2010 in organized crime

none October 20222010 organized crime In 2010, a number of events took place in organized crime. On the first day of the year, reporter Jose Luis Romero was kidnapped for reporting on the Mexican Mafia. While investigating the kidnapping, policeman Jesus Escalante was killed. The Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico. Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the illicit drug market in the United States.CRS Report for Congress: Mexico's Drug Cartels Colleen W. Cook Congressional Research Service 7 16 October 2007 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34215.pdf Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States.Traci Carl Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood 10 March 2009 Associated Press https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00 2009-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090315080309/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00 15 March 2009 deadHigh U.S. cocaine cost shows drug war working: Mexico 14 September 2007 Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1422771920070914 2009-04-01 CRS Report for Congress: Mexico and the 112th Congress Mexico – U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress Mark P. Sullivan Congressional Research Service 2, 13, 14 18 December 2008 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf Events January 1 January – Jose Luis Romero, a crime reporter for the Linea Directa radio station, is kidnapped in Los Mochis, a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, due to his reporting on Mexico's drug production and trafficking. Jesus Escalante, the chief of investigations for the Sinaloa state police, started an investigation later that day, and was killed by gunmen a few hours later.Reports: gunmen kidnap Mexican radio journalist Associated Press The Washington Post 1 January 2010 Mexico CityPolice reporter abducted in northwest Mexico Agence France-Presse 2 January 2010 Mexico City http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20100102-245136/Police-reporter-abducted-in-northwest-Mexico 2 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100103160420/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20100102-245136/Police-reporter-abducted-in-northwest-Mexico 2010-01-03 dead 2 January – Indian Police Service Assistant Commissioner of Police Prakash Wani, along with four other police officers, were suspended after a video circulated showing them dancing with underworld members at a Christmas Eve party hosted by India crime boss Chotta Rajan in Mumbai's Chembur suburb.Mumbai cop reportedly seen at gangster's party CNN-IBN 2 January 2010 Mumbai http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-cop-reportedly-seen-at-gangsters-party/108089-3.html?from=tn https://web.archive.org/web/20121006062551/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-cop-reportedly-seen-at-gangsters-party/108089-3.html?from=tn dead 6 October 2012 2 January 2010Mumbai police chief recommends suspension of DCP, ACP Press Trust of India 2 January 2010 Mumbai http://www.ptinews.com/news/450018_Mumbai-police-chief-recommends-suspension-of-DCP--ACP 2 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100102155639/http://ptinews.com/news/450018_Mumbai-police-chief-recommends-suspension-of-DCP--ACP 2 January 2010 live 2 January – A funeral was held for Nick Rizzuto Jr., who was shot to death on 18 December 2009. His father, reputed Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto, was not permitted to attend because he was serving a prison sentence in the United States. Police videographers filmed every guest at the funeral.Solyom Catherine Block Irwin Rizzuto clan mourns Nick Jr. in Little Italy The Gazette 2 January 2010 Montreal https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Funeral+held+Nick+Rizzuto+Montreal/2400081/story.html 3 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100105024125/http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/Funeral%2Bheld%2BNick%2BRizzuto%2BMontreal/2400081/story.html 5 January 2010 dead dmy-all Tight lips at funeral for mobster's son Associated Press NBC News 2 January 2010 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34667217 Montreal 2 January 2010 3 January – A homemade bomb exploded at the entrance to a court in the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria. Nobody was injured. Authorities say the 'Ndrangheta launched the attack, targeting the prosecutor's office due to its work confiscating mafia assets and ongoing appeals in cases against organized crime.Mafia blamed for Italian court bomb: reports Agence France-Presse 3 January 2010 Rome http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/mafia-blamed-for-italian-court-bomb-reports_592501.html 3 January 2010Mob behind Italy bomb: Media 3 January 2010 The Times Rome http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/article247324.ece 3 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113201647/http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/article247324.ece 13 January 2010 live 3 January – Carlos Beltrán Leyva, a drug lord with the Mexican Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, was arraigned following his 30 December arrest in Culiacán, after he was stopped while driving with a forged license. The arrest came two weeks after Leyva's brother, cartel leader Arturo Beltrán Leyva, was killed in a gun battle with police.De Cordoba Jose Casey Nicholas Arrest Targets Drug Cartel The Wall Street Journal 4 January 2010 Mexico City https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126248870125713783?