2009 in organized crime

none November 2010more notable events in each year; June only has one January 2011 2009 organized crime Events January January 5 – Giovanni Venosa, star of the film Gomorra, is arrested for attempting to collect pizzo protection money from businesses.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/4126622/Gomorrah-mafia-actor-arrested-for-real-life-mafia-role.html 'Gomorrah' mafia actor arrested for real-life mafia role www.telegraph.co.uk 5 January 2009 January 8 – Colombian drug lord Leonidas Vargas is shot dead by assassins while lying in a hospital bed in Madrid.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7819300.stm Colombian drug lord shot in Spain January 9, 2009 BBC News January 19–21 police officers in Tijuana are arrested on suspicion of collaborating with drug cartels.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7836755.stm Crime charges for Mexican police January 19, 2009 BBC News January 28 – Frank Calabrese, Sr. receives life imprisonment for numerous murders. February February 2 – An Italian court finds four 'Ndrangheta members guilty of the 2005 murder of Francesco Fortugno.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7865645.stm Four get life for 'mafia' killing February 2, 2009 BBC News February 5–10 drug dealers are killed in a battle with police in Rio de Janeiro.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7871208.stm Ten killed in Brazilian slum raid February 5, 2009 BBC News February 5 – Mexican police capture drug dealer Geronimo Gamez Garcia in Mexico City.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7871365.stm 'Key drugs player' held in Mexico February 5, 2009 BBC News February 10 – Troops descent upon a police station in Cancún in connection with the torture and murder of former general Mauro Enrique Tello, who led an elite anti-drugs squad.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7880741.stm Mexican troops swoop on police HQ February 10, 2009 BBC News February 11–21 people, including one soldier, are shot dead in a gunfight in Chihuahua, Mexico.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7882653.stm Mexico gun fights leave 21 dead February 11, 2009 BBC News February 12 – Octavio Almanza, alleged head of Los Zetas in Cancún is arrested.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7885402.stm 'Hitmen' held over Mexico murders February 12, 2009 BBC News February 19 – International organized crime figure Ricardo Fanchini pleads guilty to a conspiracy to distribute ecstasy in the United States.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7869705.stm Time catches up with global gangster February 19, 2009 BBC News February 27 – American raids code-named Operation Xcellerator on the Sinaloa cartel in California, Minnesota and Maryland lead to 755 arrests, the discovery of a 'super meth lab' and laboratory equipment capable of producing 12,000 ecstasy pills an hour.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7911468.stm US raids target Mexican drug gang February 26, 2009 BBC News March March 7 – NYPD and mafia associates Stephen Carapacca and Louis Eppolito are given life sentences for their part in eight murders.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7929898.stm NY 'mafia cops' get life in jail March 7, 2009 BBC News March 13 – Giovanni Strangio of the Pelle-Votari 'Ndrangheta clan is arrested in Amsterdam.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7941362.stm Dutch arrest Mafia murder suspect March 13, 2009 BBC News April Early April – Tadamasa Goto, the founder and former head of the Goto-gumi, became a Buddhist priest."Yakuza boss reincarnated as Buddhist priest", April 9, 2009, Sydney Morning Herald April 2 – Mexican drug lord Vicente Carrillo Leyva is arrested.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7979765.stm Mexico arrests 'drug cartel boss' April 2, 2009 BBC News April 15 – Colombian police capture drug lord Daniel Rendón Herrera.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8000528.stm Colombia captures top drug lord April 16, 2009 BBC News April 19 – In Mexico eight police officers are killed in an attack on a prison convoy transporting senior leaders of the Beltran Leyva cartel.Mexico drug gang's rescue foiled May May 18 – Raffaele Amato, a Camorra boss accused of being one of the principal importers of cocaine into Italy, is arrested in Marbella, Spain.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8055481.stm Naples mafia leader held in Spain May 18, 2009 BBC News May 21 – Colombian security forces arrest 112 members of the Norte del Valle cartel.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8061305.stm 'Drugs gang' arrested in Colombia May 21, 2009 BBC News May 22 – Police find $10m in counterfeit bank notes and weapons in the house of Mafia boss Fabbio Manno.Fake millions found in Mafia raid June June 21 – Sicilian Mafioso Salvatore Miceli, on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is captured in Venezuela following 3 days of surveillance.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8111885.stm 'Mafia man' arrested in Venezuela June 21, 2009 BBC News November November 1 – Pasquale Russo (Camorra), wanted since 1995 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Sperone (Avellino).it Camorra, annientato il clan Russo; preso anche il superboss Pasquale, La Repubblica, November 1, 2009 November 7 – Luigi Esposito (Camorra), wanted since 2003 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Posillipo.it Camorra, arrestato superlatitante, La Repubblica, November 7, 2009 November 15 – Domenico Raccuglia (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1996 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Calatafimi, Sicily.it Mafia, arrestato boss Raccuglia, uno degli eredi di Provenzano https://web.archive.org/web/20091118214534/http://palermo.repubblica.it/dettaglio/mafia-arrestato-boss-raccuglia-uno-degli-eredi-di-provenzano/1779582 2009-11-18 , La Repubblica, November 15, 2009 December December 5 – Giovanni Nicchi (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2006 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Palermo.it Mafia, presi due superlatitanti, La Repubblica, December 5, 2009 In Milan Gaetano Fidanzati (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2008, is arrested as well. December 31 – The bodies of six men abducted December 30 in the north-central Mexican state of Durango are found shot to death execution-style. Among them are Bobby Salcedo, an assistant principal and school board member, who is from El Monte, California. Salcedo is believed to be the first U.S. elected official killed in the four years of Mexican drug-related violence.Quinones Sam Hennessy-Fiske Molly Civic leader from El Monte, Calif., is victim of Mexican violence 2010-01-02 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elmonte2-2010jan02,0,1294578.story 2010-01-02 Arts and literature Killshot (film) Deaths January 9 – Colombian drug lord Leonidas Vargas February – Mexican former general Mauro Enrique Tello, leader of elite anti-narcotics squad February 11–21 people, including one soldier, are shot dead in a gunfight in Chihuahua, Mexico April 19 – In Mexico eight police officers are killed in an attack on a prison convoy transporting senior leaders of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel May 14 – Salvatore Lombardi "Sally Dogs", Genovese crime family, capo May 17 – Alfonso Tornabene "Pizza Al", Chicago Outfit, boss May 22 – Isoji Koga, the founder of the Dojin-kai"Shitei Boryokudan : The Dojin-kai's first president of Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture passes away", 22 May 2009, Mainichi Shimbun ja July – Anthony Seccafico "Little Anthony", Bonanno crime family, gang member November 4 – Antonio Pelle, 'Ndrangheta boss December 16 – Marcos Arturo Beltrán-Leyva, Mexican drug lord December 28 – Nick Rizzuto Jr., Montreal organized crime figure December 31 – Bobby Salcedo, an assistant principal and school board member References Category:Years in organized crime Organized crime