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Finks gang member jailed for contempt

Finks gang member jailed for contempt: "Finks bikie has been given a two-year jail sentence for failing to answer questions before Western Australia's corruption watchdog. 
 
Stephen John Wallace, 47, on Tuesday in the WA Supreme Court in Perth, was the last of five Finks members to be given a two-year prison sentence on contempt charges. 
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-Bikers-Arthur-Veno/dp/0786720468?ie=UTF8&tag=cosdelcri-21&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Mammoth Book of Bikers" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0786720468&tag=cosdelcri-21" /></a>Wallace, Tristan Allbeury, Stephen Silvestro, Troy Smith and Clovis Chikonga were summonsed to answer questions before the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) about a violent brawl with rival bikies, the Coffin Cheaters<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cosdelcri-21&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786720468" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> at a Perth speedway. 
 
But they refused to co-operate with the commission over the October 3, 2010, brawl which left Silvestro and Smith with injuries. 
 
In court on Tuesday, Chief Justice Wayne Martin, who convicted the five, noted that Wallace had on 18 different occasions given the answer 'no comment' when appearing before the CCC."

Finks gang member jailed for contempt

Finks gang member jailed for contempt: "Finks bikie has been given a two-year jail sentence for failing to answer questions before West...

former president of the Maine chapter of the Outlaws motorcycle gang has been sentenced to 15 months

"A former president of the Maine chapter of the Outlaws motorcycle gang has been sentenced to 15 months for his role in sanctioning the...

Bikie figures don't lie, says Rann | Adelaide Now

FIGURES revealed by Premier Mike Rann show police have arrested or reported 210 bikie gang members since 2007. The figures revealed yesterday by Mr Rann - copied below - also show police have arrested or reported 570 bikie gang associates, issued 217 licensed premises barring orders and 23 firearms prohibition orders since November 2007. Mr Rann gave the figures as both he and Police Commissioner Mal Hyde hosed down speculation yesterday about a rift over the threat posed by outlaw bikie gangs in South Australia. The speculation has again raised the issue of whether SA's anti-bikie laws are effective, with the Opposition reiterating they had only supported the bikie control legislation because police had urged them to. Mr Rann said police had seized 33,245 street deals involving amphetamines, 63,061 of cannabis, 10,063 of ecstasy and 8481 of other drugs. In related crimes, police had seized 65 pistols, 132 other firearms and more than $1.25 million in cash."

Bikie figures don't lie, says Rann | Adelaide Now

FIGURES revealed by Premier Mike Rann show police have arrested or reported 210 bikie gang members since 2007. The figures revealed yesterda...

arrested an alleged Outlaw Motorcycle Gang associate and seized a number of firearms.

Strike Force Raptor officers have arrested an alleged Outlaw Motorcycle Gang associate and seized a number of firearms. About 7pm yesterday (Monday 24 January), Strike Force Raptor officers attended a home at Canterbury where an inspection was conducted in relation to the safe storage of firearms. During the inspection police located and seized a pistol, a double barrel shotgun, a rifle, a bolt action rifle, and a lever action rifle, as well as a quantity of ammunition. Following the inspection, a 34-year-old man attended Campsie Police Station. Police allege the man is an associate of the Hells Angels OMCG. He was given a Future Court Attendance by police in relation to various firearm related offences including unauthorised possession of firearms and ammunition. He will appear at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday 9 March, 2011. The charges relate to a previous vehicle stop by police on Wednesday 19 January, 2011 in which police discovered the man had an expired firearms licence."

arrested an alleged Outlaw Motorcycle Gang associate and seized a number of firearms.

Strike Force Raptor officers have arrested an alleged Outlaw Motorcycle Gang associate and seized a number of firearms. About 7pm yesterday ...

Hells Angel opens up over brother's death

HELLS Angel Peter Zervas is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the fatal Sydney Airport brawl and is only now beginning to open up about his brother's death, a court heard today. Mr Zervas is facing a sentencing hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on a charge of affray in relation to the fatal fight on March 22, 2009. His brother, and bikie associate Anthony Zervas, was killed during the brawl between the Hells Angels and Comanchero gangs. Just a week later, Mr Zervas was shot multiple times outside his mother's house. Mr Zervas pleaded guilty to the charge last October, with the crown withdrawing a riot charge. Forensic psychologist Timothy Watson Munroe told the hearing he feared Mr Zerva's rehabilitation would deteriorate if he were to enter custody over the offence. 'He is starting to open up...and starting to acknowledge that he is gaining some benefit from speaking with me,' Mr Watson Munroe told Magistrate John Favretto."

