Man Busted With $2M Worth of Cocaine In NYC Diamond District
It was “snowing’’ in the Diamond District Friday, where cops confiscated $2 million worth of cocaine at a fake jewelry business.
U.S. Arrests Mexican Prosecutor In San Diego, Alleging Massive Drug Conspiracy
The attorney general for the Mexican state of Nayarit was arrested in San Diego Monday on a New York arrest warrant accusing him of drug trafficking.
State Department Aide Charged For Hiding Gifts From Chinese Agents
WASHINGTON – A U.S. State Department employee with access to sensitive information was accused of failing to report contacts with Chinese foreign intelligence agents who provided her with gifts in exchange for diplomatic and economic information, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
U.S. Arrests Top Turkish Banker In Iran Sanctions Probe
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The US has arrested a senior official at a state-owned Turkish bank on charges of helping Iran violate US sanctions, a move that could fuel tension ahead of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit on Thursday.
Judge Examines Role Of Giuliani, US Official In Turkey Case
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday ordered lawyers for a rich Turkish trader accused of Iran sanctions-busting to provide more information on his hiring of two lawyers with strong Trump administration ties, ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani and former attorney general Michael Mukasey.
Bodies of Michael Sharp, 2 Others, Found In Congo
DAKAR, Senegal — Congolese authorities say the bodies of an American and a Swedish U.N. expert and their interpreter have been found in the Central Kasai region where they recently disappeared.
Feds Arrest 10 Bonanno Organized Crime Family Members In NYC
Ten members and associates of the Bonanno organized crime family, including alleged acting captain Ronald Giallanzo, were arrested early Tuesday by the FBI and NYPD Joint Organized Crime Task Force, officials said.
Coast Guard Seizes $420M In Cocaine
Sixteen tons of cocaine worth $420 million have been seized along the coasts of Central and South America in the Pacific Ocean in a massive drug bust by the US Coast Guard.
Rudy Giuliani To Help Defend Accused Iran Money Launderer
President Trump’s “cyber czar,” ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, has joined the defense team of a gold trader who is under federal indictment for fraud, money laundering and evading sanctions on Iran, and who has ties to Turkish President Recep Erdogan.
The Russian Money Laundering
Russia’s dirty laundry has been put out to dry by investigative reporters working together across 32 countries in a major project led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta.