’Ndrangheta boss Ursino Giuseppe - parole denied

Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino

Grandfather and convicted mob boss Giuseppe 'Pino' Ursino has been denied parole after showing no remorse. His case marked the first time in Canada that the ’Ndrangheta was targeted as an organized crime group. Star crown witness against Ursino was police agent Carmine Guido, a former gangster who testified that Ursino was a boss who sat on the group’s “Camera Di Controllo,” or board of control. Ursino’s trial heard more than 40 secretly recorded conversations involving Guido. The word “respect” came up 33 times.

Ursino was a senior member of the board of directors of the ’Ndrangheta, the “Camera Di Controllo.”

Senior underworld boss Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino, 68 has lost his appeal for parole. The decision by the parole board’s appeal division came after Ursino argued COVID made him fear for his health. He refused the COVID vaccine when it was offered to him. His explanation was that he didn't know enough English. That didn't fly with the parole board. Ursino was sentenced to 11½ years in prison in Feb 2019 for conspiring to traffic cocaine and other charges, including gangsterism. In his trial, Ursino dismissed the secret police recordings used to nail him. “The stupid words come out of my mouth,” Ursino testified. “What I’m talking is one thing. What I mean is another.”

See ---->‘Ndrangheta crime boss Ursino guilty

ex-Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum

Former mayor of Surrey Doug McCallum returned his city provided vehicle without bothering to repair his collision damage. A final FU to Surrey taxpayers. McCallum drove the city-owned $47k Buick Envision before losing Saturday’s election. He also had a $15k vehicle allowance. Running under the slogan “Doug Gets it Done,” McCallum faces a looming trial for public mischief with the City picking up his legal bills, even though he was on personal business buying groceries.

McCallum claims he was “verbally assaulted”. McCallum made a police complaint and a claim with ICBC for his injuries. Doug McCallum is 78 years old.

The mayor of Surrey, B.C., has been charged with public mischief. The B.C. Prosecution Service announced the single criminal count against Doug McCallum. McCallum claimed he had been struck by a car driven by a woman with the group "Keep the RCMP in Surrey" in the parking lot of a Save-On-Foods store on Sept 4. He claimed he was ‘assaulted and run over’ at the pro-RCMP event. Video apparently says he's lying. The scandal plagued Surrey Police is his pet project. He has attacked "Keep the RCMP in Surrey" repeatedly, even banning the group from civic meetings with a court order.

Friendly fire in Belgorod - Lt Col. Lapin killed by Muslim Tajiks

"Tajiks told Lapin that a holy war is a war between Muslims and infidels. Lapin said that "Allah must be a coward if he doesn't allow you to fight for the country you swore an oath to." The "terrorist" attack on a Russian military training ground in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine left at least 11 dead and 15 wounded. Lapin was first reported as the son of commander Leksandr Pavlovich Lapin. This is not correct. The dead man is Lt Col. Andrey Lapin. 138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 6th Combined Arms Army, Western Military District.

Aftermath of the friendly fire incident in Belgorod - Lt Col. Lapin, reportedly mocked the religion of the Muslim non-Russian conscripts training on the range. https://topcargo200.com/475/ A video of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon complaining to Putin about his lack of respect went viral days ago.

Sunni Islam is, by far, the dominant religion in Tajikistan. After 70 years of political control, Soviets have been unable to eradicate Islam.

GTA moving scammers face hundreds of charges

Cemal Osturk, Dogan Celik, and Amethyst Jones face more than 260 charges.

Cops allege that when customers contacted one of the moving companies of the suspects, they were given very low quotes to move their belongings. After loading the customer's goods they were then presented with a contract to sign that contained no final price. Marks later received a revised invoice thousands more than what they were quoted. The customers were then told if they didn't pay the full invoice, their property would be disposed of.

In some cases some or all of the customer's property was stolen. Some of the fraud companies included 12282569 Canada Inc., 13448037 Canada Inc., O’Canada Movers, Roadway Moving and Storage Inc., SafeBound Moving and Storage Inc., Canadian Principal Movers, All You Can Move, Right on Track Moving, New Vision Moving, Greenway Moving, Move Me Again Transportation Inc., All Over Canada Van Lines Inc., East Coast Star Van Lines Inc., and Moonstar Van Lines Inc.

Noel Harder - HA Rat dead

Noel Patrick Harder died of health complications earlier this month. He was 43.

Noel Harder decided to become a secret police agent after he got busted. He then spent three years testifying as a star witness against fellow drug dealers, gun runners, mobsters and the Hells Angels. At one point it was said a six figure bounty was on his head. The RCMP kicked Harder out of the federal Witness Protection Program for violations.

Harder was one of the highest level criminals in Saskatoon, and was described as a narcissist and sociopath.

