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Sayonara, mobsters; neighbors oust Japanese gangs

Having one Japanese gang headquartered in their neighborhood was bad enough. When a rival mob tried to move in, the neighbors did something that was once almost unthinkable.

Report: Japanese mob boss gave $100,000 to UCLA

A Japanese gang boss and another alleged gangster who had liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center each donated $100,000 to the hospital soon after their surgeries, according to a published report.

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CPI(M), Cong indulge in mudslinging over Muthoot murder case
Source: PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: In a state where every single public issue leads to political friction, the Paul Muthoot George murder case is being used as ammunition by the ruling CPI(M) and Congress in Kerala, each accusing the other of links with gangsters and shady operators.

Muthoot scion murder: Elusive gangsters surrender
Source: Hindustan Times

Two gangsters suspected to have been travelling with financial services executive Paul George Muthoot the day he was murdered surrendered in a court in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

Muthoot's family alleges conspiracy behind murder,business tycoon
Source: ANI

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (ANI): A week after Kerala business tycoon Paul Muthoot was found murdered, his family has refuted Kerala Police's road rage claim saying that there's something more creepy behind his death.

Law Enforcement Group Takes Legalize Drugs Message to Washington Post Readers
Source: US_Homepage_Featured_Stories

Peter Moskos and Stanford "Neill" Franklin -- one a college professor, the other a former police officer, both members of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -- saw their advocacy of ending drug prohibition published Monday morning by The Washington Post.

Tattoos Gain Even More Visibility
Source: The New York Times

WHO in the world gets a neck tattoo? A couple of years back you could have narrowed the answer to gang members, prison inmates, members of the Russian mob and the rapper Lil Wayne. Then something occurred.

Tide turns against the Taliban
Source: BBC News

In Pakistan there has been a real change in the past few months - the public has had enough of the Taliban and the army has gone to war. As a result well over one million people have been forced to flee their homes...

Not a war for apologists
Source: The News International

Not a single official from the Pakistani political leadership visiting Washington last week dared say a word about it.

Mexico Man "Stewmaker" Dissolved 300 Bodies
Source: BBC News

A man arrested by Mexican police says he disposed of 300 bodies for a drugs gang over the past decade by dissolving them in chemicals. More Articles

Police chase down masked marauders on A3 motorway
Source: thelocal.de

A frantic call to police reporting a car with a pair of masked bandits caused a scare on the A3 motorway, but they turned out to be a couple who had caught a cold, Erlangen police reported on Monday.

The Windy City buffeted by sleaze.
Source: BBC News

Barack Obama stands for change, but the political arena he's leaving can't seem to escape its corrupt past, says Harold Evans. To say Chicago is corrupt is to demean the city's historic achievements. Chicago knows how to make corruption entertaining.

U.S. Embassy hit in Yemen, raising militancy concerns | csmonitor.com
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Sanaa, Yemen - The blast shattered the silence here as the city slept through the early fasting hours of Ramadan. A suicide bomber exploded his car Wednesday morning outside the US embassy in the worst attack on the American compound in recent years.

(See the Pic) Gangster Rapper Rick Ross Lied About Police Job; Trick Daddy Produces Photo Evidence
Source: eurweb.com

TheSmokingGun.com has confirmed that gangsta rapper Rick Ross did, in fact, work as a prison guard at one time.

Paul Dicocco Sr.-The Secret Messinger of Meyer Lansky

Paul Dicocco was my friend and partner. He was my (our) friend from 1972 until his death in 1989 of complications from a heart transplant. Paul worked for and with Meyer Lansky from 1949 to Meyers death. Paul was also Carmine Galante's partner in real estate in Schenectady, N.Y.

Gangsters in Arkansas - Museum opens in Hot Springs
Source: 2theadvocate.com

The site of the new Gangster Museum of America has as sordid a history as its subjects. The building, constructed at the turn of the 20th century on Central Avenue in Hot Springs, has housed the chamber of commerce, a drive-in mortuary and a bordello.

Anti-Emo Riots Break Out Across Mexico
Source: Wired News

Riot police have taken to the streets of several cities in Mexico to ... defend emo kids?

BBC NEWS | Mafia's 'Ten Commandments' found
Source: BBC News

Italian police have found what they say is a "Ten Commandments"-style code of behaviour for Mafia members, at the hideout of a captured Mafia boss.

Ruthless gangsters on a British estate kept the crime rate down !
Source: the Mail online

A ruthless mafia style family on a British estate did a better job than the police at deterring crime !

Gangster who built world's tallest log cabin
Source: Telegraph

By Adrian Blomfield in Arkhangelsk For the one-time gangster who built it, it is nothing less than "the eighth wonder of the world". The less charitably disposed dismiss it as a glorified barn, fire hazard and eyesore.

Feisty pensioner pummels gangsters
Source: IOL

A 70-year-old British pensioner, trained in martial arts during his military service, dispatched a gang of four would-be muggers in a late-night attack in Germany.

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