FBI Arrests Accused Gangster Disciples Leader in Louisiana
An alleged leader of the Gangster Disciples was by the FBI and other law enforcement Sunday and is expected to be extradited to Atlanta to be charged with federal racketeering charges.
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Former Governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico Is Indicted on Racketeering Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former governor of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico has been indicted on charges that he allowed large-scale drug rings to operate in exchange for large bribes from drug traffickers, the FBI announced Monday. Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 56 was charged with the RICO statute and several conspiracy charges. Ruvalcaba, who served as…
Mexico Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Hiring Hit Squad for Mexican Drug Cartel
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Carlos Cosme, 36, a Mexican police officer was working in Mexico’s Baja California Attorney General’s Office as a supervisor in the sex crimes unit — that is until he decided to trade it all for a piece of Mexican drug cartel FSO. Baja California is the northern most state in Mexico. Cosme…
Israeli Mobsters Extradited to US Plead Guilty
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Sometimes being a ‘friend of Israel’ means sharing criminals. Three Israeli mobsters were extradited to the U.S. in January 2011 in the first extradition of its kind under Israel’s racketeering law, which parallels RICO, the U.S. law targeting organized crime. Two of the three pled guilty to a host of drug and…
15 Tied to Texas Mexican Mafia Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Assault, and More
By Danny Fenster ticklethwire.com They say things are bigger in Texas, and a recent Tex-Mex plate of indictments and potential sentences certainly are. A group of members and associates of the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) have been indicted with a buffet of charges that may net them decades in prison, the FBI announced in a…
The Suspicious LA Supermarket Mogul
For two decades the feds figured grocery store mogul George Torres for a drug runner and murderer with friends at City Hall. Now they’re trying to prove it. Reporter Jeff Anderson examines this compelling tale for the Los Angeles City Beat.