2009 in organized crime

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Events

January

  • January 5 – Giovanni Venosa, star of the film Gomorra, is arrested for attempting to collect pizzo protection money from businesses.[1]
  • January 8 – Colombian drug lord Leonidas Vargas is shot dead by assassins while lying in a hospital bed in Madrid.[2]
  • January 19–21 police officers in Tijuana are arrested on suspicion of collaborating with drug cartels.[3]
  • January 28 – Frank Calabrese, Sr. receives life imprisonment for numerous murders.

February

  • February 2 – An Italian court finds four 'Ndrangheta members guilty of the 2005 murder of Francesco Fortugno.[4]
  • February 5–10 drug dealers are killed in a battle with police in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
  • February 5 – Mexican police capture drug dealer Geronimo Gamez Garcia in Mexico City.[6]
  • February 10 – Troops descent upon a police station in Cancún in connection with the torture and murder of former general Mauro Enrique Tello, who led an elite anti-drugs squad.[7]
  • February 11–21 people, including one soldier, are shot dead in a gunfight in Chihuahua, Mexico.[8]
  • February 12 – Octavio Almanza, alleged head of Los Zetas in Cancún is arrested.[9]
  • February 19 – International organized crime figure Ricardo Fanchini pleads guilty to a conspiracy to distribute ecstasy in the United States.[10]
  • February 27 – American raids code-named Operation Xcellerator on the Sinaloa cartel in California, Minnesota and Maryland lead to 755 arrests, the discovery of a 'super meth lab' and laboratory equipment capable of producing 12,000 ecstasy pills an hour.[11]

March

April

May

June

November

December

  • December 5 – Giovanni Nicchi (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2006 and on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, is arrested in Palermo.[23] In Milan Gaetano Fidanzati (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2008, is arrested as well.[23]
  • December 31 – The bodies of six men abducted December 30 in the north-central Mexican state of Durango are found shot to death execution-style. Among them are Bobby Salcedo, an assistant principal and school board member, who is from El Monte, California. Salcedo is believed to be the first U.S. elected official killed in the four years of Mexican drug-related violence.[24]

Arts and literature

Deaths

References

  1. "'Gomorrah' mafia actor arrested for real-life mafia role". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. "Colombian drug lord shot in Spain". January 9, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "Crime charges for Mexican police". January 19, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Four get life for 'mafia' killing". February 2, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Ten killed in Brazilian slum raid". February 5, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "'Key drugs player' held in Mexico". February 5, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "Mexican troops swoop on police HQ". February 10, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Mexico gun fights leave 21 dead". February 11, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "'Hitmen' held over Mexico murders". February 12, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  10. "Time catches up with global gangster". February 19, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  11. "US raids target Mexican drug gang". February 26, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  12. "NY 'mafia cops' get life in jail". March 7, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  13. "Dutch arrest Mafia murder suspect". March 13, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  14. "Yakuza boss reincarnated as Buddhist priest", April 9, 2009, Sydney Morning Herald
  15. "Mexico arrests 'drug cartel boss'". April 2, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Colombia captures top drug lord". April 16, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  17. "Naples mafia leader held in Spain". May 18, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  18. "'Drugs gang' arrested in Colombia". May 21, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  19. "'Mafia man' arrested in Venezuela". June 21, 2009 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  20. (in Italian) Camorra, annientato il clan Russo; preso anche il superboss Pasquale, La Repubblica, November 1, 2009
  21. (in Italian) Camorra, arrestato superlatitante, La Repubblica, November 7, 2009
  22. (in Italian) Mafia, arrestato boss Raccuglia, uno degli eredi di Provenzano, La Repubblica, November 15, 2009
  23. (in Italian) Mafia, presi due superlatitanti, La Repubblica, December 5, 2009
  24. Quinones, Sam; Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (2010-01-02). "Civic leader from El Monte, Calif., is victim of Mexican violence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  25. "Shitei Boryokudan : The Dojin-kai's first president of Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture passes away", 22 May 2009, Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese)
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