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world 4 January 2010Mexico captures drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva Latin American Herald Tribune 3 January 2010 Mexico City http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=349719&CategoryId=10718 4 January 2010 8 December 2012 https://archive.today/20121208144454/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=349719&CategoryId=10718 dead 4 January – A Weng'an court sentenced 18 people to up to 20-year prison terms for their involvement in organized crimes in China's Guizhou province. Twelve of the arrested were members of the Yushan Gang, who were convicted of organizing racketeering, illegal mining, operating gambling dens, intentional injuring, rape and other offenses.4 January 2010 Xinhua News Agency 18 jailed over organized crimes in SW China Weng'an, Guizhou http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/04/content_12753934.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110609184911/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/04/content_12753934.htm dead 9 June 2011 4 January 2010Blanchard Ben China gang gets long jail terms in riot-hit area Reuters 4 January 2010 Beijing http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45138020100104 https://archive.today/20120712031327/http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45138020100104 dead 12 July 2012 4 January 2010 4 January – A total of 29 people were killed in 13 separate drug-related attacks over a 24-hour span in Chihuahua, including two state police officers who were shot by six attackers. Among the slain were a female activist who led protests against alleged rights abuses by police and military deployed to fight organized crime.29 killed, including two police, in Mexico attacks Agence France-Presse 4 January 2010 Ciudad Juárez 4 January – Seven Tijuana policemen were detained for alleged ties to organized crime. The arrests stemmed from the interrogation of Luis Gilberto "El Gil" Sanchez Guerrero, an ex-officer arrested 29 December 2008, who allegedly led more than 10 kidnap and murder crews for Tijuana Cartel lieutenant Teodoro García Simental.Dibble Sandra Seven Tijuana police officers under investigation The San Diego Union-Tribune 4 January 2010 Tijuana http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/04/seven-tijuana-police-officers-under-investigation/ 4 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114053956/http://signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/04/seven-tijuana-police-officers-under-investigation/ 14 January 2010 liveIsackson Amy Tijuana Police Chief's Bodyguards Among Group Detained For Alleged Organized Crime Ties KPBS 4 January 2010 http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jan/04/police-chiefs-bodyguards-among-group-det/ Tijuana 4 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100118003729/http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jan/04/police-chiefs-bodyguards-among-group-det/ 18 January 2010 live 5 January – Boris "Bobi" Tsankov, a Bulgarian radio presenter and crime writer who wrote about local mafia affairs in a book published in November, was shot to death outside a fast food restaurant. Top Bulgaria crime bosses Krasimir Marinov and Stefan Bonev were arrested later that day.Beesley Arthur Sofia Irish Times 6 January 2010 Author of book on local mafia shot dead in Bulgaria http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0106/1224261731172.html 6 January 2010No Official Charges Yet for Detained Top Bulgaria Crime Bosses Novinite.com 6 January 2010 http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111684 Sofia 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114184612/http://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111684 14 January 2010 live 5 January – Andrew Merola, the reputed leader of a North New Jersey faction of the Gambino crime family, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. Merola admitted he headed an organization involved in gambling, loan-sharking, scams and labor racketeering during a Newark hearing. He faced up to 20 years in prison.Anastasia George Reputed N. Jersey crime boss Merola pleads guilty The Philadelphia Inquirer 5 January 2010 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaManochio Matt Asbury Park Press 5 January 2010 Andrew Merola, reputed mobster, pleads guilty plea in NJ Newark, New Jersey 5 January – Italian police arrest 14 alleged members of Camorra clans fighting to seize control of drug trafficking and extortion rackets in some of Naples's northern suburbs.The Press Association 5 January 2010 14 quizzed after anti-Mafia arrests http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/149906/14-quizzed-after-anti-Mafia-arrests 6 January 2010http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1148025&lang=eng_news Italian police nab 14 in anti-Mafia arrests Associated Press Taiwan News 5 January 2010 6 January 2010 6 January – Piero Grasso, Italy's top anti-mafia prosecutor, announces a new "Mafia campaign" in response to the bombing of a Reggio Calabria courthouse by 'Ndrangheta on 3 January. Grasso called for the strengthening of national investigation procedures to arrest criminals and seize their assets.Italy facevs new "Mafia campaign": top prosecutor 7 January 2010 Xinhua News Agency http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/07/content_12767349.