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Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “26 February 2019: appeal court upholds guilty plea, life sentence and forfeiture” and “2016–2017: application to withdraw guilty plea rejected”.
9 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Late 1950s–1980: leadership of Philadelphia crime family” and “1976–1980: expansion of Mafia interests around Atlantic City following casino legalisation”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2008: split with Guzmán and Zambada triggers open war between cartels” and “August 2009: new federal indictments in Brooklyn and Chicago for massive trafficking and money laundering”.
9 controversies · 10 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1965: Sit-in at police station to protest surveillance, charged then acquitted” and “1954–1963: Imprisonment at Alcatraz, inmate number 1117”.
9 controversies · 5 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “November 2003: Demobilisation of Bloque Cacique Nutibara, later accused of including criminals or opportunistic recruits” and “2005–2010: Sentenced to 45 years for murder of deputy Orlando Benítez, his sister and driver”.
9 controversies · 10 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2022–2023: temporary disappearance from public BOP register followed by reappearance in federal custody” and “11 June 2018: 49 years and one month in prison and forfeiture of 192 million dollars”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2024: public return as model in “La Señora” music video amid debate over narco-culture” and “2023: transfer to halfway house followed by release from federal custody, with judicial supervision continuing”.
9 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2024: End of US imprisonment and deportation to Colombia, with no outstanding warrant on arrival” and “2006–2022: Post-conviction challenges over alleged lawyer conflict of interest — application ultimately rejected”.
9 controversies · 13 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “18 November 2018: death from cardiac arrest in custody before final resolution of proceedings” and “2017: amparo against extradition to United States and order to restart proceedings”.
9 controversies · 11 sources1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2026: amparo applications alleging incommunicado detention, torture and lack of medical care; remains detained at Altiplano” and “May 2023: new acquittal and release order immediately superseded by aggravated murder warrant”.
9 controversies · 15 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1998: Sentence increased to fourteen years' imprisonment following review of initial conviction” and “1996–1998: US extradition request blocked by constitutional reform's non-retroactivity”.
9 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2012: further arrest for attempting to extort $35,000 from two men” and “1992–1993: indictment followed by substantial federal sentence in cocaine case”.
9 controversies · 7 sources4 convictions4 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2023–2026: US reward increased to $10 million; remains on DEA fugitive list” and “2025–2026: additional counterterrorism sanctions and attributed leadership role in Sinaloa's internal war”.
9 controversies · 14 sources3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1983–1986: revelations about Commission lead to subpoena; refusal to testify and fourteen months in prison for contempt” and “1980–1984: convicted of conspiracy to obstruct grand jury investigating his sons' affairs”.
9 controversies · 6 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1928–1962: Leadership of Profaci crime family and protection/extortion activities attributed to organisation” and “1953: Tax dispute over approximately $1.5 million in unpaid taxes”.
9 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1965–1972: refusal to answer grand jury, thirty days in prison and litigation reaching Supreme Court” and “1970–1971: creates Italian-American Civil Rights League and accuses FBI of persecution”.
9 controversies · 8 sources3 convictions4 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2025–2026: Illinois clemency application, 7 April 2026 hearing and recommendation sent to Pritzker with no identified public decision” and “28 May 2025: Donald Trump commutes entire federal sentence to time served, but Illinois sentence remains”.
9 controversies · 10 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2022–2024: Forfeiture of 24 properties, 5 businesses and 4 companies; appeal dismissed” and “26 June 2008: New York guilty plea to international drug-trafficking conspiracy”.
9 controversies · 6 sources2 convictions4 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2025–2026: transfer to United States, federal appearance and preparation for trial without plea agreement” and “2003–2024: alleged leadership of continuing criminal enterprise involving murder conspiracies, cocaine and marijuana trafficking, firearms and money laundering”.
9 controversies · 9 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “June 1975: murdered at home shortly before expected testimony on CIA–Mafia links — unsolved killing” and “1966–1974: move to Mexico followed by expulsion to United States”.
9 controversies · 9 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1960s–2003: Prolonged feigning of mental illness to avoid prosecution and surveillance” and “2003: Guilty plea to obstruction — admits purported insanity was a deception”.
9 controversies · 6 sources3 convictions4 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1971: Unresolved suspicions of involvement in attack on Joseph Colombo” and “1957–1970: Deportation proceedings, repeated refusal to answer questions and judicial confirmation of deportation order”.
8 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsAuthoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocities
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2016: Clan del Golfo "paro armado" and other violence subsequently included in Colombian conviction” and “2023–2026: 45-year US prison sentence and new 30-year Colombian conviction”.
8 controversies · 11 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “April 1935: First federal tax fraud trial ends with hung jury” and “August 1935: Acquitted at second tax trial after local public relations campaign”.