Hells Angel opens up over brother's death

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Korean actor sent to jail for drug use, smuggling meth from PH | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

<a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/300514/korean-actor-sent-jail-drug-use-smuggling-meth-ph">Korean actor sent to jail for drug use, smuggling meth from PH | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online</a>: "sentenced Korean actor Kim Sung Min, 38, to two years and six months of imprisonment for importing and using methamphetamine. Kim’s sentence was handed down by the Seoul Central District Court on Jan. 24. In addition, Kim was ordered to pay a fine of 904,500 won (about P36,000). The court ruling also revealed that the actor bought the illegal drugs in the Philippines in 2008 and 2009 and smuggled it to South Korea by hiding it in his underwear. Kim was arrested last December at his home for possession of methamphetamine. In addition, he was suspected of smoking marijuana. During the trial, prosecutors demanded that the court sentence Kim to four years in prison. However, Kim told the court that he deeply regretted his actions and appealed for leniency. He argued that he took drugs because of depression due to personal and financial problems. His arrest also cost him his TV show. Kim starred in many Korean dramas including “Before and After: Plastic Surgery Clinic,” “The Reputable Family,” “Family’s Honor” and “Give Me Food.”"

Korean actor sent to jail for drug use, smuggling meth from PH | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

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Derby sex abuse gang leaders jailed | UK news | The Guardian

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/07/derby-sex-gang-leaders-jailed">Derby sex abuse gang leaders jailed | UK news | The Guardian</a>: "ringleaders of a gang who groomed vulnerable girls for sex were given indefinite prison sentences today . Abid Mohammed Saddique, 27, and Mohammed Romaan Liaqat, 28 from Derby – both married with children – were described by a judge at Nottingham crown court as 'sexual predators' who subjected their victims to a 'reign of terror'. Saddique was jailed for a minimum of 11 years before he is eligible for parole and Liaqat for eight years. Judge Philip Head told Saddique: 'Your crimes can only be described as evil,' adding he was an 'evil, manipulative and controlling' character who was a continuing danger to young girls. 'You are in the truest sense a sexual predator with a voracious sexual appetite that you gratified as frequently as possible in a variety of ways.' He said the pair's attitude was 'sex at any price' as they and others embarked on what he described as a 'reign of terror on girls in Derby'."

Derby sex abuse gang leaders jailed | UK news | The Guardian

Derby sex abuse gang leaders jailed | UK news | The Guardian : "ringleaders of a gang who groomed vulnerable girls for sex were given i...

David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/07/mps-expenses-david-chaytor-jailed">David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian</a>: "former Labour MP David Chaytor behind bars tonight beginning an 18-month jail sentence after admitting claiming false parliamentary expenses. Chaytor, who as MP for Bury North tried to cheat taxpayers out of more than £22,000, looked gaunt but impassive as Mr Justice Saunders at Southwark crown court told him the expenses scandal had 'shaken public confidence in our legislature' and had 'angered the public'. The first MP to be convicted and sentenced over the debacle, he was led from a reinforced glass-panelled dock and taken to Wandsworth prison, where he will be held until transferred to an open prison. The 61-year-old may serve just four-and-a-half months if risk-assessed as eligible for the home detention curfew scheme, which could see him released with a tag as early as the end of May."

David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian

David Chaytor jailed for 18 months over false expenses claim | Politics | The Guardian : "former Labour MP David Chaytor behind bars to...

Michael Jackson - Doctor: 'Jackson Was Dead An Hour Before He Arrived At Hospital' - Contactmusic News

<a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/doctor-jackson-was-dead-an-hour-before-he-arrived-at-hospital_1194039">Michael Jackson - Doctor: 'Jackson Was Dead An Hour Before He Arrived At Hospital' - Contactmusic News</a>: "MICHAEL JACKSON was dead an hour before his body arrived at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in June, 2009, according to testimony from emergency room doctor RICHELLE COOPER. The doctor took the stand at an ongoing preliminary hearing which will dictate whether or not Jackson's physician Dr. Conrad Murray will stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges relating to the King of Pop's death. Cooper revealed she gave paramedics who raced to the singer's rented Holmby Hills, Los Angeles home the authorisation to pronounce the Thriller singer dead. However, Murray - who found the star's lifeless body in his bedroom - insisted they try to resuscitate the King of Pop for almost an hour. Cooper told the court on Thursday (06Jan10) she authorised paramedics to pronounce Jackson dead at 12.57pm on 25 June, 2009, but they declined at Murray's request - and because of the singer's celebrity."

