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::{{flag|United States}} — Boss of the [[Black Mafia Family]] [[drug trafficking]] organization, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to a total of 50 years by 2008 for drug trafficking and [[money laundering]].<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2008/detroit091208a.html "Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years"], 12 September 2008, ''[[Drug Enforcement Administration]]''</ref>
::{{flag|United States}} — Boss of the [[Black Mafia Family]] [[drug trafficking]] organization, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to a total of 50 years by 2008 for drug trafficking and [[money laundering]].<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2008/detroit091208a.html "Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years"], 12 September 2008, ''[[Drug Enforcement Administration]]''</ref>
*[Andy Smart Andrew.C.B Smart]
::{{flag|United Kingdom}}
- European Mafia, North London Mafia,Corleonesi Sicilian mafia,Chinese Mafia Chongqing
- Solo "Mafia" Businessman, With links to Russian Arms, Black Sea mafia operations, Chinese Mafia and European Money laundering. Adams crime family, Born 1982 in somerset, convicted in 2008 of money laundering,witness tampering, racketeering, Obtaining money by menace, Conspiracy to kidnap, Conspiracy to defraud. Served only 1 year out of a 4/5 year sentence for so called good behavior, however conspiracies suggest that links to non-official government departments with Russia were the reason. Current whereabouts and activities are not known.
*Yitzhak Abergil and Meir Abergil
*Yitzhak Abergil and Meir Abergil
::{{flag|Israel}} — Bosses of the [[Abergil crime family]], convicted of [[murder]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/j-lem-police-nab-suspected-hitmen-near-mobsters-car-1.253797 "J'lem police nab suspected hitmen near mobsters' car"], 15 September 2008, ''[[Haaretz]]''</ref>
::{{flag|Israel}} — Bosses of the [[Abergil crime family]], convicted of [[murder]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/j-lem-police-nab-suspected-hitmen-near-mobsters-car-1.253797 "J'lem police nab suspected hitmen near mobsters' car"], 15 September 2008, ''[[Haaretz]]''</ref>

Revision as of 20:26, 10 October 2011

This is a list of crime bosses who have been notably convicted in the 21st century.

2000s

 Israel — Mob boss, convicted of drug trafficking and murder.[1]
 United States — Boss of the Wo Hop To Hong Kong triad syndicate, sentenced to about 15 years in 2002 for murder-for-hire among other convictions.[2]
 United States — Underboss of the Bonanno American mafia syndicate, arrested and convicted in 2003 of murder.[3]
 United States — Boss of the Gambino American mafia syndicate, sentenced to 25 years for muder plot in 2005.[4]
 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, convicted of illegal gun possession in 2005 and sentenced to about 6 years.[5]
 Italy — Boss of the Corleonesi Sicilian mafia syndicate, convicted of murder in 2006.[6]
 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.[7]
 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.[7]
 United States — Boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted in 2006 of racketeering,[8] convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2008,[9] and again sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for another murder conviction.[10]
 United States — Founding leader of the Supreme Crew drug gang, sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for murder-for-hire.[11]
 United Kingdom - Leader of the London-based Adams crime family, convicted in 2007 of money laundering [12]
 United States — Boss of the Bufalino American mafia syndicate,[13] arrested in 2006 and sentenced to 9 years in 2008 for money laundering and witness tampering.[14]
 Italy — Boss of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, arrested in 2008 with various convictions of life imprisonment.[15]
 United States — Boss of the Black Mafia Family drug trafficking organization, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to a total of 50 years by 2008 for drug trafficking and money laundering.[16]
  • [Andy Smart Andrew.C.B Smart]
 United Kingdom

- European Mafia, North London Mafia,Corleonesi Sicilian mafia,Chinese Mafia Chongqing - Solo "Mafia" Businessman, With links to Russian Arms, Black Sea mafia operations, Chinese Mafia and European Money laundering. Adams crime family, Born 1982 in somerset, convicted in 2008 of money laundering,witness tampering, racketeering, Obtaining money by menace, Conspiracy to kidnap, Conspiracy to defraud. Served only 1 year out of a 4/5 year sentence for so called good behavior, however conspiracies suggest that links to non-official government departments with Russia were the reason. Current whereabouts and activities are not known.

