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Mar

2024

Camorra fugitive arrested in Portugal after 20 years

PORTUGAL'S criminal police agency PJ said on Saturday it arrested a member of Italy's Camorra crime group who has been on the run for two decades. PJ said in a statement it made the arrest in the country's northern region and that the member of the Camorra, as the Naples version of the mafia is known, was the target of a European arrest warrant. Twenty years ago, the 69-year-old male was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for drug trafficking but absconded and has been wanted by Italian authorities ever since PJ said. He has appeared before a Portuguese judge…

Dec

2023

By The African Mirror

British man accused of swindling nearly $100 million in wine fraud case pleads not guilty

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A British man accused of allegedly defrauding investors of nearly $100 million through a Ponzi-like scheme involving nonexistent luxury wines pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Saturday. Stephen Burton, 58, was extradited to New York from Morocco on Friday to face the charges after he was arrested in 2022 after entering that country using a fake Zimbabwean passport, authorities said. Federal prosecutors said that Burton, along with a co-defender, ran Bordeaux Cellars, a company they said brokered loans between investors and high-net-worth wine collectors. Burton pleaded not guilty to the indictment which was filed in 2022 and was…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

“Tuna King” – Mozambique ex- Finance Minister – extradited to US to face trial

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MOZAMBIQUE'S former finance minister, Manuel Chang, was extradited to the United States from South Africa to face charges for his alleged role in a $2 billion debt scandal, the South African justice ministry said. Chang, who has denied wrongdoing, had been detained in South Africa since 2018 when he was arrested at the request of the United States on charges including money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud. Mozambique subsequently also requested his extradition, and the two countries fought over possession of Chang via both the courts and diplomatic channels. South Africa's constitutional court denied Mozambique leave to appeal in…

Jul

2022

By The African Mirror

Colombia extradites accused drug cartel leader’s sister to U.S.

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COLOMBIA extradited to the United States a sister of accused major drug cartel leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, to face drug trafficking charges, the national police said. Colombian police accuse Nini Johana Usaga, 39, of being responsible for laundering drug money for the Clan del Golfo and handling international relations with cartels in other countries like Mexico, helping to coordinate shipments of narcotics. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Her brother, accused head of the Clan del Golfo, was extradited to face drug trafficking charges in the United States in early May. He pleaded not guilty to the charges…

Jun

2021

By The African Mirror

Argentine golfer Cabrera extradited from Brazil over domestic violence allegations

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RAMIRO SCANDOLO ARGENTINE golfer Angel Cabrera, a two-time winner of major tournaments, was extradited from Brazil on Tuesday to stand trial in his home country on charges of violence against former domestic partners, a prosecutor in the case told Reuters. Cabrera was arrested at the beginning of the year in Rio de Janeiro after he left Argentina and was placed on the Interpol red list. He will spend the night in a cell in Iguazu in Argentina´s northeastern Misiones province on the border with Brazil before being transferred 800 miles (1,200km) south to a local jail in Cordoba pending a…