Harder's work as a police agent began after he was pulled over while transporting dozens of guns. At the time, Harder was a senior member of the Fallen Saints Motorcycle Club, a puppet club of the HA. On Jan. 14, 2014 a joint RCMP-Saskatoon police operation raided 19 locations in seven cities. $8m worth of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl were seized. More than a dozen members of the Fallen Saints and Hells Angels were charged with a variety of offences. Everyone was busted except Harder. Harder was a poor choice as a police agent and witness. "The biggest drug dealer involved was Noel Harder, and they let him go … he should have been the guy charged". Instead Harder was paid $500k. Harder blamed the RCMP for his many troubles. He met CBC News in a secret location for an exclusive interview about Project Forseti. "If somebody was coming to kill me," Harder said, "I’m going to be taking them with me, if not first."

See ----->Fallen Saints Mark Nowakowski pleads guilty See ----->Project Forseti: Justin Smith pulls 18 years.

Fredy Renán Nájera put away for 30 years

Fredy Renán Nájera Montoya, 46, is a former Honduran politician and convicted drug trafficker. He served as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras. Najera oversaw the construction of airfields in Honduras and the use of militia-style tactics and weapons to protect drug shipments.

Najera was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in importing over 30 tons of cocaine.

In 2012, Nájera introduced the Sinaloa Cartel to Honduran officials who provided nearly unfettered access to a major commercial shipping hub in Puerto Cortés, Honduras. The Sinaloa Cartel relied on Nájera’s connections to transport at least 10 tons of cocaine through Puerto Cortés. In addition to his prison sentence Nájera was sentenced to five years supervised release, ordered to forfeit $39m, and ordered to pay a fine of $10m.

HA Jason Arkinstall jailbound = 10 years

The sentencing of notorious HA Jason Arkinstall is over and the “extremely remorseful” veteran gangster is going away for a decade.

Jason Arkinstall was scheduled to be sentenced May 20 in Surrey. The high profile Mission HA was busted with Lawrence Edward Dwyer near Creston in October 2020 and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and drug smuggling. The two ran back into Canada after being spotted in Idaho with five duffel bags of cocaine and meth worth more than US $2m. The two rabbits fled to Canada, leaving the dope in the U.S.

38kg of cocaine and 90kg of meth was seized.

Arkinstall was acquitted in Calgary in 2011 of uttering threats against cops. The judge said Arkinstall was 'physically abused.'

In 2013 Arkinstall was charged in Spain with HA Chad Wilson for trying to smuggle half a tonne of Colombian cocaine into the country. They were convicted and returned to Canada. Wilson was shot to death under the Golden Ears Bridge in 2018.

See ----->Naming charged officers in Calgary a 'black eye' for police - Les Kaminski

Orcs strike civilians - malice and cruelty

Ukraine’s defense minister said an IRIS-T air defense system from Germany and four additional HIMARS launchers from the US arrived. The IRIS-T is the first of four that Germany is sending. NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said the “malice and cruelty” of Russia has resulted in 50 nations pledging support, including Canada. Russia fired 83 missiles at civilians, killing at least 70. 43 missles were shot down. There is no "practical military sense" in the strikes. Targets included Shevchenko Park, near a children's playground.

Germany announced today its sending it's air defense system to Ukraine. On Sept 25, Ukraine received the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from the US. Ukraine has again called for free nations to provide air defense systems. Biden spoke with Zelensky and pledged continued US security assistance “including advanced air defense systems.”

Mongols bikie Nick 'The Knife' Forbes busted for old bar fight with Hells Angel

Mongols bikie boss Nick 'The Knife' Forbes has been remanded in custody after an assault at a nightclub with a rival biker almost a decade ago. The national president of the Mongols was arrested at Darwin Airport Tuesday. He was denied bail after being charged with aggravated assault and engage in violent conduct.

The Mongols National Run will take place in Darwin this weekend.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on auxiliary power AGAIN

Russian missile attacks caused the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to lose all external power for the second time in five days. Energoatom said diesel generators were supplying the plant but Russian troops blocked a convoy carrying additional fuel. The weaponization of civil nuclear plants makes for an unstable world.

Deputy head of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Valeriy Martynyuk, has been kidnapped by Russian forces and is being detained in an unknown location, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company Energoatom said.

Energoatom called on IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to help free Martynyuk. Grossi met with Putin today.

Zaporizhzhia city remains under Ukrainian control.

External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was restored. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its last external power source as a result of artillery and is relying on emergency diesel generators. The plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at 1am Saturday. All six reactors at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant are shut down but still require electricity for cooling and safety functions. Each generator has fuel for 10 days. If the cooling system fails, it could lead to an uncontrolled heat build-up, a meltdown, and a fire that would release and spread “catastrophic” radiation across Europe. The facility has been under Russian control for months. Putin has designated the plant "federal property."

