Organized Crime - Page 51

January 8, 2016

San Francisco gangster 'Shrimp Boy' convicted in Chinatown murder case

A jury convicted a key defendant Friday of racketeering, murder and other counts after a years-long federal undercover investigation centered in the Chinatown district of San Francisco.

January 5, 2016

Mobster Whitey Bulger's longtime girlfriend to plead guilty to contempt

A lawyer says former Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's longtime girlfriend plans to plead guilty to a federal contempt charge.

December 20, 2015

Homeland Security arrests over 600 gang suspects

More than 600 suspected gang members have been arrested in the Homeland Security Department's latest crackdown on street gangs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Thursday.

December 1, 2015

New Jersey charges 11 reputed members, associates of major NY-based organized crime family

Eleven reputed members and associates of a major New York-based organized crime family are facing charges in New Jersey.

December 1, 2015

US judge in Chicago to sentence reputed lieutenant of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman

A reputed lieutenant of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was to be sentenced Monday for his part in a $1 billion conspiracy to traffic narcotics to Chicago and cities.

November 30, 2015

2 rabbis, 8 other men jailed in NJ, NY divorce sting

Two orthodox rabbis and eight other men were arrested in an FBI sting in New Jersey and New York on charges they plotted to kidnap and torture a man to force him to grant a religious divorce.

November 29, 2015

Philadelphia union members indicted in '12 Quaker house arson

Ten Philadelphia union members have been indicted for allegedly using illegal means of coercion, including the torching of a Quaker meeting house, to force local contractors to use organized labor.

November 29, 2015

After drug money laundering bust, Los Angeles fashion district gets new cash reporting rules

Federal authorities have slapped new financial reporting rules on 2,000 businesses in the fashion district of Los Angeles in an effort to curtail suspected Mexican drug money laundering.

November 28, 2015

Arizona county forced to halt smuggling prosecutions

Arizona’s most populous county halted prosecutions on Monday of smuggling suspects and the people they allegedly bring to the United States.

November 28, 2015

Jury to resume deliberations in trial of Pennsylvania man with bodies in yard

A jury is scheduled to resume deliberations in the trial of a Pennsylvania man who allegedly used plastic ties to strangle a pharmacist and his girlfriend in 2002, then buried their bodies in his yard.