  • Yitzhak Abergil and Meir Abergil
 Israel — Bosses of the Abergil crime family, convicted of murder in 2008.[17]
 Mexico — Leader of the Felix drug cartel, captured in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for drug trafficking.[18]
 Russia — Boss of the Tambovskaya crime family, arrested in 2007[19] and sentenced to 14 years in 2009.[20]
 Colombia — Boss of the Norte del Valle drug cartel,[21] arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 45 years in 2009 for drug trafficking, money laundering, obstruction of justice and murder.[22]
 United States — Leader of the Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, once called "Chicago's top mob boss" by federal authorities, sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for murder.[23]
 China — The "godmother" of a Chongqing organized crime group, sentenced to 18 years in 2009 for running underground casinos and bribing government officials.[24]
 Japan — Yakuza boss, the president of the Kodo-kai[25] and the de-facto leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, arrested and charged with extortion in 2010.[26]

2010s

 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Takumi-gumi and the number-three leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate,[27] arrested in 2010 on suspicion of compensating the relatives of a hitman who had been jailed for murdering a senior member of a rival yakuza syndicate, and sentenced to 10 months in 2011.[28]
 United States — Underboss of the Colombo crime family, sentenced to 8 years in 2011.[29]
 Italy — Boss of the Casalesi Camorra clan, arrested in 2009 for murder,[30] and sentenced to life in prison in 2011.[31]
  • Anthony Palumbo
 United States — Leading member of the Genovese crime family, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in 2011 for murder plot.[32]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jailed crime boss Ze'ev Rosenstein indicted in triple murder case", 19 January 2010, Haaretz
  2. ^ "Court overturns gang boss' `murder for hire' conviction", 21 August 2005, Taipei Times
  3. ^ "Mafia boss who murdered 11 people, then informed on more than 500 gangsters, set free after serving only seven years", 1 November 2010, The Daily Mail
  4. ^ "Mafia boss Peter Gotti sentenced to 25 years", 28 July 2005, Mail & Guardian
  5. ^ "Japan frees Yamaguchi-gumi crime boss Kenichi Shinoda", 9 April 2011, BBC
  6. ^ "'Top Mafia boss' caught in Italy", 11 April 2006, BBC
  7. ^ a b "Colombian drug lords jailed in US", 27 September 2006, BBC
  8. ^ "Former Salon Owner Is Convicted of Racketeering, but Not Murder", 10 May 2006, The New York Times
  9. ^ "Bonanno crime boss Vincent Basciano sentenced to life in prison", 31 March 2008, NY Daily News
  10. ^ "Mafia boss "Vinny Gorgeous" gets life sentence, again", 20 July 2011, Reuters
  11. ^ "Hip-Hop Drug Lord Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff Gets Life Without Parole for Slayings", 9 February 2007, Fox News
  12. ^ BBC News - End of the road for the other A-team
  13. ^ "Reputed mobster gets 9 years in prison", 24 November 2008, The Daily Item
  14. ^ "Cooperation with prosecutors earns D'Elia early release", 1 July 2010, Scranton Times Tribune
  15. ^ "Italian police criticised over mafia boss arrest", 20 February 2008, The Telegraph
  16. ^ "Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years", 12 September 2008, Drug Enforcement Administration
  17. ^ "J'lem police nab suspected hitmen near mobsters' car", 15 September 2008, Haaretz
  18. ^ "Mexican Drug Lord Gets Life In Prison", 11 February 2009, CBS News
  19. ^ "Hermanos De Tambov", 14 July 2008, Novaya Gazeta
  20. ^ "Biography for Vladimir Sergeevich Kumarin,", Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  21. ^ "Colombian cartel head pleads guilty in Miami", 11 August 2009, CNN
  22. ^ "'Don Diego' sentenced to 45 years in jail ", 21 October 2009, Colombia Reports
  23. ^ "Former top mob boss Marcello gets life", 5 February 2009, Chicago Breaking News Center
  24. ^ "Chinese 'Godmother' of Organized Crime Sentenced to Prison", 3 November 2009, Voice of America
  25. ^ "Yakuza chief arrested in Japan", 18 November 2010, The Guardian
  26. ^ "Osaka Police Nab Another Yakuza Boss as Crackdown Continues", 1 December 2010, The Wall Street Journal
  27. ^ "Police anti-gang drive in trouble", 11 December 2010, Asahi Shimbun
  28. ^ "Takumi-gumi kumicho receives a 10 months jail sentence after confessing to charges", February 28, 2011, Sankei Shimbun Template:Ja icon
  29. ^ "93-year-old organized crime figure sentenced to prison", 14 January 2011, Reuters
  30. ^ "Police nab Mafia fugitive who fled through sewer", 14 January 2009, The Seattle Times
  31. ^ "Italian mafia members sentenced to life in prison", 15 April 2011, France 24
  32. ^ "Organized-Crime Figure Palumbo Sentenced to 10 Years for N.Y. Murder Plot", 6 May 2011, Bloomberg
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