Francis 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison

Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in prison at age 89.

Former New England Mafia don Francis 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme’s last hope for a new trial was dashed when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal last year. Salemme was serving a life sentence for murder at a federal medical prison in Missouri. He was convicted in 2018 on one count of murder of a witness for the 1993 gangland slaying of Boston nightclub owner Steven DiSarro. DiSarro hadn't been seen since 1993. What happened to him was a mystery until his body was found buried behind a mill building at 715 Branch Ave. in Providence.

DiSarro was going to be a witness in a federal investigation against Salemme, but his late son Frank Jr. killed DiSarro as Cadillac Frank watched. Salemme led the New England family of La Cosa Nostra in the early 1990s.

Gambler Howard Ferrini, with daughter Kelly, was murdered in 1991.

On Aug. 22, 1991 cops found the body of Howard Ferrini in the trunk of his Cadillac, which had been parked at the Hub’s Logan Airport in Boston. They got a report about a foul odour coming from the car. One of Ferrini's killers was Kevin Hanrahan. A cold case forensics team found his fingerprints on the bag wrapped around Ferrini’s battered head. Hanrahan was an enforcer for New England’s Patriarca crime family, and his boss was 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme. Hanrahan was gunned down on a Providence street in 1992.

Salemme rose from hitman to boss, then became a rat.

In 1995 Salemme was indicted for racketeering and turned rat. He was sentenced to life in 2018.

See ----->Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi to Testify at Salemme Trial

Phil Boudreault revisited

Phil Boudreault goes on with life as a wheelchair bound, partially disabled Ontario Nomad. See Here. In mid-April 2016 then Nomad vice president Phil Boudreault was shot off his bike in Lachute. He was seriously injured with a punctured lung and a bullet fragment that had lodged near his spine. He was reported to be permanently disabled. The shooting was said to be an internal club matter as Quebec HA territory (Sherbrook chapter) had been encroached with no tax being paid. Martin Bernatchez, head of the Nomads chapter in Ontario was shot three times in August 2016. He recovered. Nobody was charged in either shooting. See -->Rebuild of Quebec HA See -->HST = 'Hells Sales Tax'

'Surrey Six' killer Matthew James Johnston dies of cancer in prison

Matthew James Johnston, 38, died of cancer at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam. Johnston and co-accused Cody Rae Haevischer were found guilty of six counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in October 2014. The Red Scorpion gangsters were convicted in the Oct. 19, 2007 executions of Corey Lal, Michael Lal, Eddie Narong and Ryan Bartolomeo, and innocent bystanders Christopher Mohan and Ed Schellenberg. The victims were lying defenceless on the floor in a suite at the Balmoral Tower in Surrey when they were executed.

See ----->Red Scorpion Justin Lee Haevischer whacked

Claude Savoie - Cop corruption revealed 30 years on

Before being transferred to Ottawa, Claude Savoie led the C Division’s Montreal drug-trafficking investigations.

Claude Savoie sat alone in his office at RCMP headquarters in Ottawa on a Monday morning. Savoie felt the walls closing in. Savoie was corrupt. He was taking money from one of the biggest drug traffickers in Canada, Allan 'The Weasel' Ross of the West End Gang. Savoie knew the Fifth Estate was scheduled to air the story. Sometime between 9:15 and 9:20 a.m., he used his service revolver to end his life.

Alan Ross after his 1979 arrest for drug trafficking. Ross paid Claude Savoie $200k in bribes in 1990 and 1991.

The Fifth Estate story was only half the tale. Savoie had several meetings with Ross and with Sidney Leithman, a defence lawyer who acted as middleman for Ross. Savoie revealed the identity of a RCMP informant through Leithman. Leithman was executed weeks later on May 13, 1991. Leithman’s homicide remains unsolved. Savoie's involvement was heavily censored. While Savoie was being bribed by Ross, the RCMP lost a 240kg shipment of cocaine sent by a Colombian drug cartel to the West End Gang. The cocaine vanished after a leak about investigation 'Project Carton/Valpro'.

The leak coincided with a period in April 1991 during which Savoie held three meetings with Leithman before he was killed.

Curtis 'Cocky' Warren freed

Drug lord Curtis 'Cocky' Warren, 59, was released from Whitemoor jail in Cambridgeshire after serving 14 years. Known as Britain's Pablo Escobar, his path was to become synonymous with Escobar - a man who was head of the Medellin Cartel and known as the 'King of Cocaine'. In the late 1980s Warren teamed up with Brian Charrington and headed to Venezuela. The men arranged to import cocaine sealed inside lead ingots, making it difficult for the authorities to detect by X-ray. Curtis Warren rose to become one of the UK's richest men thanks to his drug importation empire.

Warren cut out middle men and dealt with South American cartels direct.

Stephanie Smithwhite, 40, was an officer at HMP Frankland where 'Cocky' was serving time. Smithwhite denied cutting a hole in the pants of her uniform for sexual purposes, but the judge said it was hard to imagine why else it was there. She was handed a sentence of two years.

'Cocky' Warren ran his criminal enterprises from behind bars using mobile phones, but Smithwhite didn't report him. Investigators found they had called each other 213 times in three months.

Philly mob boss Steven Mazzone off to big house again

Steven Mazzone, 59, underboss of the Philly mob, pleaded guilty in Sept to racketeering, loansharking, and gambling charges. He will spend the next 5 years in the federal pen. A smoking gun for prosecutors came from a 2015 wiretap of a mafia induction ceremony, where Mazzone coached new members on their intimidation tactics and encouraged them to grow the business. Mazzone was sentenced to 9 years for a similar conviction in 2000.

