A methamphetamine and cocaine gang operating across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Australia used the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to launder tens of millions in drug proceeds, according to an ongoing investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Between $15 and $40 million in illicit proceeds may have been funneled through Binance, the DEA…
The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday said it has seized more than 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl this year, as the country continues to struggle with an epidemic of drug overdose deaths. The seizures include 50.6 million pills laced with the ultra-deadly synthetic opioid and 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, the DEA said. “These…
Cryptocurrency analyst Dave the Wave predicted the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price collapse, which took place in 2022. Now he’s anticipating a massive surge for the apex crypto. Based on his logarithmic growth curve (LGC), the analyst predicts that Bitcoin could ascend to $160,000 by January 2025. He went on Twitter to share his thought about…
Billionaire Elon Musk, formerly the richest man in the world, has broken a new record. The Tesla founder and Twitter owner has become the first person in history to lose $200 billion off his net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index. The multi-billion dollar bloodbath comes after Musk, 51, in 2021 became only the…
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was rushed to intensive care after suffering a stroke, according to reports from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. The reports came after Nasrallah canceled a planned Friday speech, with the Lebanese terrorist organization announcing through its affiliated media he had fallen ill with influenza and was unable to speak well. Saudi journalist…
Prince Andrew’s sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre could return to the public eye next month as her gagging clause is lifted. Ms Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, had alleged that she was forced to have sex with the Duke three times when she was 17 under the orders of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.…
A New Zealand-born bikie gang boss alleged to be masterminding a global drug empire from Turkey has become the new “Supreme Commander” of the now worldwide Comanchero motorcycle club. Duax “Dax” Hohepa Ngakuru was born in Rotorua but grew up in Sydney where he rose through the ranks of the Comancheros during violent turf wars…
A former professional footballer and successful businesswoman’s secret life as an accountant for a £1million drugs gang was exposed after police swooped to arrest her at an airport. Faye Dunn once boasted a portfolio of companies across a range of sectors, but now the young mum is serving a prison stretch of nearly four years.…
In just a few years since founding the crypto exchange FTX in 2019, Sam Bankman-Fried built a reverent audience among the US political and financial establishment. Then it all came crashing down. Often dressed like he’d just come from a pick-up squash game, the 30-year-old onetime crypto billionaire had appeared with the likes of Bill…
The alleged Islamic extremist who attacked multiple NYPD officers with a machete near the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford — who was already on an FBI watchlist, multiple law enforcement sources said Sunday. Bickford, from Wells, Maine, is believed to have become a radicalized Muslim…