List of crime bosses convicted in the 21st century

This is a list of high-profile crime bosses who have been convicted in the 2000's

2000s

 United States — Boss of the Wo Hop To Hong Kong triad syndicate, sentenced to about 15 years in 2002 for murder-for-hire among other convictions.[1]
 United States — Underboss of the Bonanno American mafia syndicate, arrested and convicted in 2003 of murder.[2]
 United States — Boss of the Gambino American mafia syndicate, sentenced to 25 years for murder plot in 2005.[3]
 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, convicted of illegal gun possession in 2005 and sentenced to about 6 years.[4]
 Italy — Boss of the Corleonesi Sicilian mafia syndicate, convicted of murder in 2006.[5]
 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.[6]
 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.[6]
 United States — Boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted in 2006 of racketeering,[7] convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2008,[8] and again sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for another murder conviction.[9]
 United States/ Cuba - Boss of the "Cuban mob". Sentenced to 20 years for racketeering charges on January 15, 2007.[10] Died from various ailments while in prison on August 6, 2007.[11]
 United States — Founding leader of the Supreme Crew drug gang, sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for murder-for-hire.[12]
 United Kingdom - Leader of the London-based Adams crime family, convicted in 2007 of money laundering [13]
 United States — Boss of the Bufalino American mafia syndicate,[14] arrested in 2006 and sentenced to 9 years in 2008 for money laundering and witness tampering.[15]
 Italy — Boss of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, arrested in 2008 with various convictions of life imprisonment.[16]
 United States — Boss of the Black Mafia Family drug trafficking organization, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to a total of 30 years by 2008 for drug trafficking and money laundering.[17]
 Israel — Bosses of the Abergil crime family, convicted of murder in 2008.[18]
 Mexico — Leader of the Felix drug cartel, captured in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for drug trafficking.[19]
 Russia — Boss of the Tambovskaya crime family, arrested in 2007[20] and sentenced to 14 years in 2009.[21]
 Colombia — Boss of the Norte del Valle drug cartel,[22] arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 45 years in 2009 for drug trafficking, money laundering, obstruction of justice and murder.[23]
 United States — Leader of the Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, once called "Chicago's top mob boss" by federal authorities, sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for murder.[24]
 China — The "godmother" of a Chongqing organized crime group, sentenced to 18 years in 2009 for running underground casinos and bribing government officials.[25]
 Japan — Yakuza boss, the president of the Kodo-kai[26] and the de facto leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, arrested and charged with extortion in 2010.[27]

2010s

 Russia — Moscow-based Georgian crime lord, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2010 for his role in the kidnapping of a businessman[28]
 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Takumi-gumi and the number-three leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate,[29] arrested in 2010 on suspicion of compensating the relatives of a hitman who had been jailed for murdering a senior member of a rival yakuza syndicate, and sentenced to 10 months in 2011.[30]
 United States — Underboss of the Colombo crime family, sentenced to 8 years in 2011.[31]
 Italy — Boss of the Casalesi Camorra clan, arrested in 2009 for murder,[32] and sentenced to life in prison in 2011.[33]
 United States — Leading member of the Genovese crime family, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in 2011 for murder plot.[34]
 United States — Leading member of the Irish mob in South Boston, Massachusetts, convicted of murder in 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Court overturns gang boss' `murder for hire' conviction", 21 August 2005, Taipei Times
  2. ↑ "Mafia boss who murdered 11 people, then informed on more than 500 gangsters, set free after serving only seven years", 1 November 2010, The Daily Mail
  3. ↑ "Mafia boss Peter Gotti sentenced to 25 years", 28 July 2005, Mail & Guardian
  4. ↑ "Japan frees Yamaguchi-gumi crime boss Kenichi Shinoda", 9 April 2011, BBC
  5. ↑ "'Top Mafia boss' caught in Italy", 11 April 2006, BBC
  6. 1 2 "Colombian drug lords jailed in US", 27 September 2006, BBC
  7. ↑ "Former Salon Owner Is Convicted of Racketeering, but Not Murder", 10 May 2006, The New York Times
  8. ↑ "Bonanno crime boss Vincent Basciano sentenced to life in prison", 31 March 2008, NY Daily News
  9. ↑ "Mafia boss "Vinny Gorgeous" gets life sentence, again", 20 July 2011, Reuters
  10. ↑
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "Hip-Hop Drug Lord Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff Gets Life Without Parole for Slayings", 9 February 2007, Fox News
  13. ↑ BBC News - End of the road for the other A-team
  14. ↑ "Reputed mobster gets 9 years in prison", 24 November 2008, The Daily Item
  15. ↑ "Cooperation with prosecutors earns D'Elia early release", 1 July 2010, Scranton Times Tribune
  16. ↑ "Italian police criticised over mafia boss arrest", 20 February 2008, The Telegraph
  17. ↑ "Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years", 12 September 2008, Drug Enforcement Administration
  18. ↑ "J'lem police nab suspected hitmen near mobsters' car", 15 September 2008, Haaretz
  19. ↑ "Mexican Drug Lord Gets Life In Prison", 11 February 2009, CBS News
  20. ↑ "Hermanos De Tambov", 14 July 2008, Novaya Gazeta
  21. ↑ "Biography for Vladimir Sergeevich Kumarin,", Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  22. ↑ "Colombian cartel head pleads guilty in Miami", 11 August 2009, CNN
  23. ↑ "'Don Diego' sentenced to 45 years in jail ", 21 October 2009, Colombia Reports
  24. ↑ "Former top mob boss Marcello gets life", 5 February 2009, Chicago Breaking News Center
  25. ↑ "Chinese 'Godmother' of Organized Crime Sentenced to Prison", 3 November 2009, Voice of America
  26. ↑ "Yakuza chief arrested in Japan", 18 November 2010, The Guardian
  27. ↑ "Osaka Police Nab Another Yakuza Boss as Crackdown Continues", 1 December 2010, The Wall Street Journal
  28. ↑ Gazeta.ru - Россия передала Испании осужденного за похищение человека криминального авторитета Ониани
  29. ↑ "Police anti-gang drive in trouble", 11 December 2010, Asahi Shimbun
  30. ↑ "Takumi-gumi kumicho receives a 10 months jail sentence after confessing to charges", February 28, 2011, Sankei Shimbun (Japanese)
  31. ↑ "93-year-old organized crime figure sentenced to prison", 14 January 2011, Reuters
  32. ↑ "Police nab Mafia fugitive who fled through sewer", 14 January 2009, The Seattle Times
  33. ↑ "Italian mafia members sentenced to life in prison", 15 April 2011, France 24
  34. ↑ "Organized-Crime Figure Palumbo Sentenced to 10 Years for N.Y. Murder Plot", 6 May 2011, Bloomberg
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