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2008 in organized crime

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • March 6 – Police in Thailand arrest top Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout at a luxury hotel.[12]
  • March 7 – Police in Sydney break up an international Korean-based sex trafficking syndicate.[13]
  • March 13 – Drug lord Gustavo Rivera Martinez is captured by Mexican authorities in Tijuana.[14]
  • March 20 – The police have detained the biggest lot of heroin in Moldova. The matter is of 200 kg of heroin from Afghanistan worth about 10 million euros. Drugs were designed for one of the European countries, they were of the Afghan origin and packed in Turkey. Several days later, the General Prosecutor's Office announced that Chief of the Operative Services of the Ministry of Interior Corneliu Savca and two of his subordinates were arrested on the suspicion of being involved in this drug trafficking. It was envisaged that the policemen had had to provide for the transit of drugs, hidden in sacks with French beans in a microbus. After this the press spread rumors that ex-Minister of Interior Gheorghe Papuc was involved in this case, however, the General Prosecutor's Office denied these rumors.
  • March 22 – 'Ndrangheta boss Luca Megna is shot dead, his wife injured and his five-year-old daughter is put in a coma after an attack.
  • March 27 – Mobster Giuseppe Cavallo is shot dead in a retribution attack.
  • March 28 – Francesco Capicchiano is killed by two gunmen, amidst fears of a gang war.[15]
  • March 29 – English Mob Boss Anthony "The British Bulldog" Burnes is shot dead outside a pub in Liverpool.

April

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  • April 7 – Bulgarian organised crime author Georgi Stoev is killed by a single shot to the head in the capital Sofia.[16]
  • April 25 – Moroccan drug lord Mohamed Ouazzani is recaptured by Spanish police after escaping prison last year.[17]
  • April 27 – 15 people are killed in a gun battle between the Arellano-Felix cartel and a rival gang.[18]

May

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June

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July

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  • July 1 – Hideo Mizoshita, the third president of the Kudo-kai, a yakuza organization based in Kitakyushu, Japan, died at the age of 61.[26]

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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  • December 8 – Ten suspected drug traffickers and one soldier are killed in a shootout in Guerrero, Mexico, while another six people are killed when fire is opened on a pool hall in Ciudad Juárez.[51]
  • December 11 – New York Federal Prosecutors state that Genovese crime family capo Tino Fiumara ordered the killing of former capo Lawrence Ricci. Ricci was killed during his 2005 trial and his body was later found in the trunk of a car at a New Jersey diner.
  • December 16 – The Carabinieri arrested nearly 100 people in anti-Mafia raids across the southern island of Sicily and in the central region of Tuscany. The police statement said that Matteo Messina Denaro was organizing a new Cupola to restructure the Sicilian mafia and become its top boss.
  • December 16 – Gambino crime family capo, Vincent Artuso who runs the family's South Florida crew was sentenced to nine years in Federal prison. He was convicted of defrauding the security company through real-estate deals in which the Gambino crew bought ADT office buildings far below market value, then leased them back to the company at inflated prices. ADT paid his crew millions of dollars in excess lease payments over a five-year period.
  • December 17 – Mafia boss Gaetano Lo Presti is found hanged in his cell following his arrest several hours before.[52]
  • December 18 – Angelo Prisco, a reputed capo of the Genovese crime family, has been charged for the 1992 killing of Angelo Sangiulo.
  • December 22 – 9 decapitated bodies of eight soldiers and policeman are found in Guerrero, Mexico. The incident is believed to be linked to drug cartels.[53]
  • December 29 – Salvatore Scala, former capo of the Gambino crime family, died at Butner Federal Medical Center in North Carolina while serving a six-year sentence for shaking down the owners of a Manhattan strip club.

