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Cartels, mafias and gangs in Europe are using fruit companies, hotels and other legal businesses as fronts, Europol says

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Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That’s the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency. Europol has identified 821 particularly threatening criminal networks with more than 25,000 members in the bloc. According … Read more

Former president of Honduras convicted of drugs charges

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By Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States. The jury returned its verdict … Read more

Two men convicted in killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

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Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington. Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, worked the turntables in Run-DMC as … Read more

Elon Musk invited by Larry Ellison to Hawaii to ‘dry out from drugs’

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Elon Musk’s alleged drug use led Larry Ellison to invite the fellow billionaire to dry out at the Oracle co-founder’s Hawaii estate, according to a report. Ellison, a Tesla board member, reached out to the Tesla boss in the winter of 2022 as concerns grew from others on the board about Musk’s behavior, the Wall … Read more

So Many Roads bar closing for good in January 2024

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Denver bar and music venue So Many Roads Brewery, the site of protests and police investigations over the last two years, will close in mid-January 2024, co-founder Jay Bianchi wrote on Facebook. “As we say goodbye to 2023 and hello to 2024, it pains me to say that after 28 years we will not be … Read more