Michael Jackson - Doctor: 'Jackson Was Dead An Hour Before He Arrived At Hospital' - Contactmusic News

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Dupuy’s role as leader of the Bo-Gars has been common knowledge among gang members for decades

Its leader has spent almost all of the last three years behind bars, and there’s a chance that is where he’ll be for another three. But as Chenier (Big) Dupuy waits in a detention centre – expecting to learn in February whether he will serve up to another 40 months for drug trafficking – the Bo-Gars, a street gang he is alleged to lead, appear to be very active. Several details about the Bo-Gars were recently revealed while sentence arguments were made in Dupuy’s drug trafficking case last month. Unlike most gangs based in northeastern Montreal, which fade after a few years, the Bo-Gars have been around for two decades with Dupuy, 34, at the helm the whole time. He sports a tattoo on his right shoulder depicting a firearm pointed at a head with the inscription “Only Stronger Survive.” According to Det.-Sgt. Jean-Claude Gauthier, a Montreal police street gang expert who testified at Dupuy’s sentence hearing, the Bo-Gars are an offshoot of a defunct gang called the Master B that emerged from Montreal North in 1985 and was founded by Beauvoir Jean, 46, a man who now counsels youth on how to avoid joining gangs. (The B in Master B was taken from Jean’s first name.) In a report submitted to Quebec Court Judge Jean-Pierre Boyer, Gauthier describes the Bo-Gars, estimated to have 18 members, as having “the leadership level above all the gangs in the Red alliance. The Bo-Gars gang is principally active in the Montreal North and Rivière des Prairies sectors. They also have activities outside the province. The criminal activities of the Bo-Gars include murder, attempted murder, drive-by shootings, infractions related to firearms, drug trafficking (in particular, crack), break-ins, armed robbery and pimping.” The Red alliance that Gauthier mentions is a grouping of street gangs who refer to themselves as Bloods. Their sometimes rivals are grouped under the Blue, or Crips, alliance. Dupuy’s first gang-related arrest as an adult was on weapons charges in 1995 when police in Toronto, acting on a tip from Montreal police, arrested four members of the Bo-Gars. The police suspected they were in Toronto to send a violent message to a rival group by disrupting a Caribbean festival. In the follow-up to the arrests, Toronto police learned one of the four men they arrested had rented five motel rooms in the city. The rooms were raided and five more gang members were arrested, including Dupuy and his older brother Charles-Yves. All of the men were armed. Gauthier said Charles-Yves, 39, was a member of the Master B and probably set the example his younger sibling followed. The older brother is alleged to be a member of the Bo-Gars, but Chenier is considered the gang’s leader. Dupuy denies even being part of the Bo-Gars. During sentencing arguments, he said, in reference to Gauthier’s testimony: “There is nothing that can prove that I am in the gang. It’s just blah, blah, blah.” His lawyer, Serge Lamontagne, was more eloquent. After sentencing arguments, he told reporters that police are too quick to assume the existence of a gang. “We shouldn’t forget territorial questions involve people going to the same schools, living in same ghettos and so they are often together. They are together and do things like smoke (pot) or other small things, and (the police) say ‘they’re a gang,’ so we all say ‘they’re a gang.’ We have to stop this,” Lamontagne said. Dupuy’s role as leader of the Bo-Gars has been common knowledge among gang members for decades, Gauthier said during the hearing. “He is known. Even the rivals know he is the leader,” Gauthier said, adding that in 2002, while members of the Bo-Gars were investigated for stealing firearms from people advertising their sale in classified ads, Dupuy was recorded on a wiretap telling his sister he was the head of the gang and had territory to protect. To further his point, Gauthier recounted how Beauvoir Jean was recently the target of a shooting in Montreal North in June. Jean approached two men arguing outside a strip mall on Pascal St. and tried to calm things down. He later told police that Philistin Paul, 32, a man known to associate with Bloods, punched him in the face and fired a shot in his direction. Jean told police, in a videotaped statement, that he believed Paul was trying to make a statement that he now controlled Montreal North. He said Paul mistakenly assumed that Dupuis “got five years” in the drug trafficking case and Paul was now “boss of the neighbourhood.” Paul has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting, and his trial is scheduled to resume this month. Dupuy insists he is not a gang member and accuses police of targeting him whenever he finishes serving a sentence. In arguing that he is not a chronic repeat offender, Dupuis claims to have invested money in a hair salon in St. Léonard and to be involved in the music career of Fritz Gérald Michel, 37, who is also known as King and has recorded rap songs under that name. Police say they believe Michel is involved with the Bloods. Dupuy said Michel recently signed a contract with a major recording label in Europe. Michel and known members of the Bo-Gars were with Dupuy on Dec. 22, 2007, when the alleged gang leader was arrested inside Café Univers in Laval as police responded to a 911 call about a fight. When officers arrived, an employee told them they could find a very large and aggressive man inside the manager’s office. When officers entered the office, Dupuy greeted them and tried to convince them he was just settling a matter with the manager. The manager then blurted out that Dupuy was armed. Dupuy was grabbed by the officers, who found he was carrying a 9-millimetre firearm. Dupuy was kept in custody while he was charged with intimidation, assault and uttering threats in the Café Univers case. He pleaded guilty, on May 8, 2008, to possession of a prohibited and loaded weapon, assault and uttering threats. He was sentenced to six months and was released from a detention centre on Sept. 7, 2008. Michel was also with Dupuy on Sept. 10, 2008, three days after he was released, at the Solid Gold strip club on St. Laurent Blvd. Dupuy got into an argument with seven men believed to be members of the Kraz Brizz, a rival gang. Someone among the group of seven tried to shoot Dupuy as he and Michel headed for the exit. Dupuy jumped on the hood of a taxi parked outside the strip bar. The driver, spooked by the sound of gunshots, drove off and then stopped about a block away, with Dupuy still clinging to the hood. It was Dupuy’s evasive answers to police after the shooting that led them to conduct surveillance on a Laval apartment where he lived. Investigators also had information from sources who told them Dupuy spoke of taking over drug trafficking in Montreal North and Rivière des Prairies as he neared the end of his sentence in September 2008. It took police about seven weeks to gather enough evidence to have Dupuy picked up for drug trafficking in October 2008, and he has been in custody since. At least three other men considered to be Bo-Gars members, or associates of the gang, have criminal cases pending against them, and another member was recently targeted in a gang-related shooting. Eneck Baptiste, 35, was recently the victim of a shooting inside the Red Lite after-hours club in Laval. On Nov. 6, Laval police showed up at the club while responding to a call about shots fired inside. When they arrived, they couldn’t find anyone who had been shot. But they soon learned Baptiste, who was with Dupuy when he was arrested at Café Univers in 2007, had shown up at a nearby hospital in a taxi. He was reported to be in critical condition, but managed to leave the hospital days later. Musset St. Cyr, 26, a man with known ties to a gang affiliated with the Reds, has been charged with attempted murder in Laval court and has a bail hearing scheduled for Jan. 17. Another sign the Bo-Gars are active involves charges of intimidation and uttering threats filed in Montreal last year against Charles-Yves Dupuy. Edison Saintil, 26, another reputed member of the Bo-Gars, faces 11 charges alleging he tried to run down at least three people with his car after an altercation outside the Sunrise after-hours club on Viau St. near the Metropolitan Blvd. He is charged with damaging at least six cars in the parking lot of the club on Feb. 7 and with assault using a weapon, his car. On Dec. 16, a judge who heard the preliminary inquiry in the case decided there was enough evidence to go to trial. What happened that night outside the after-hours club is not believed to be gang-related. Chenier Dupuy will learn on Feb. 18 whether he will be sentenced to about 40 months in prison, as the prosecution is seeking, or a symbolic one-day sentence on top of the time he has already spent behind bars since his arrest. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Gars+just+away/4059976/story.html#ixzz1AHlUIDdF

