How policemen turned into mobsters Prosecutors charge that they moonlighted for more than a decade as Mafia hitmen who kidnapped, killed and engineered the slayings of at least eight rival gangsters for a vicious underboss in the Luchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso. The Government says they were paid thousands of dollars a month. They were arrested this month at a restaurant in Las Vegas and were being held without bail.
ONE was fat, flashy and liked by fellow cops, a rough-and-tumble detective with a storied career despite having relatives in the mob. The other was skinnier and quieter, and had spent years in the nerve centre of Mafia murder investigations.
Together, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are accused of some of the most stunning violations in the history of New York law enforcement.
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The former head of President Vicente Fox's travel staff was transferred Sunday to Mexico's top-security prison as he faces charges of co-operating with organized crime, the federal attorney general's office said.
Jury finds bar fight an organized crime
DALLAS - A man accused of severely beating another man during a bar fight was found guilty Monday of engaging in organized criminal activity. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated nearly three hours in the trial that could send Jesse Chaddock, 28, to prison for five to 99 years in the beating of David Cunniff, a contractor.
Feds Crack Down On Genovese Family
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Four reputed members of the Genovese organized crime family, including the acting boss, were arrested on Tuesday and charged with murder conspiracy, extortion and other crimes.
Boca brokerage linked to Bonnano crime family
A Boca Raton brokerage recently closed by securities regulators for running a “pump and dump” stock scheme was allegedly closely tied to New York’s Bonnano crime family, according to documents obtained Monday by the Boca Raton News.
Cops nab 17, bust up mob-run betting ring
Two of New York's most feared organized crime families joined forces to run a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting network out of three Queens bars and a gambling Web site, authorities said yesterday.
Police: I-15 a major drug trafficking corridor
CEDAR CITY - Local law enforcement officials say that a Saturday drug bust shows that Interstate 15 continues to be a major thoroughfare for drug trafficking in the western United States. Officers made a $2.15 million cocaine bust Thursday, and they confiscated another $700,000 worth of the drug Saturday. Both resulted from traffic stops in Beaver County.
24 ARRESTED IN BRONX UNDERCOVER DRUG PROBE
The arrests followed a six-month investigation in which undercover cops bought nearly 800 envelopes of heroin, 809 vials of crack and about 80 bags of cocaine. There were 108 large-quantity sales that carry felony charges, with a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years for those convicted. Police arrested 24 suspected drug dealers and managers from four gangs as part of a crackdown on a million-dollar trafficking ring in the Bronx.
Pineville man gets nine years for drug charges
A Pineville man was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges in March in Bell County Circuit Court. Julius L. McMinn, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree trafficking a controlled substance.
Drug pusher suspect shot dead at car park
PENANG: A 31-year-old drug trafficking suspect was shot dead when he tried to run down a team of state narcotics officers with his car in Tanjung Bungah here.
Police found 58.6gm of heroin, 0.6gm of syabu and 15 psychotropic pills in his car.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Christopher Wan said two shots were fired at the suspect, who was from Air Itam, when he tried to run down the policemen at a hotel car park yesterday.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military will take charge of training Afghanistan's police and will provide intelligence and transport for the country's new anti-drug forces, dramatically expanding America's role in combating a booming narcotics trade, a top general said Tuesday.
China sounds alarm as drug addiction rises, crime fighting ability falls
BEIJING (AFP) - China's law enforcers are sounding the alarm as new data shows the number of drug addicts is rising fast while crime-fighting capabilities are falling. China had 790,000 drug addicts at the end of last year, an increase of 6.8 percent from the year before, the China Daily said Tuesday, citing the National Narcotics Control Commission.
World anti-drugs conference opens in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Leaders of anti-narcotics agencies from 70 countries on Tuesday opened a three-day conference aimed at strengthening international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking and money laundering.
Complete overhauling of Haryana Police Department in the offing
"Corruption has become synonymous with the police department. Nothing moves in the department without greasing the palm of police officers. No complaint is entertained and no FIR is registered without paying bribe to police officials concerned. It appears that criminals are having free run in the state and no officer is taking pains to apprehend theme."
10 police officers suspected in Brazil killing spree
RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered 600 elite federal police to find out who massacred 30 people in Rio de Janeiro, as 10 police officers were held as suspects.
L.A. police corruption settlements estimated to reach $70 million
LOS ANGELES – Declaring the end to a dark chapter in Los Angeles history, officials on Thursday announced the city would pay an estimated $70 million to settle lawsuits stemming from the Rampart corruption scandal that shook the Police Department.
QUEENS: OFFICER CHARGED WITH RAPE
A Manhattan police officer was arrested Sunday and charged with raping his 15-year-old daughter over three years, prosecutors said yesterday. The police said they were withholding the officer's identity to protect the accuser's privacy.
Defense Rests in Philly Corruption Trial
PHILADELPHIA - Defense lawyers abruptly rested their case Monday without calling a single witness in the corruption trial of a former city treasurer charged with trading government contracts for campaign contributions.
Judge refuses to unseal documents in B.C. government corruption case
VANCOUVER (CP) - A B.C. Supreme Court judge refused to unseal information used to obtain search warrants Friday in the corruption case of two former B.C. government ministerial aides.
Yakuza to hang for barroom slayings
MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. (Kyodo) The Maebashi District Court sentenced a mobster to death Monday for gunning down a rival gangster and three bystanders at a bar in January 2003.
Masato Kohinata, 35, a senior member of the Yano Mutsumi-kai syndicate, conspired with a fellow mobster to kill the bodyguard of a rival syndicate's boss and three customers on Jan. 25, 2003, according to the court.
Study: RP prostitution is 4th largest source of GNP
PROSTITUTION in the Philippines has become a multimillion-dollar industry and the fourth largest source of the gross national product, a report on child pornography said Tuesday.
Danish club put up for sale
KITTERY, Maine - At the Danish Health Club, it’s alleged to have cost $150 for sex. Now, it costs $1.1 million to buy it all - the club, that is.
According to a local RE/MAX agent, the property at 19 Bridge St. is on the market.
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