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110609184946/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/07/content_12767349.htm dead 9 June 2011 Rome 6 January 2010 6 January – Convicted racketeer Mark Strodtman is sentenced to 31 years in prison in Greeley, Colorado, for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Strodtman was the first man convicted in Weld County under the state's organized crime statute.Dunn Sharon Mortgage scheme ends in hefty 31-year sentence for Strodtman Greeley Tribune 6 January 2010 http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100106/NEWS/100109834/1002&parentprofile=1001 Greeley, Colorado 7 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100807163702/http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100106/NEWS/100109834/1002%26parentprofile%3D1001 2010-08-07 dead Strodtman sentenced to 31 years in prison North Colorado Business Report 6 January 2010 Greeley, Colorado http://bizwest.com/strodtman-sentenced-to-31-years-in-prison/ 7 January 2010 6 January – Bing Yi Chen, the lieutenant of a Chinese crime organization, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping arrange the July 1994 murder of two Toronto men as a favor for a Hong Kong drug lord. Chen, also known as "Ah Ngai", was convicted on 23 October 2007.Humphreys Adrian Man jailed over "movie" murder National Post 6 January 2010Lieutenant of Chinese Organized Crime Family Sentenced in New York American Chronicle 6 January 2010 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/135286 7 January 2010 27 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527130046/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/135286 dead 7 January – Three Chinese mob leaders and four criminal gang members were executed in Shijiazhuang through lethal injection. The executions were the result of convictions for murder, gun sales, gambling and other crimes that were considered among the worst in Hebei province in six decades.China executes 7 gang leaders for murder, gambling, gun sales, report says Associated Press The Baltimore Sun 7 January 2010 Beijing https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/jan/07/china-executes-7-gang-leaders-report-says/ 7 January 2010Seven executed for gang crimes in north China 8 January 2010 Xinhua News Agency Shijiazhuang http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/08/content_12773005.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185002/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/08/content_12773005.htm dead 9 June 2011 7 January 2010 8 January – Li Zhuang, a Chinese lawyer for suspected mafia boss Gong Gangmo, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for falsifying evidence and jeopardizing testimony in Gangmo's trial. State media previously said Gangmo's trial underscored major flaws in China's judicial system.Jailing Of China Gang Lawyer Alarms Legal World Reuters The New York Times 8 January 2010China lawyer convicted in mafia case: court official Agence France-Presse 8 January 2010 http://www.mysinchew.com/node/33667 11 January 2010 8 January – Pradeep Sharma, Mumbai's former police shootout specialist, and several other police officers, were arrested for allegedly staging the death of Vashi gangster Ramnarayan Gupta. Authorities say Gupta was kidnapped and brought to a Versova park, where Sharma shot him to death.Singh Vijay V. Pradeep Sharma behind slain man's kidnap The Times of India 9 January 2010 Mumbai https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Pradeep-Sharma-behind-slain-mans-kidnap/articleshow/5425774.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-09/mumbai/28127260_1_ramnarayan-gupta-fake-encounter-k-m-m-prasanna live 11 August 2011 11 January 2010"Encounter" cop among three nabbed over staged shootout Bombay News 8 January 2010 http://www.bombaynews.net/story/586031 Mumbai 11 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032320/http://www.bombaynews.net/story/586031 2011-07-23 dead 8 January – Kenneth Dunn, a disbarred South Florida lawyer, was sentenced to 43 months in prison for laundering money and committing other crimes for a local mafia crew affiliated with the Bonanno crime family in New York City. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727015248/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/dunn-24603-prison-role.html 27 July 2011 Disgraced South Florida attorney sent to prison : MAFIA TODAY https://web.archive.org/web/20151127070606/http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/disgraced-south-florida-attorney-sent-to-prison/ 27 November 2015 9 January – The dead bodies of Yulian "Kunfuto" Lefterov, a former member of the Bulgarian mafia group SIC, and Ivaylo "Yozhi" Evtimov, leader of "The Impudent" gang, are found in the Plana Mountain in western Bulgaria.http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111784 Police Discovers 2nd Gangster Body near Sofia 16 March 2015 9 January – A planned extradition to Italy of Marisa Merico, daughter of Calabrian godfather Emilio di Giovine and wife of henchman Bruno Merico, was delayed when she receives death threats.http://www.metro.co.uk/news/808507-mafia-princess-claims-bosses-want-her-dead Mafia 'princess' claims bosses want her dead Metro 16 March 2015http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Death-threat-to-Mafia-princess.5968354.jp Death threat to Mafia princess 16 March 2015 11 January – Nicolo Romeo, a 72-year-old owner of an animal feed business, was shot to death outside the Italian town Corleone, allegedly because he refused to pay a pizzo to local Sicilian Mafia bosses.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mafia-murder-ends-godfather-towns-12-years-of-peace-6766209.html Mafia murder ends Godfather town's 12 years of peace The Evening Standard 12 April 2012 16 March 2015http://www.oxfordreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2257171 https://archive.today/20120906052030/http://www.oxfordreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2257171 dead 6 September 2012 Swastika suspect's hearing delayed Woodstock Sentinel Review 16 March 2015 12 January – Seventeen men with suspected ties to the 'Ndrangheta are arrested around Italy, including in Rosarno and Bologna. Some were arrested for their alleged roles in violent clashes with immigrant workers, whereas others were already in prison on different charges. Among those arrested were suspected members of Pesce-Bellocco clan, one of the most powerful 'Ndrangheta clans, who were suspected of taking orders from clan ringleader Carmello Bellocco, serving a prison term for racketeering.