Ballyfermot gangster, who is understood to have ordered the murders of the Corballys and Ryle, is well known to gardai.

gangsters who killed Robert Ryle had been intending to assassinate another man, it is believed.Ryle (30) was not the original target of the hit, which gardai suspect was ordered by a notorious gangland boss.The gun victim died yesterday morning in hospital after losing a three-day fight for his life. Ryle, from Blackditch Road, Ballyfermot, was blasted five times on Foxdene Avenue in Clondalkin shortly before 8.40pm on Sunday.It is believed his death is linked to a bloody feud between two gangs based in the Bally- fermot area. Brothers Kenneth (32) and Paul Corbally (35) from Ballyfermot were gunned down last June in the dispute.Ryle, who was an associate of the Corballys, had been driven to Foxdene Avenue by a woman friend on Sunday evening.When he stepped out of the car to walk up a driveway,...

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Salvatore Vitale,As a child, he was taught how to swim; as an adult, he was instructed how to kill.

Of all the life lessons that Salvatore Vitale took from a boyhood friend he idolized, two of them became practically second nature: As a child, he was taught how to swim; as an adult, he was instructed how to kill.The latter skill, he would later admit, was one he practised regularly on behalf of the friend, Joseph C. Massino, who would marry Vitale’s sister, become the boss of the Bonanno crime family and eventually elevate Vitale to serve as the underboss.Vitale’s criminal life story is laid out in sharp relief in a remarkable document that federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed under seal last month. Nearly three centimetres thick, it contains a saga that spans more than three decades and touches on 23 murders, 11 of which Vitale directly participated in, and many other crimes that he and...

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Police arrest a total of three suspects in two different high profile murder cases.

Police found the body of 48-year-old Martin Zepeda on Tuesday inside a home on Tulare and Fifth in southeast Fresno. And almost one month to the day, 21-year-old Delmon Newsome was shot the death just yards from his southwest Fresno church.Police had to serve a total 12 search warrants to solve one crime. The other required hours of undercover surveillance. And their hard work paid off with arrests in both cases.A memorial still sits outside the home of Martin Zepeda Thursday night. Police say 23-year-old Alfredo Chavez and 19-year-old Brian Munoz have admitted to robbing him and beating him to death.A break in the case came when police found the two suspects in Zepeda's stolen car in west central Fresno. Zepeda's friend says he's glad someone is in custody."My sister told me earlier today...

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Twenty-nine members of the Insane M.O.B. (Money Over Bitches) gang were arrested

Federal and local agents said they took down the most violent gang in Orange County Thursday. Twenty-nine members of the Insane M.O.B. (Money Over Bitches) gang were arrested, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.Deputies told WFTV the gang was responsible for drive-by shootings, at least two murders, several attempted murders and drug dealing. Investigators say their criminal enterprise was based out of a barbershop.A 2006 shooting that left 18-year-old Joey Vera dead was the spark that Orange County Sheriff's investigators say ignited a street war and led to the rise of the county's most violent gang.Officers say, after a 3-year investigation, joined last year by state and federal agents, they dismantled the gang, arresting 29 men and women and taking weapons and drugs off the street."There...

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Bulger Task Force, an FBI-led team that includes state police investigators and state prisons officers.

FBI has enlisted the help of another federal law enforcement agency in the hunt for fugitive Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger.The U.S. Marshals Service, known for its success in tracking down wanted men, recently assigned a deputy marshal to work full time with the Bulger Task Force, an FBI-led team that includes state police investigators and state prisons officers.U.S. Marshal John Gibbons says his agency “looks forward” to bringing the 81-year-old Bulger to justice.A spokesman for the FBI’s Boston office tells The Boston Globe the hope is that the marshals’ international contacts will help track down Bulger.Bulger disappeared just before his January 1995 federal racketeering indictment in Boston and was later charged with 19 murders. The last confirmed Bulger sighting was in 2002 in...

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Armed robber Brian Leslie O’Callaghan would be recalled with fear by bank staff he menaced, but was yesterday remembered fondly by gangland cohorts.

MAN described as among the heaviest of Melbourne’s underworld figures during the 1970s has died, aged 62.Armed robber Brian Leslie O’Callaghan would be recalled with fear by bank staff he menaced, but was yesterday remembered fondly by gangland cohorts.He was a close mate of Raymond Chuck Bennett, who masterminded the Great Bookie Robbery, and was also a member of the notorious Kangaroo Gang.When Bennett was murdered at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in 1979, it was feared O’Callaghan was the most likely to square up.O’Callaghan escaped from prison in NSW the day after his mate was killed.Notorious crime figure Billy Longley, who did time with O’Callaghan in Pentridge Prison’s H Division, said O’Callaghan was highly regarded among criminals.“He was respected by all who knew him,” Longley said.“He...

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Two boys left to die during a bloody rampage in a Memphis home

Two boys left to die during a bloody rampage in a Memphis home turned into key witnesses who helped convict their uncle of six murders in one of the city's worst mass slayings.Jurors concluded Monday after less than two hours of deliberations that Jessie Dotson, 35, shot his brother in the head during an argument, then used two guns to kill five other people, including two young nephews, trying to eliminate all witnesses. He then stabbed three more boys, who hung on for some 40 hours until help arrived, prosecutors said.Two years later, two of the survivors pointed to their "Uncle Junior" as the man who shot their dad and slashed at them knives, enough to convince the jury that Dotson was guilty of six murders and not the gang members he said committed the crimes. Those same jurors will decide...

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top ten list is the top ten world most dangerous gangs

top ten list is the top ten world most dangerous gangs10. Area BoysTerritory: Nigeria and parts of AfricaCriminal activities: Drug trafficking, extortion, murder, inciting riotsNumber of members: 35,000Over the past three decades, Nigeria’s Area Boys have gone from young kids committing crimes of opportunity to a massive if still largely unorganized street gang responsible for acts of extortion and murder.9. Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)Territory: Brazilian prison systemCriminal activities: Drug and gun trafficking, murder, extortion, prison riots, prison breaks, kidnappingNumber of members: 6,000-plusA Brazilian gang, this gang is one of the newest Brazilian prison gangs to be formed. Founded in 1993 Primeiro Comando da Capital the gang is known to have carried out about 300 attacks,...

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