Tag: Organized Crime

Why Donald Trump Has Started Likening Himself to Al Capone

In recent months, Donald Trump has been trying out a new routine. At rallies and town halls across the country, he compares himself to Al Capone. “He was seriously tough, right?” Mr. Trump told a rally in Iowa in October, in an early rendition of the act. But “he was only indicted one time; I’ve […]

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Spring Break Travel Advisories Reissued for Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas

Don’t wander off the resort after dark. Keep the flashy clothing and jewelry to a minimum. Stay aware of your surroundings. Those are some of the travel rules that Ginger Moore, a retired logistics analyst from Panama City, Fla., adheres to on her solo trips throughout the Caribbean. Ms. Moore, 75, has always felt safe […]

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For Car Thieves, Toronto Is a ‘Candy Store,’ and Drivers Are Fed Up

Whenever Dennis Wilson wants to take a drive in his new SUV, he has to set aside an extra 15 minutes. That’s about how long it takes to remove the car’s steering wheel club, undo four tire locks and lower a yellow bollard before backing out of his driveway. His Honda CR-V is also fitted […]

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Hit Men Are Easy to Find in the Movies. Real Life Is Another Story.

It’s a scene as old as celluloid: a shadowy figure named Luca Brasi or John Wick or Barry Berkman lurking in the darkness, outfitted with sinister intent and nifty weapons, effortlessly committing a murder for cash, animus or cold political calculations. Whether they’re called hit men, contract killers or assassins, figures who kill for a […]

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Ecuador Plunges Into Crisis Amid Prison Riots, Kidnappings

Ecuador descended into chaos this week as a powerful gang leader disappeared from jail, uprisings broke out in several prisons, and guards were kidnapped and threatened by inmates in what has quickly escalated into a major crisis for the South American country. The unrest continued on Tuesday afternoon, when masked men stormed a television station […]

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Gunmen Abduct 31 Migrants in Mexico as Border Crisis Simmers

The 911 call came from a driver on a busy stretch of road near Mexico’s border with the United States: Gunmen in balaclavas had just abducted 31 migrants from the bus he was driving. Pointing to an intensifying kidnapping crisis in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the authorities are tracing mobile phone signals and […]

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Motive Behind Derek Chauvin Stabbing Revealed

The inmate accused of stabbing ex-Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin revealed to FBI investigators the potential motive behind the incident. Chauvin is currently going federal time in the killing of George Floyd back in 2020. Small Town Horror Story: The “Suicide” of Sandra Bland Off English Ex-Mexican Mafia member John Turscak was identified by Tuscon, Ariz. […]

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Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting

A national lobbying group has retracted its startling estimate that “organized retail crime” was responsible for nearly half the $94.5 billion in store merchandise that disappeared in 2021, a figure that helped amplify claims that the United States was experiencing a nationwide wave of shoplifting. The group, the National Retail Federation, edited that claim last […]

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Police Uncover Massive Smuggling Ring That Moved Guns from Europe to Cartels

Images via Federal Police of Brazil. Dozens of raids in two countries just uncovered a major cross-continental arms trafficking ring involving high ranking security officials that moved tens of thousands of weapons from Europe to South American organized crime groups, authorities say. The weapons were allegedly sourced primarily from Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia, and the Czech […]

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The Blurry Line Between Rap Star and Crime Boss

Joe Coscarelli contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Mike Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle […]

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Young Thug’s YSL RICO Trial: What to Know

Who is Jeffery Williams, a.k.a. Young Thug? Mr. Williams, 32, is one of modern Atlanta’s rap icons, having remade the genre in his image over the past decade. Combining psychedelic experimentalism in voice, melody, lyricism and fashion with a hardened street edge and a sneaky pop sensibility, Mr. Williams has earned three No. 1 albums […]

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Is Daniel Noboa the Answer to Ecuador’s Need for Change?

For generations, the Noboa family has helped shape Ecuador, overseeing a vast economic empire, including fertilizers, plastics, cardboard, the country’s largest container storage facility and, most famously, a gargantuan banana business featuring one of the world’s most recognizable fruit brands, Bonita. One notable position has escaped them, however: the presidency. On five occasions, the head […]

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Matteo Messina Denaro, Once Italy’s Most Famous Fugitive, Dies at 61

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted killer and high-ranking mobster with the Sicilian Cosa Nostra who had eluded capture for three decades, has died in a hospital in the central Italian city of L’Aquila, where he had been serving time in a maximum-security prison. He was 61. Mr. Messina Denaro had been treated for cancer for […]

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Peso Pluma Cancels Tijuana Concert After Cartel Threats

Peso Pluma, the Mexican singer-songwriter who burst onto the global stage earlier this year, said safety concerns had forced him to cancel his Oct. 14 show in Tijuana, Mexico, just over a week after he was the apparent target of threats from a drug cartel. The singer, who performed at the MTV Video Music Awards […]

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Eric Ulrich, Former NYC Buildings Commissioner, Indicted on Bribery Charges

Eric Ulrich rose through the ranks of city government with modest momentum, first elected as a city councilman before Mayor Eric Adams appointed him a senior adviser and, finally, his commissioner of the Department of Buildings. At each stop, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Wednesday, he used his positions to benefit […]

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