comprehensive and effective policies than any other major platform on the internet, and decided to peddle the same gross mischaracterizations that anti-porn extremists have spewed for decades." See ----->The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable

There have been no arrests in the arson of the mansion of Feras Antoon.

The $19m Montreal mansion of PornHub founder Feras Antoon was destroyed by fire only three days after he put it up for sale.

"Could the extreme religious groups have incited and encouraged someone to do this? Absolutely."

It took 80 firefighters three hours to get the fire under control. It began inside the mansion. Pornhub faced strong backlash over the site showing videos of child abuse and nonconsensual sex. The site eventually removed a majority of its content — millions of explicit videos.For years victims of child porn, revenge porn, rape and sexual assault said that Pornhub ruined their lives.

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.