Tag Archives: Organized Crime

Dominican Republic: Airport mafia and disappearing airplanes

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: April 14, 2010

DiarioLibre.com/SOTT Santo Domingo – The investigations regarding the disappearance of an airplane that left the Joaquin Balaguer International Airport at El Higuero destined for Port-au-Prince, but which turned towards Colombia, have let to the discovery of a mafia that handled clandestine flights and which used local airports. According to the investigators, these flights handled people [...]

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Georgian ‘mafia boss’ slips net

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 17, 2010

Sarah Rainsford/BBC News, Madrid The main target of a trans-European operation against a Georgian-organised crime network escaped in Greece on Monday, a Spanish official has said. Spain’s anti-corruption chief said Lasha Shushanashvili got away because of what he called a lack of necessary co-operation from Greek police.

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Shorter Question Everything

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 22, 2009

Cuba A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades. The former official, Walter Kendall Myers, 72, had access to top-secret government information. Under a plea deal, Mr Myers will spend the rest of his life in jail while wife Gwendolyn, 71, will serve a term [...]