Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán , the former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers, has been incarcerated in the United States since 2019. After a dramatic legal saga that saw him repeatedly elude Mexican authorities, El Chapo was finally sentenced to life in prison in July 2019. He was found…
In 2024 hebben maffiaorganisaties wereldwijd grote veranderingen doorgemaakt. De Italiaanse autoriteiten hebben belangrijke successen geboekt tegen de ‘Ndrangheta met de arrestatie van kopstukken zoals Pasquale Bonavota. In New York blijven de Five Families actief in traditionele misdaad zoals drugshandel en afpersing, ondanks recente arrestaties. In Canada woedt een bloedige machtsstrijd binnen de maffia in Montreal, vooral rond de Rizzuto-familie. Internationaal heeft de arrestatie van Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, leider van het Sinaloa-kartel, een belangrijke impact op de Mexicaanse drugshandel. Daarnaast is cybercriminaliteit een opkomend terrein voor de maffia, wat nieuwe uitdagingen oplevert voor de autoriteiten
Early last month, the police in Dubai arrested Ridouan Taghi’s eldest son, Faissal, sources told De Telegraaf. Faissal is suspected in the Netherlands, like his father, of participating in a criminal drug trafficking organization and money laundering, among other things. His interrogation brought new suspicions to light against Dutch lawyers, the newspaper reported. Several intelligence…
A mob-style murder at a petrol station in southern Athens has shone a light on the brutality of the Greek mafia. A manhunt is underway for the killers of crime boss Vangelis Zambounis, who was gunned down earlier this week. More than 90 rounds from a Kalashnikov rifle were fired at Zambounis, considered a powerful…
It should be a blissful time in life, but for kids raised in the mafia, childhood is more likely to mean dealing drugs and collecting protection money. It could even mean killing your own mother, while education could include watching animals being slaughtered and learning to shoot guns. Now authorities in Italy are expanding a…
The arrest in Colombia of a leader of a faction of the Venezuelan mega-gang, Tren de Aragua, has highlighted the organization’s little-known role in the drug trade. Colombian police arrested Carlos Antonio López Centeno, alias “El Pilo,” along with ten other Venezuelans in the municipality of Riohacha, La Guajira department, in northern Colombia, on March…
Hundreds of victim’s families took part in the demonstration which is marked annually on the first day of spring, 21 March. Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome on Thursday to remember the hundreds of people killed by the mafia in Italy and to demand justice. The “Day of Remembrance and…
Convicted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested on Monday in Sicily’s capital, Palermo. He was Italy’s most wanted fugitive for almost thirty years. Convicted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been captured after 30 years on the run, the Associated Press reports. The 60-year-old Denaro was arrested on Monday in the Sicilian capital Palermo….
A drive-by shooting on a Laval highway just north of Montreal injured Leonardo Rizzuto, the son of the late Vito Rizzuto, who once led the Mafia in Montreal. In a drive-by shooting on a highway in Laval, just north of Montreal, Leonardo Rizzuto – son of the late Vito Rizzuto, who once led the Montreal…
Twee eigendommen in de staat New York die verbonden zijn met de beruchte misdaadfamilie Gambino worden nu doorzocht op menselijke resten – dagen nadat tien vermeende maffialeden en medewerkers werden opgepakt in een ingrijpende aanklacht tegen RICO. Meerdere wetshandhavingsinstanties, waaronder de FBI, werden dinsdag en woensdag gezien terwijl ze huiszoekingen uitvoerden en zware machines gebruikten…