Calgary gangster Trong Minh Nguyen whacked

Trong Minh Nguyen, 39, was released in April after completing a prison sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. Nguyen was leader of the FOB (Fresh Off the Boat) gang that feuded with the FOB Killers in a violent turf war that claimed at least 25 lives in the Calgary area in the early 2000's. A woman suffered gunshot wounds and was transported to a Calgary hospital. She is expected to survive. Trong Minh Nguyen died as he lived, in a hail of bullets. See ----->Michael Roberto out See ----->Calgary Gangster tells of planned execution

Russian jet blown out of the sky

Two weeks ago the Ukrainian defense ministry said its forces shot down four Russian warplanes in 24 hours: an Su-34, two Su-30s and an Su-25. This Russian aircraft was shot down 2 weeks ago with a US made stinger missile.

Kunti 'Kunti-K' Kamara on trial for Liberian war crimes

The trial of Kunti Kamara, 48, a former commander for the United Liberation Movement of Liberia, began in France. 'Kunti-K' is being prosecuted under the legal principle of universal jurisdiction, which means crimes committed against all of humanity know no borders and can be tried anywhere in the world. Among the many gruesome allegations against Kamara is the torture and murder of a man who was said to have had his elbows tied together behind his back before Kamara cut open his rib cage, removed his heart and ate it.

He is responsible for the 1993 “ngisakornjai” murders in which six men were murdered on his orders.

Ukraine Leleka-100 drone helps strike “fat” targets

Soldiers located the Russian artillery battery, helped artillery target it, and then watched as most of it was destroyed.

Two Ukrainian soldiers stared into their laptop screens, set up in the back of their SUV. They were looking at, some 25 miles away, a Russian artillery battery positioned in a tree line. There were at least five heavy guns, trucks that probably carried ammunition and fuel and a counterbattery radar. This is what the Ukrainian military calls a 'fat' target.

Ukraine soldiers had no combat experience before Russia’s invasion. The drone's operators were cameramen for Ukrainian television before the war. “Grilled meat,” one deadpanned as another explosion flashed across his screen.

Quebec waste company Ricova in cop crosshairs

Ricova is in hot water for having defrauded the City of Montreal of more than $1m.

An RCMP intelligence report in 2020 indicated that Ricova and its leader, Domenico Colubriale, "may be" involved in "shipping container drug trafficking and money laundering through exports of recycled paper." Ricova is a major player in the waste industry in Quebec. The company manages sorting centers in Montreal and the South Shore. It is also responsible for garbage collection in many cities in the south of the province, as well as 25% of Montreal. Many of Ricova's recyclables vendors work from Colombia.

In June the company was blacklisted by the City of Montreal for five years, which prevents it from obtaining new contracts. Ricova applied to the court to have this decision overturned. The SQ reports contacts between one of Ricova's leaders and the Rizzuto clan. This individual heads the Ricova Services subsidiary. This company obtained at least $150m in public contracts over the past five years.

Indian 'Money Heist' mastermind busted

Altaf Shaikh, 43, worked as a cash custodian manager at the ICICI Bank in Mumbais Dombivali for 9 years. Inspired to steal from the bank's vault after watching the web series Money Heist, Shaikh spent a year planning his caper. The heist of Rs 34 crore ($4.1m) was executed on July 9 on a bank holiday. Shaikh disabled the alarm systems and removed all the hard disks of the CCTVs. Once the system was disabled, he used an air conditioning duct to move the cash. It took 3 months for cops to break the case.

Around Rs 9 crore ($1m) was seized, according to cops.

Former Columbus cop tried to frame club owner

Former Columbus vice cop Steven G. Rosser, 46, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for framing an owner of a gentlemen's club for cocaine possession in 2018. Rosser was looking at a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Rosser went to the club in April 2018 with other Columbus oinkers. Rosser alleged he found cocaine residue on a desk and took the owner into custody. Cops searched him and his vehicle without permission or a warrant. A minuscule amount of cocaine, .017 grams, had been planted the court found. Rosser falsified documentation to conceal the conspiracy.

Israeli mob boss Benny Shlomo killed - update II

4 members of the Jarushi crime family have been arrested for the hit in Azor that killed Benny Shlomo.

Shlomo was pursued and shot down like a dog.

Cops say “he lived within a fortress” at his home in southern Israel “surrounded by walls, he didn’t move without security guards.” “It’s clear that someone set a trap for him, that someone betrayed him and that he wasn’t warned.” Cops think Shlomo’s death was plotted by longtime rival Shalom Domrani.

Benny Shlomo, the head of a senior criminal organization, was shot and killed at a gas station. The suspects began fleeing on foot before carjacking a woman. An offduty cop opened fire at the suspects but they got away unharmed in the stolen vehicle. Shlomo was declared dead at hospital. Shlomo ran his mob based in southern Israel from his family compound on Moshav Heletz.

Benny Shlomo's organization has been locked in a bloody rivalry with a mob led by Shalom Domrani for years. Shlomo survived several attempts on his life. His brother Shalom Shlomo was assassinated in 2015. Cops expect retaliation.