Dupuy’s role as leader of the Bo-Gars has been common knowledge among gang members for decades

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Jack Tweed's new Essex bar was reportedly set on fire

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Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term, was arrested in a Mexican resort town where she liked to dance, a U.S. official said. Parrett, 62, was picked up yesterday by Mexican immigration authorities in Ajijic, Jalisco, Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Babtist said today. Parrett was convicted in Columbus, Ohio, in March 2008 for her role in a $2.9 billion fraud. Days later, while out on bail, she fled her home in Carefree, Arizona. She was declared a fugitive and sentenced in absentia in March 2009. “She was living in the lap of luxury,” Babtist said in a telephone interview from Columbus. “She was having fun, telling people that she was an American who had testified against several people in a large white-collar crime case. She was trying to stay anonymous and using an alias.” Parrett was flown yesterday from Guadalajara to Los Angeles, where she was arrested on a warrant, he said. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian, at a hearing today in federal court in Los Angeles, ordered Parrett to be detained and transferred to Columbus. Parrett, who was represented by a public defender, waived her right to an identity hearing in Los Angeles. She was convicted with four other executives in 2008 of fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. She was also ordered to pay $2.38 billion in restitution. Parrett, a former vice chairman, secretary and treasurer, was one of 10 executives who were convicted at trial or pleaded guilty. Anti-Aging Treatments “I’ve heard that she liked to go out dancing,” Babtist said. “She was getting treatments from a Mexican anti-aging doctor regularly. For somebody who’s on the run, it was pretty good.” Agents had long suspected that Parrett was in Mexico, Babtist said. “It was a matter of narrowing down the search and actually pinpointing the location,” he said.

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term, was arrest...

