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Sinaloa cartel kidnapping that led to murder in Oregon nets prison sentence
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (797+ words) A 25-year-old man who helped kidnap a man from Washington and later assisted in dumping his dead body on a rural road in Oregon was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison. Fernando Cruz-Lerma, who prosecutors say was connected to…...
Mexican national sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for leading San Antonio meth pipeline
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (502+ words) A 43-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for leading an international drug trafficking ring that smuggled more than 1, 000 kilograms of methamphetamine into the United States, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Arturo Leija-Alvarado was sentenced in a…...
Third MS-13 member convicted for 2022 Silver Spring murder, another sentenced to life - AOL
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (16+ words) Third MS-13 member convicted for 2022 Silver Spring murder, another sentenced to life aol. com...
INTERPOL seizes $293 million, arrests 5, 811 in global scam crackdown
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (720+ words) INTERPOL revealed in a statement that was shared on Thursday, July 9, that a four-month operation spanning 97 countries and territories arrested 5, 811 people and froze $293 million in illicit money." This sweep also reached some crypto holders as the investigators traced romance-scam profits…...
Brazil's Gangs Move 2. 4 Times What the State Spends on Security
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (927+ words) The audit. Brazil's federal accounts court, the TCU, reported on the National Public Security Plan on 8 July. The federal share. Union transfers came to 1. 19% of state security spending in 2023, 1. 17% in 2024 and 1. 31% in 2025. The asymmetry. Organised crime moves about R$348bn ($67. 6bn) a…...
Georgia RICO law can apply in family disputes
7+ hour, 11+ min ago (240+ words) The Rome News-Tribune ATLANTA " A 1980s law originally aimed mainly at organized crime can be used in domestic disputes, the Georgia Supreme Court clarified in a ruling involving a legal clash between former spouses. The recent decision reversed the state Court…...
2 plead in Maguire Correctional Facility fight case
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (322+ words) After one Caltrain leader made over $800, 000 in 2025 " doubl" Murdered out vehicle" Someone saw blood on the exterior of a" Two of 10 men allegedly involved in a fight that broke out at the Maguire Correctional Facility in September 2025 have taken plea…...
Seven lives lost in horrific Cape Town shooting incidents
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (316+ words) The violence erupted Wednesday night, sending shockwaves through the communities of Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain and Philippi East. The first incident unfolded around 8: 10pm at the corner of Laura Street and 8th Avenue in Lost City, Tafelsig, where five men were gathered…...
Alleged Gang 24 Hung Hung top member pleads not guilty in Sarawak to having over 120 rounds of ammo, firearm
13+ hour, 54+ min ago (334+ words) KUCHING, July 9 " A top member of a group allegedly linked to the Gang 24 Hung Hung has claimed trial here to six charges of possessing 120 rounds of ammunition without a licence and one charge of possessing a firearm. In proceedings before…...
Feds smack down the most powerful gangs you've never heard of
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (364+ words) The most powerful gangs you've never heard of. That's how LA's top prosecutor, Bill Essayli, describes three India-based transnational crime syndicates now in the crosshairs of the formidable US government. The feds led a series of raids this week spanning…...