Steven 'Handsome Stevie' Mazzone, has been a top gangster in the Philly crime family since the 1990s and the No. 2 man since 2011.

HA connect in Prince George drug bust

Raids on three homes in February 2021 resulted in the seizure of drugs, firearms and proceeds of crime. Derek Timmins, 49, Garth Goodkey, 53, and Daniel Wilson, 35, now face a charge of trafficking cocaine “for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal organization,” along with other drug charges. Warrants have been issued for all three men. Goodkey faces several firearms charges related to two semi-automatic rifles, a restricted revolver and high-capacity magazines.

The 3 face a combined 17 drug and firearms offences. Seven search warrants returned 1.7 kg of cocaine, 3,000 pills, MDMA, LSD, 958 pot plants, and more than 70 kg of cannabis and cannabis resin. Cops seized three trucks, $40k in cash, 29 firearms, ammunition, a money counter, and a diamond ring worth more than $100k.

Anniversary of Paul Castellano hit

The mob hit that went down at 5:26 p.m. on Dec. 16, 1985 in New York is considered among the most famous hits in the history of the American Mafia. According to mob rat Gravano it was tapes of John Gotti's childhood friend, Angelo 'Quack Quack' Ruggiero, that caused the hit. His big mouth, detailing his heroin dealing and giving the Feds a reason to bug boss Paul Castellano put everyone in jeopardy. Gotti had ignored Castellano’s edict and continued to have his people sell heroin. “It was common knowledge that John Gotti, Angelo Ruggierio and that whole crew was gonna get taken out,” Gravano said.

The gangsters took their positions near Sparks Steak House in Midtown Manhattan. A 4 man hit team waited near the restaurant entrance; positioned down the street were backup shooters Dominick Pizzonia, Angelo Ruggiero, and Anthony Rampino. Sitting across the street in a Lincoln Town Car were John Gotti and Gravano with a front row seat. As he exited his limo, Castellano was shot in the head and was dead before he hit the ground. Seconds later, underboss and Big Paul’s driver Thomas Bilotti was also dead.

Gotti was behind the wheel of the Lincoln and drove over to see his crew’s handiwork.

John Carneglia with Gene Gotti

John Carneglia is the one who put the bullets into Paul Castellano's head. On July 7, 1989, Carneglia was sentenced to 50 years in prison and fined $75k. He was released in 2018. Eddie Lino and Salvatore 'Fat Sal' Scala shot Tommy Bilotti. 'Fat Sal' Scala died in jail. Lino was shot nine times by notorious NYPD Detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. Vincent “Vinny” Artuso's gun jammed. He died in 2021.

Weeks after Castellano's murder capos elected Gotti as the new Gambino boss. The murder enraged Vincent Gigante, boss of the Genovese crime family, because Gotti never received permission from the Commission.

On April 13, 1986, a car bomb meant for Gotti exploded, but the only casualty was Frank DeCicco. Afterward, Gotti and Gigante called a truce.

See ----->John Gotti the 'Teflon Don'

Montreal cops on hunt after baby in stroller nailed - update

Montreal police have identified an 87-year-old man who they say was behind the wheel. Cops say extremely poor driving, not malice, is behind the incident. Video was recorded the afternoon of Nov. 16. Emergency personal received a 911 call around 2:40 p.m. When cops arrived the mother and child had already been sent to hospital as a precaution. The infant was uninjured.

Wanted Mexican Mafia leader on death row

San Diego cops raided a home in Encanto. Inside they found weapons, ammunition, drugs, and cash. Seven defendants were arrested. Some are accused of kidnapping a man and holding him for ransom. Their leader is Reynaldo Ayala, a Mexican Mafia leader on death row.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death penalty of the Ayalas in 2015.

Hector and Reynaldo Ayala were convicted of first-degree murder in the execution of 3 in 1985.
See ----->The Mexican Mafia

London PC and her cocaine baron husband lived high life

The cop was fired after a tribunal rejected her claim of complete ignorance.

Albanian Julian Agalliu, 47, sold drugs packaged with the Hublot brand through EncroChat. He wore designer clothes, drove a £70,000 Audi, and had homes in the upmarket Hadley Wood enclave of Barnet, north London. When he was busted, there was a bowl of cocaine next to the bed Agalliu shared with wife PC Rasvinder Agalliu.

Semion Mogilevich - 'Boss of Bosses'

Semion Mogilevich is a Ukraine-born Russian crime boss and is described around the world as the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates. The FBI dubbed him as "the most dangerous mobster in the world". They posted a $5m reward. Mogilevich has been accused of weapons trafficking, contract murders, extortion, drug trafficking, and prostitution on an international scale. His net worth is in the billions. Unlike his peers, it's no secret where Mogilevich lives. He resides in luxury in Moscow. Interpol lists Mogilevich on its list of Europe’s most wanted. Mogilevich is described as 75, 5′6″ to 5′7″, 290 pounds, balding, with gray hair and green eyes. He has Russian, Ukrainian and Israeli passports.

Mogilevich is one of the subjects in Netflix's true-crime series 'World's Most Wanted'.

US reels in Lockerbie bomber Abu Agila Mohammad Masud

Musud was kidnapped from his Tripoli home by armed men.

US prosecutors now have Abu Agila Mohammad Masud in custody over the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud made the bomb that blew up the plane and killed 270 people over the Scottish town.

The Lockerbie crash case was kick-started in 2017 with a copy of an interview in which Masud admitted building the bomb with two others; Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah. Masud's confession came after Khadafy’s fall in 2012.