8 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “April 2025: completion of 40-year sentence and release” and “2017: amparo opens early-release procedure before theoretical end of sentence”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1987–1988: Convictions vacated posthumously because Mitchell died before appeal was heard” and “1986: Mitchell stabbed to death in Leavenworth federal prison”.
8 controversies · 11 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2010–2012: leadership of independent cartel linked to murders, kidnappings, extortion and drug trafficking” and “2012: death in confrontation with Mexican navy, followed by theft of body from funeral home”.
8 controversies · 6 sources1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Arrest warrants in Mexico and United States and US reward of 5 million dollars” and “Killed in military operation after opening fire on soldiers”.
8 controversies · 5 sources1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2023–2026: $10 million reward and continued inclusion on DEA fugitive list” and “2025–2026: identified alongside Iván as one of two fugitive leaders remaining at head of Los Chapitos”.
8 controversies · 10 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1969: posthumous allegation of involvement in strangling Paul Katz” and “1979–1988: Richard Eaton murder — conviction upheld on appeal”.
8 controversies · 9 sources3 convictions3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “US federal fugitive status and reward of up to 5 million dollars” and “2014–2026: death reported but never officially confirmed; fugitive case remains active”.
8 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1965: Indicted for perjury before grand jury; arrested, then dies before trial” and “1951: Repeated refusal to answer Kefauver Committee questions and referral for contempt of Senate”.
8 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026: Mexican military operation in Tapalpa; El Mencho fatally wounded and dies during transfer” and “2026: El Mencho's death triggers CJNG reprisals and dozens of deaths”.
8 controversies · 8 sources1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1972–1983: operational leader of 'DeMeo Crew', RICO enterprise described by federal courts” and “1983: DeMeo himself murdered as federal investigation of his crew intensifies”.
8 controversies · 5 sources
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1950s–1967: Boss of Lucchese crime family and expansion of garment, trucking and union rackets” and “1952–1961: Federal denaturalisation proceedings over omitted arrests and aliases — citizenship ultimately retained”.
8 controversies · 4 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1984: immunised Senate testimony, denials of Mafia involvement and longstanding refusal to cooperate” and “1982: acquitted in Laborers Union funds RICO case”.
8 controversies · 9 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsAuthoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocities
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2016: Sentenced to 30 years for murder of demobilised former FARC guerrilla” and “2004–2011: Murder of brother Carlos Castaño — identified as instigator and subsequently convicted”.
8 controversies · 9 sources5 convictions7 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2013–2019: extensive cooperation with US authorities” and “January 2019: prosecution testimony against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán”.
8 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “October 2024–January 2026: Transfer to residential re-entry programme, followed by scheduled end of prison sentence” and “2021–2024: Two sentence reductions, from 360 to 324 then approximately 292 months”.
7 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1932–1943: Emergence as Chicago Outfit's public leader and diversification of rackets” and “1930s–1943: Extortion of film industry through union control”.
7 controversies · 4 sources1 conviction3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1952–1956: Immigration arrest and deportation order for unlawful entry, contested until his death” and “1950–1951: Identified as head of Southern California crime syndicate and summoned before Kefauver Committee”.
7 controversies · 8 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1993: Appeal against Bibbs murder conviction dismissed and conviction upheld” and “1988: Convicted of ordering Willie Bibbs's murder and sentenced to 75 years”.
7 controversies · 7 sources5 convictions5 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1937–1939: tax prosecution, guilty plea and two-and-a-half-year prison sentence” and “1920–1925: expansion of bootlegging, brothels and gambling under Torrio–Capone leadership”.
7 controversies · 8 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1991–1992: arrest in Jamaica and lengthy fight against extradition to United States” and “1992: death in cell fire while awaiting extradition amid gang warfare following son's murder”.
7 controversies · 8 sources2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killersOrganised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2025–2026: transfer to United States, indictment and federal trial still pending” and “2015–2024: allegation of continued leadership of Cartel del Noreste while detained”.
7 controversies · 8 sources2 formal charges
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1982: appellate court upholds convictions for conspiracy to murder witness and obstruction” and “1981: trial for attempting to arrange murder of government witness Jack Napoli”.
7 controversies · 6 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1978: identified early as suspect or possible participant in Lufthansa heist” and “1979: disappearance and presumed death amid Mafia reprisals — perpetrator and circumstances unestablished”.
7 controversies · 5 sources
Organised crime and cartels
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1 February 1932: Attempted assassination of Coll — three killed in his absence” and “8 February 1932: Coll murdered in telephone booth during extortion conflict”.
7 controversies · 5 sources1 formal charge
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