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/latest-world-news/2010/01/12/italy-police-hold-mob-suspects-after-anti-immigrant-clashes-91466-25580421/ Italy: Police hold mob suspects after anti-immigrant clashes walesonline Administrator 12 January 2010 walesonline 16 March 2015http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12798828.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100117103232/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12798828.htm dead 17 January 2010 Italian police arrest 17 Mafia suspects_English_Xinhua 16 March 2015https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B5AU20100112 Reuters Italy arrests 12 mafia suspects in race riot town 12 January 2010 18 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116043326/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B5AU20100112 16 January 2010 live 12 January – Alleged Chinese gang boss Yue Ning and 30 accomplices faced trial for a prostitution business inside Chongqing. Ning also faces charges of firearms possession and bribery, among other crimes.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/13/content_9311306.htm Gang used nightclub as base, court told 16 March 2015http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12798784.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185043/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12798784.htm dead 9 June 2011 已删除或过期的稿件 16 March 2015 13 January – Alleged mobster Nikolai Marinov, also known as "The Little Margin Brother", was officially declared a wanted man after he failed ito appear in court on charges of conspiring to murder three people. His brother, Krasimir Marinov, was previously arrested for the murder of Boris Tsankov and his younger brother Nikolai Marinov has been missing ever since.http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/01/13/841477_court-declares-nikolai-the-little-margin-marinov-a-wanted-man Court declares Nikolai 'The Little Margin' Marinov a wanted man - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo 16 March 2015http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111920 Bulgaria Court Orders Arrest of Missing Top Criminal Boss 16 March 2015 14 January – Anggodo Widjoj, a Chinese businessman, was arrested on suspicion of bribing two deputies with Indonesia's anti-mafia Corruption Eradication Commission. The commission announced $2.2 trillion had been lost from embezzlement within the organization.http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1155920&lang=eng_news Chinese businessman named corruption suspect - Taiwan News Online 16 March 2015http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/16/kpk-finds-indications-rp-22-trillion-graft.html KPK finds indications of Rp 2.2 trillion graft 16 March 2015 14 January – United States federal prosecutors announced they would not retry alleged mafia don John A. Gotti on racketeering charges. Gotti had been free on $2 million bail since 1 December 2009, when a jury deadlocked during a fourth trial against him.http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Feds-Wont-Prosecute-Gotti-Fifth-Time-81361042.html Feds Won't Prosecute Gotti Fifth Time NBC New York 16 March 2015https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/nyregion/14gotti.html The New York Times Government Ends Case Against Gotti Anahad O'Connor 14 January 2010 23 April 2010 27 January – Paolo Di Mauro of the Camorra, wanted since 2003 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, was arrested in Barcelona.Two Camorra 'superfugitives' caught in SpainNovember 2015, ANSA, 27 January 2010 May 20 May – Paolo Renda disappeared.May 2026 November 10 November – Nicolo Rizzuto was killed at his residence in the Cartierville borough of Montreal when a single bullet from a sniper's rifle punched through double-paned glass of the rear patio doors of his mansionMay 2026 18 November – Kiyoshi Takayama, the head of the Kodo-kai and the "de facto leader" of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate in Japan, was arrested."Yakuza chief arrested in Japan", 18 November 2010, The Guardian December 1 December – Tadashi Irie, the head of the Takumi-gumi and the number three leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate in Japan, was arrested."Osaka Police Nab Another Yakuza Boss as Crackdown Continues", 1 December 2010, The Wall Street Journal Arts and literature January – Gomorrah (2008) is released on Blu-ray through The Criterion CollectionGomorrah: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review - TheHDRoom See also Timeline of the Mexican drug war Timeline of organized crime Bibliography Notes 2 References Kelly, Robert J. Schatzberg, Rufus Chin, Ko-lin Handbook of organized crime in the United States 1994 Greenwood Publishing Group 0-313-28366-4 refKellySchatzbergChin1994 1994 C. Vilalta Monthly patterns, trends, and trajectories in the count of deaths related to organized crime, 2006-2010 2011 Conference at UAEM (in Spanish), 26 April 2011 http://geocrimen.cide.edu/resources/Ponencias-y-Medios/Vilalta---Crimen-organizado-v24Abril2011.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110817033947/http://geocrimen.cide.edu/resources/Ponencias-y-Medios/Vilalta---Crimen-organizado-v24Abril2011.pdf 17 August 2011 Category:Years in organized crime Organized crime