UK hunt for a Dutch ‘mobster’ | The Sun |News

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Two of the fugitives arrested after their names and pictures appeared in The Blade were indicted

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You can run – but you can't hide from the gunmen on Spain's Costa del Crime | UK news | The Observer

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A Memorial to a Hero Needs Your support!

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Pasquale Manfredi, accused of being one of the top figures in the 'Ndrangheta mafia, was found in Calabria.

Italian police have used social networking site Facebook to track down and capture one of the country's most-wanted fugitive mafia suspe...

Police may be closing in on Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Messina Denaro

Police may be closing in on Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Messina Denaro. Denaro's brother, Salvatore Denaro was arrested on Monday in an operation involving 200 officers.He was detained along with 18 others who authorities say are members of a network surrounding the "boss of bosses" of the Cosa Nostra, who has been on the run since 1993.              The prisoners face charges of organizing godfather Messina Denaro's secret correspondence to help him escape arrest. Head of Police in Trapani, Giuseppe Linares says the accused had a complex system in place to avoid police infiltration.              "The group (in charge to help him) had reduced contacts among themselves to a minimum, just to maybe one or two occasions every year. They communicated only by means of pieces of paper ('pizzini') and they only used very trusted people, mostly from within the family."              Like previous fugitive godfathers, Messina Denaro reportedly controls the mob by sending secret "pizzini", messages typed on tiny pieces of onionskin paper and hidden between the messenger's toes — these are used to communicate between Mafia lieutenants.              Messina Denaro has a playboy image. Nicknamed "Diabolik" after a comic-book character, the mobster was sentenced to life in absentia for his part in a 1993 Mafia bombing campaign which left 10 people dead and more than 90 injured.

Police may be closing in on Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Messina Denaro

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Extradited gangster Abu Salem was today produced before a Delhi court in an eight-year-old case of alleged extortion.

Metropolitan magistrate Sandeep Garg issued notices to two witnesses to appear on April five and directed that Salem be kept at Tihar jail here as he is to be produced tomorrow in another court.Salem was brought here by the Mumbai police sleuths following a production warrant issued by the court which is recording statement of witnesses in the case.Salem, who was extradited from Portugal in 2005, is being tried along with others for allegedly making extortion calls to a city businessman in 2002. The statement of Rajat Nagrath, who had filed a complaint against Salem and others in 2002 with the Delhi Police's Special Cell alleging the gangster was demanding Rs5 crore as protection money, was recorded in-camera on December 15 following his request.Salem is to be produced tomorrow before another court which is to hear arguments on framing of charges against him under stringent MCOCA in another case of alleged extortion.He is also likely to be produced before another court at Patiala House here in a third case of alleged extortion.

Extradited gangster Abu Salem was today produced before a Delhi court in an eight-year-old case of alleged extortion.

Metropolitan magistrate Sandeep Garg issued notices to two witnesses to appear on April five and directed that Salem be kept at Tihar jail h...

company put a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale Welfare Recreation" category

company put a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale Welfare Recreation" category, then billed the government for her salary and plane tickets.The Davis's allege that Blackwater exercised little oversight of the billions in government contracts it has won over the last decade.The lawsuit also claims that Melan Davis, who handled accounts for Blackwater's contracts with FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, approached her supervisors with concerns about the company's book-keeping. But she was told to "back off," and that she "would never win a medal for saving the government money."Davis was ultimately fired by Blackwater, now known as Xe. She claims the firing was illegal.Xe did not respond to the Times's request for comment.The lawsuit was filed under the False Claims Act in December 2008. But the key documents were only made public recently, after the Justice Department declined to join the case.The charges are only the latest controversy associated with Blackwater/Xe, which last month saw two of its former contractors charged with murder for the shooting deaths of two Afghan men. Still, the company appears to be expanding its presence in Afghanistan.

company put a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale Welfare Recreation" category

company put a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale Welfare Recreation" category, then billed the go...

Saysirisanh is an Asian male, 180 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvCbjAaTjtZirWfQuzajmGu0ZEYS8eGKCXJpIHOtem8ORqJoZkqLDetAKhVPPeCTtHWryNsVodH84_GmrNWcOYpyIkCIE9Wz0c8xVusC7MXydASbD63pUY4QrfFxEdYTulilZY9HGY1I/s1600-h/12-saysirisanh.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437091913141642290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvCbjAaTjtZirWfQuzajmGu0ZEYS8eGKCXJpIHOtem8ORqJoZkqLDetAKhVPPeCTtHWryNsVodH84_GmrNWcOYpyIkCIE9Wz0c8xVusC7MXydASbD63pUY4QrfFxEdYTulilZY9HGY1I/s400/12-saysirisanh.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 200px;" /></a> Saysirisanh is an Asian male, 180 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall. Appel said Saysirisanh has lived in the area for many years.Shortly before 3 p.m. on Jan. 19, task force agents executed a search warrant at 211 Clary St. as part of an ongoing investigation into Saysirisanh’s activities. The residence was unoccupied. Inside, agents located and seized 21.6 grams of methamphetamine, more than three pounds of suspected marijuana, $6,758 cash, electronic scales, a sawed-off shotgun and papers bearing Saysirisanh’s name.The task force has been unable to locate Saysirisanh and has received information he may have left the area. Information regarding the whereabouts of Saysirisanh should be directed to the BRDTF at (507) 372-2136 or text 372DTF with the message and send it to tip411 (847411) to leave an anonymous tip. The task force is offering a cash reward for information leading to Saysirisanh’s arrest. He has a previous 2006 felony drug conviction in Redwood County for a second-degree controlled substance crime.

Saysirisanh is an Asian male, 180 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Saysirisanh is an Asian male, 180 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall. Appel said Saysirisanh has lived in the area for many years.Shortly be...

Greg M. Hermonstyne, 31, and Rhonda M. Trapp, 29, were dealing drugs from an apartment at 2285 Route 9

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPhkkhw4keDd3zPFv5oCTfG7ZGC8peal5DNM6IuaKTzkargJnc_7Td1UVvlsnz6BTI_dBRyw4IM3X9PjMhvtInC2ITKFnMBwoV6qIYhKWnOXIM4eO3DWu9P8X6bAWkKYxZeCxtGhyphenhyphenyeY/s1600-h/malta+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437082211842126146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPhkkhw4keDd3zPFv5oCTfG7ZGC8peal5DNM6IuaKTzkargJnc_7Td1UVvlsnz6BTI_dBRyw4IM3X9PjMhvtInC2ITKFnMBwoV6qIYhKWnOXIM4eO3DWu9P8X6bAWkKYxZeCxtGhyphenhyphenyeY/s400/malta+2.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 160px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ng_OZXip2MjllQ-2-FZnafg5lJg_xIOAJWW-wpgaq5M9L4vKcF80r-HRKoIBiZ2N6-FeX3AL3puoD9ZoyBg-qUFugVqqRBEYO2E-kCYtwxfpp3n91GF5vz5xwqAxwq7Amw1fico_PQ/s1600-h/malta.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437082203337440802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ng_OZXip2MjllQ-2-FZnafg5lJg_xIOAJWW-wpgaq5M9L4vKcF80r-HRKoIBiZ2N6-FeX3AL3puoD9ZoyBg-qUFugVqqRBEYO2E-kCYtwxfpp3n91GF5vz5xwqAxwq7Amw1fico_PQ/s400/malta.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 160px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_qEJB1NX9lCpN9OI7YI-B-hQTNSXjRj76vbBXhEttP9TQYgAgNfWrlMh-orvF_2ppCwsi3R6M-MfWrT-tBeUauuO5BsoFxaBKCtbe2DK-YZpcA2XrINF25gpSSWLJ6BI9OUidIICy-I/s1600-h/drugs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437082200008414322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_qEJB1NX9lCpN9OI7YI-B-hQTNSXjRj76vbBXhEttP9TQYgAgNfWrlMh-orvF_2ppCwsi3R6M-MfWrT-tBeUauuO5BsoFxaBKCtbe2DK-YZpcA2XrINF25gpSSWLJ6BI9OUidIICy-I/s400/drugs.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 198px;" /></a> Greg M. Hermonstyne, 31, and Rhonda M. Trapp, 29, were dealing drugs from an apartment at 2285 Route 9, and that more than 5 ounces of crack and powder cocaine that were packaged for sale were seized this week in a search of the residence. Around $700 in cash was also seized after police executed their search warrant following a month long investigation, provoked by a tip police received through their crime hotline. Lt. Michael Tietz, of the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team, said Thursday that the drugs had a street value of at least $12,000, and represented a "pretty significant quantity" for the area. "They were doing a pretty hefty business there," he said. "This just goes to show drugs are not just an issue in the cities." Tietz said that investigators say believe the drugs were being brought to the area from the New York City area. Hermonstyne and Trapp also have an address in Far Rockaway, near the John F. Kennedy Airport. Hermonstyne and Trapp were arraigned in Malta Town Court on charges of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, class A felonies. Each remains at the Saratoga County Jail, where they are being held without bail or bond. Additional charges and arrests in the case are "very possible," Tietz said. The case, Tietz said, shows that "there's no community that's immune to illegal narcotics." "People that are selling drugs are going to go where there's a market for them and apparently there's a little demand in that area," he said. Tietz also said the case serves as "an example of how an anonymous tip can lead to these people held accountable for what they're doing."

