19 years sought for Iranian drug smugglers | The Jakarta Post

19 years sought for Iranian drug smugglers | The Jakarta Post: "Prosecutors demanded 19 years’ imprisonment for each of three Iranians who have been accused smuggling drugs from Malaysia into Indonesia in October.
Prosecutor Riyadi said the defendants Muhamad Reza Nezafat, 24, Mahnaz Sadar Kaheh, 34, and Shazdeh Moradiojagh, 30, were guilty of smuggling the drug into the country and therefore must stay for 19 years in prison.
The defendants were charged with violating Article 113 of the 2009 Law on Drugs. The Article carries a maximum penalty of death.
Nezafat and Kaheh are textile traders. The couple are engaged and planned to get married in the near future. Shazdeh is a housewife.
The defendants flew from Malaysia and arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Oct. 19 with on Malaysian Airlines flight MH-721. — JP"

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DUDUS COKE: JAMAICA'S ESCOBAR - HANSON O'HAVER | VBS.TV Blog

DUDUS COKE: JAMAICA'S ESCOBAR - HANSON O'HAVER | VBS.TV Blog: "Jamaican police finally arrested Dudus Coke, ending a month-long riot by Dudus loyalists that sent the country into a state of emergency. VBS correspondent Hanson O’Haver gave us the background on this legendary, and once untouchable drug lord.
Sure they’re responsible for countless deaths, corruption, extortion, and, essentially, the ultimate failure of various Central and Latin American economies, but drug lords are pretty cool. It’s hard to deny the appeal of living in a mansion, driving ferraris, wearing white suits, and dating Michelle Pfeiffer circa 1983. Thanks to rap music, I can name several such kingpins: Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, Manuel Noriega, Pablo Escobar, and Tony Montana from Scarface. These, however, are historic times, and they call for a new figure who may just be the most badass drug lord of all, the Kingston, Jamaica-born Michael Christopher “Dudus” Coke.
First let’s address the distractingly obvious: “Dudus Coke” is, perhaps, the best name in drug trafficking history. Properly pronounced, his given name should sound like a Jamaican person saying “do this,” so his full name is a command to “do this coke.” As astoundingly badass as that name may be, it’s nothing compared to Dudus’ main claim to tough-guy fame. See, Dudus fought extradition from Jamaica to the United States. By which I mean literally fought extradition: Dudus and his supporters shot and firebombed police to prevent his capture. No name can beat nearly winning a street war against the police for badassness."

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Goa police blame Swedish witness for drug dealer's bail

Goa police blame Swedish witness for drug dealer's bail: "Accused of sabotaging the high-profile probe into the police-politician-drug mafia nexus in Goa, police appear to have made key witness, Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse, the proverbial scapegoat by accusing her of not deposing before them.
'The police attempted to contact her. Efforts were made to trace her. Maybe, she did not have enough time. Maybe, she was involved in such an important activity that she was not able to come,' Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande told IANS.
Deshpande's remarks came after a local narcotics drugs and psychotropic substance (NDPS) court granted conditional bail to dreaded Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala Tuesday evening."

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2010 looking like a violent year in Worcester

2010 looking like a violent year in Worcester: "This year is on track to match or surpass 2004 and 2005 as one of the most violent years in the city’s history.

With 15 shootings from Jan. 1 to June 14 already this year, the city is seeing a disturbing spate of violence that comes close to 2004, when in the same time frame there were 18 shootings.

Noticing an increase in shootings early this spring, the Police Department rolled out an additional patrol unit — much like the Summer Impact or Fall Impact Programs of the past.

“We’re on that trend (reaching 2004 shooting numbers) and that is why we activated the additional patrol program,” police spokesman Sgt. Kerry F. Hazelhurst said. “We know what works and we are trying to get a jump on it. We’re pretty confident we’re going to put a lid on this. Right now we have an uptick and we are getting close to the 2004 numbers.”

Police will begin the Summer Impact Program starting June 30. The program was a line item in the department’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

From Jan. 1 to June 14 last year, there were two shootings, one fatal. Of the 15 shootings this year, three were fatal.

The crime statistics released by the department show the alarming trend that guns are again becoming the weapon of choice. For a few years, gun violence decreased and knife attacks increased drastically."

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Latin American Herald Tribune - Reputed International Crime Boss Arrested in Spain

Latin American Herald Tribune - Reputed International Crime Boss Arrested in Spain: "32 people, including reputed gangster Christopher “Christy” Kinahan, were arrested Tuesday at a number of places around Europe in an international operation targeting a European drug- and arms-trafficking ring operating out of London, Dublin and southern Spain’s Costa del Sol.

That was announced Tuesday by Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency, which told Efe that Kinahan, an Irish-born British citizen, was arrested at his mansion on the Costa del Sol.

Kinahan, 53, was arrested by the Spanish National Police together with several members of his family, a number of British and Irish citizens and four Spanish attorneys, SOCA said.

Twenty people were arrested in Spain and another 12 in Britain, in a joint operation that included the the participation of Europol and 750 police agents from different countries, who also carried out house searches in Ireland, Belgium, Cyprus and Brazil.

The target was a crime ring suspected of trafficking large amounts of drugs and weapons, and of laundering huge sums of money acquired through its criminal activities, SOCA said.

In a statement to Efe in Warsaw, where he was attending a conference on the occasion of The European Day for Border Guards, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said that Kinahan’s organization is connected to several murders and crimes from drug running to people trafficking."

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