Arts and literature

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy police smash Nigerian gang". BBC News. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008.
  2. ^ "Sicilian Mafia suspects arrested". BBC News. January 16, 2008. Archived from the original on January 20, 2008.
  3. ^ Willey, David (January 18, 2008). "Sicily chief guilty in Mafia case". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008.
  4. ^ "Интерфакс: новости". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  5. ^ Abdullaev, Nabi (2008-04-15). "Chechen Crime Boss Atlangeriyev Abducted". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31.
  6. ^ McDermott, Jeremy (February 1, 2008). "Colombian drugs lord found dead". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008.
  7. ^ McDonald, Henry (February 10, 2008). "Russians kill Dublin drugs lord in Spain". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013.
  8. ^ Willey, David (February 12, 2008). "Mafia threatens Sicilian bishop". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008.
  9. ^ "Raids target £100m drugs network". BBC News. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on February 17, 2008.
  10. ^ "'Mafia boss' arrested in Italy". BBC News. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 21, 2008.
  11. ^ "Boryokudan Situation in 2007" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Police Agency. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-12.
  12. ^ "Thailand holds 'top arms dealer'". BBC News. March 6, 2008. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008.
  13. ^ "Sydney police free sex captives". BBC News. March 7, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008.
  14. ^ "Mexico captures 'key drug lord'". BBC News. March 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008.
  15. ^ Kennedy, Frances (March 28, 2008). "Italy murder fuels 'mafia' fears". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 2, 2008.
  16. ^ "Bulgarian crime writer shot dead". BBC News. April 7, 2008. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008.
  17. ^ Copnall, James (April 25, 2008). "Spain holds Moroccan drugs baron". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 26, 2008.
  18. ^ "Mexico drug gang clashes kill 15". BBC News. April 27, 2008. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008.
  19. ^ "Gunmen kill top Mexican policemen". BBC News. May 11, 2008. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008.
  20. ^ "Dozens held in Naples mafia raids". BBC News. May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008.
  21. ^ Kennedy, Duncan (May 28, 2008). "Police killed in Mexico drug raid". BBC News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008.
  22. ^ "US imposes sanctions on PKK group". BBC News. May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009.
  23. ^ "Spain raids 'major Russian gang'". BBC News. June 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010.
  24. ^ "Italian corruption fighter killed". BBC News. June 16, 2008. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010.
  25. ^ Kennedy, Duncan (June 26, 2008). "Mexican police commander killed". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009.
  26. ^ a b "Hideo Mizoshita of the Kudo-kai dies" (in Japanese). Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun. July 2, 2008. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009.
  27. ^ "Gotti Jr charged in murder cases". August 5, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  28. ^ "Italy arrest over Mafia killing". August 7, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  29. ^ "Canada expels Italian 'mobster'". August 20, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  30. ^ "Headless bodies found in Mexico". August 27, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  31. ^ "Spain seizes Colombia 'drug lord'". September 5, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  32. ^ "Scores held in global drug bust". September 17, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  33. ^ "'Mafia clan boss' seized in Italy". September 18, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  34. ^ "Mafia blamed for Italy killings". September 19, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  35. ^ "Riot after Africans shot in Italy". September 19, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  36. ^ "Mexico seizes $26m in 'drug cash'". September 19, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  37. ^ "Russian 'arms dealer' trial opens". September 22, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  38. ^ "Man arrested for Italian shooting". September 22, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  39. ^ "Italy to send army to fight mafia". September 23, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  40. ^ "French prisoner killed by sniper". September 29, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  41. ^ "Mexican 'drug cartel boss' seized". October 22, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  42. ^ "Mexico hunts prosecutor's killers". October 26, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  43. ^ "Huge cocaine seizure in Colombia". October 26, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  44. ^ "Mexico seizes top drugs suspect". October 27, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  45. ^ "Top Mexico police officer resigns". November 2, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  46. ^ "Naples raids net 88 'gangsters'". November 4, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  47. ^ "'Mobster' held in surgery sting". November 7, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  48. ^ "Israeli 'mafia' boss assassinated". November 17, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  49. ^ "Mexico's Interpol chief arrested". November 19, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  50. ^ "Ex-crime chief arrested in Mexico". November 21, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  51. ^ "Shootout in Mexico leaves 11 dead". December 8, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  52. ^ "Arrested Mafia leader found dead". December 17, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  53. ^ "Headless bodies found in Mexico". December 22, 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.