Greg M. Hermonstyne, 31, and Rhonda M. Trapp, 29, were dealing drugs from an apartment at 2285 Route 9

Greg M. Hermonstyne, 31, and Rhonda M. Trapp, 29, were dealing drugs from an apartment at 2285 Route 9, and that more than 5 ounces of crack...

Teodoro Garcia Simental was arrested by Mexican federal police without the suspect firing a shot, and immediately flown to Mexico City.

Teodoro Garcia Simental, blamed for a years-long campaign of massacres, beheadings and kidnappings that chased away tourists and caused social upheaval in northern Baja California, was arrested by Mexican federal police without the suspect firing a shot, and immediately flown to Mexico City.The heavyset Garcia, believed to be in his mid-30s, with close-trimmed hair and a goatee, scowled and dabbed at his mouth as he was paraded before television cameras at a police base wearing a zippered warm-up jacket. Better known for savage killing rampages than narco-business acumen, the man nicknamed "El Teo" bedeviled Mexican authorities for years and narrowly escaped capture several times. Last January, authorities arrested the man they said admitted being Garcia's body disposal expert. Known as El Pozolero, or "the stew maker," he claimed, authorities said, to have dissolved 300 bodies in barrels of caustic chemicals.Mexican federal authorities, acting on intelligence provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said they tracked Garcia down after a five-month surveillance operation. He was captured in an upscale area in the southern part of the city."Today another Mexican cartel leader was taken off the street and is no longer able to carry out his bloody turf war," said Michele Leonhart, acting administrator of the DEA. "This was not an isolated event: It exemplifies the growing effectiveness of our information sharing with [Mexican President Felipe Calderon's] administration, and our continued commitment to defeat the drug traffickers who have plagued both our nations."Though Garcia was not considered to be in the top echelon of Mexican drug lords, few reputed crime bosses have had such a ruinous effect on a region. Mexican authorities say he was responsible for hundreds of killings during a nearly two-year power struggle with rivals in the Arellano Felix drug cartel, in which he had once been a top-ranking lieutenant.Garcia is said to have branched out from traditional drug trafficking and focused his criminal empire on extortion and kidnapping, targeting all levels of society. During his reign, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Tijuana residents moved out of the border city to avoid being kidnapped, and more than 42 police officers were killed.

Teodoro Garcia Simental was arrested by Mexican federal police without the suspect firing a shot, and immediately flown to Mexico City.

Teodoro Garcia Simental, blamed for a years-long campaign of massacres, beheadings and kidnappings that chased away tourists and caused soci...

Spain have busted an international drug trafficking gang after arresting 48 members, most of them hailing from Tanzania.

Media reports say the gang distributed cocaine, heroin, hashish and narcotic pills from Asia and South America across Europe. The reports claim further that the gang used drug mules to bring the drugs into Spain. The gang is said to be controlled by a couple based in Santander, and that most of those arrested are from Tanzania. Spanish police started investigations in May 2008 after an Argentinian man was arrested at Barcelona airport with over a kilo of cocaine in 72 pellets in his stomach. A total of 43.5 kilogrammes of cocaine, 5.8kg of heroin and an unspecified amount of hashish were seized in the operation, and authorities said the arrested suspects will be slapped with charges ranging from conspiracy, drug trafficking, smuggling, forgery, and usurpation of civil status. Reports from that country say the gang appears to be an organized network of mostly Tanzanian nationals, with horizontal structures and cells acting independently but in coordinated fashion, united by ties of kinship and fellow vendors who had settled in Argentina, Brazil, Greece and Turkey. The gang is said to have taken advantage of ‘people from their own country’ and lured them with the promise of earning money, using them as mules to transport drugs hidden in their luggage or objects into Spain. In August last year, the police arrested a member of the network as he was going to Valencia to carry out a transaction which involved half a kilo of heroin. Subsequently, the law enforcers arrested a Japanese man with 4.5 kilos of heroin in Barcelona. And finally, in several homes in Barcelona the police arrested three people including the suspected head of the organization - a Tanzanian citizen - and a Spanish woman, both residents of Santander, from where they are believed to have led operations. Contacted for comment late last week, the Deputy Director of Criminal Investigations in Tanzania, Peter Kivuyo said he was not aware of the reports but pledged to consult the international police (Interpol) for further details.

Spain have busted an international drug trafficking gang after arresting 48 members, most of them hailing from Tanzania.

Media reports say the gang distributed cocaine, heroin, hashish and narcotic pills from Asia and South America across Europe. The reports cl...

Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres

Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres, police killings, beheadings and kidnappings in Tijuana.Two reputed leaders of a drug cartel that waged a years-long campaign of terror in Tijuana were arrested Monday in the Baja California port city of La Paz, according to U.S. authorities.Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants of a gang blamed for a string of massacres, police killings, beheadings and kidnappings that has caused many residents to flee the border city.The arrests by Mexican federal police, coming a month after the capture of alleged cartel leader Teodoro Garcia Simental, are the latest blows against the gang. Authorities feared Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental, Teodoro's younger brother, were planning to reignite a gang war for control of Tijuana's drug trafficking routes.Lopez Uriarte was known for his narrow escapes and flair for self-promotion: His nickname, "Muletas," or crutches, stands for the trail of disabled people he's left behind, and he outfitted his crew with uniforms featuring a patch designed with a skull and crutches crossed underneath. At least 1,400 people have been slain in Tijuana drug violence since the beginning of 2008.

Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres

Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres, police kill...

Smugglers caught in Sweden face 10 months in prison for smuggling 70 kilos of Khat

Smugglers caught in Sweden face 10 months in prison for smuggling 70 kilos of Khat while the same offense in Denmark only gives 30 days in the brig. Politicians are demanding harsher punishment. <blockquote>Khat, also known as quaat, is a substance made from euphoria-inducing buds and is especially popular in Somalia. The substance is chewed to achieve a narcotic sense of bliss. Illegal in most countries khat is addictive and widely used within Somali communities in Denmark.</blockquote> The Social Democrats are adamant that the punishments for khat related offences are too lax and need to be on the same level as those handed out in neighbouring Sweden. ‘The Øresund Bridge is too poorly manned on the Danish side, making it easy to smuggle drugs and weapons,’ said spokeswoman, Karen Hækkerup.‘And it doesn’t help that Khat smugglers receive such mild sentences in Denmark. The government must address this and we want to be a part of raising the punishment for Khat to equal that of Sweden,’ she added.Khat smuggling has been linked with the financing of the Somali terrorist organization, al-Shabaab and Berlingske newspaper recently established the importance of Denmark in the Khat smuggling industry. But Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen was confident that the police were focused on khat smuggling and said he was strongly considering the prospects of stiffening the sentences handed down for smuggling the narcotic into Denmark. ‘I take a serious look at anything involved in the financing of terrorism and it’s a problem if money obtained from crime in Denmark is sent to Somalia and al-Shabaab since terrorism in Somalia has ramifications for western Europe. I don’t have any qualms about tougher punishments. Not only is it a criminal milieu, there is a lot of illegal money involved, and many families are devastated due to an addiction that forces them out of work and education. So hopefully we can toughen up the sentences in Denmark.’ said Mikkelsen.

Smugglers caught in Sweden face 10 months in prison for smuggling 70 kilos of Khat

Smugglers caught in Sweden face 10 months in prison for smuggling 70 kilos of Khat while the same offense in Denmark only gives 30 days in t...

Matthew Feavyour was found guilty in September 2009 for his role in the importation of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £270,000

Matthew Feavyour was found guilty in September 2009 for his role in the importation of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £270,000 hidden in air conditioning units. Andrew Rickard and Gary Moore pleaded guilty at the start of the trial. Birmingham crown court sentenced the three men on February 4 for their conspiracy to supply the Class B drug cannabis. Detectives busted the gang's drug smuggling scam in 2009 following a lengthy police operation codenamed Stagnate. Police officers intercepted the consignment smuggled into the UK from the Netherlands on April 2009. The recovered drugs were concealed in eight boxes containing air conditioning unit access doors, which were specially constructed for the job. Some 380 'soap bar' blocks weighing 94.8kg in total were recovered. Moore had ordered the manufacture of air conditioning units with hollow panels, where the cannabis could be hidden while transporting it from Holland. Feavyour was sentenced to six years, Moore was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail and Rickard got four years for trafficking cannabis from Holland. Operation Oscilllate: Heroin smugglers jailed In a separate police operation (Operation Oscillate) two men have been jailed following an attempt to smuggle more than 1.5m worth of heroin into the UK by hiding it in the packaging of adiabatic air coolers. In July 2007, a consignment of class A drugs was intercepted by customs officers at Birmingham Airport. The heroin was concealed in the pallets carrying the coolers supplied by a Turkish firm and bound for a freight forwarding firm in the West Midlands. Thirty packages of heroin weighing almost 30kg were seized. Each of the adiabatic air-coolers were valued at between £2,000-£5,000. The police recovered eight out of 19 units that came into the UK via the same route. Eleven units are still missing. Police say the units could have been dumped, sold for scrap or sold on. Two men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown court in December 2009 to 18 and 25 years for their part in the heroin smuggling. Police are still seeking a third man.

Matthew Feavyour was found guilty in September 2009 for his role in the importation of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £270,000

Matthew Feavyour was found guilty in September 2009 for his role in the importation of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £270...