Top Russian Bosses

(From left to right)- Gafur Rakhimov, Semion "Seva" Mogilevich, Sergei "Mikhas" Mikhailov, and Avera Bitya.

Top Russian Bosses

(From left to right)- Gafur Rakhimov, Semion "Seva" Mogilevich, Sergei "Mikhas" Mikhailov, and Avera Bitya.

Richard Francis Cottingham - The torso killer

Richard Cottingham,74, is a serial killer from New Jersey, active in New York between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed The Torso Killer due to his habit of dismembering his victims with surgical precision, usually leaving nothing but a headless torso behind. He pleaded guilty to two 1974 murders, closing the cold case deaths of 2 teenage girls. Officially convicted of 11 murders, his real toll is unknown.

He was arrested in 1980 when a motel maid heard a woman screaming inside his room. Authorities found her alive, but bound with handcuffs and suffering from bite marks and knife wounds.

Richard Francis Cottingham - The torso killer

Richard Cottingham,74, is a serial killer from New Jersey, active in New York between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed The Torso Killer due to his habit of dismembering his victims with surgical precision, usually leaving nothing but a headless torso behind. He pleaded guilty to two 1974 murders, closing the cold case deaths of 2 teenage girls. Officially convicted of 11 murders, his real toll is unknown.

He was arrested in 1980 when a motel maid heard a woman screaming inside his room. Authorities found her alive, but bound with handcuffs and suffering from bite marks and knife wounds.

The real Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama film starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. The film is based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone (Depp), an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco.

In September 1976 Joe Pistone walked out of the FBI office and did not return for the next six years. The FBI erased Pistone's history. Officially, he never existed. Pistone became an associate in Jilly Greca's crew from the Colombo family. He later moved to the Bonanno family and became close to Anthony Mirra and Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano. He was tutored by Bonanno soldier Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero.

The evidence collected by Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members.

After Pistone had spent six years undercover, he was ordered to end his operation. After Pistone departed, FBI agents informed Napolitano and Ruggiero that their associate was an FBI agent. Shortly after Napolitano was murdered for having allowed an FBI agent to infiltrate the family; he was shot dead and his hands were cut off. Anthony Mirra, who initially brought Pistone to the family, was also killed. Ruggiero was to be killed as well, but was arrested by the FBI while on his way to a meeting in order to prevent his murder. The Mafia put out a $500k contract on Pistone and kicked the Bonanno family off the Commission. FBI agents visited Mafia bosses in New York and told them not to bother with the contract. It was dropped by Paul Castellano who headed the Commission.

Benjamin Ruggiero died of lung cancer at the age of 68 in 1994. Ruggiero murdered 26 people. He refused to break omertà.

Anthony Mirra Dominick Napolitano A judge rejected Bonanno associate Ronald (Monkey Man) Filocomo’s bid for compassionate release from prison. Filocomo admitted killing capo Dominick (Sonny Black) Napolitano in 1981. He was sentenced to 20 years in 2004.

Mobster Sonny Black.

Pistone is now 81. “There are certain rules … one of the rules is that you don’t embarrass a made guy in front of other people, you do not put your hands on a made guy,” Pistone said. “Breaking these two rules will get you killed.” But it’s grifting … that’s why these guys get killed… more guys get killed after a big score because of greed.”

“You have to kick up to the capo then up to the top. If your score is $1 million and the capo wants $700,000 there’s nothing you can do about it.” He added: “And if they find out you’re holding back, you’re going to get killed.

The real Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama film starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. The film is based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone (Depp), an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco.

In September 1976 Joe Pistone walked out of the FBI office and did not return for the next six years. The FBI erased Pistone's history. Officially, he never existed. Pistone became an associate in Jilly Greca's crew from the Colombo family. He later moved to the Bonanno family and became close to Anthony Mirra and Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano. He was tutored by Bonanno soldier Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero.

The evidence collected by Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members.

After Pistone had spent six years undercover, he was ordered to end his operation. After Pistone departed, FBI agents informed Napolitano and Ruggiero that their associate was an FBI agent. Shortly after Napolitano was murdered for having allowed an FBI agent to infiltrate the family; he was shot dead and his hands were cut off. Anthony Mirra, who initially brought Pistone to the family, was also killed. Ruggiero was to be killed as well, but was arrested by the FBI while on his way to a meeting in order to prevent his murder. The Mafia put out a $500k contract on Pistone and kicked the Bonanno family off the Commission. FBI agents visited Mafia bosses in New York and told them not to bother with the contract. It was dropped by Paul Castellano who headed the Commission.

Benjamin Ruggiero died of lung cancer at the age of 68 in 1994. Ruggiero murdered 26 people. He refused to break omertà.

Anthony Mirra Dominick Napolitano A judge rejected Bonanno associate Ronald (Monkey Man) Filocomo’s bid for compassionate release from prison. Filocomo admitted killing capo Dominick (Sonny Black) Napolitano in 1981. He was sentenced to 20 years in 2004.

Mobster Sonny Black.

Pistone is now 81. “There are certain rules … one of the rules is that you don’t embarrass a made guy in front of other people, you do not put your hands on a made guy,” Pistone said. “Breaking these two rules will get you killed.” But it’s grifting … that’s why these guys get killed… more guys get killed after a big score because of greed.”

“You have to kick up to the capo then up to the top. If your score is $1 million and the capo wants $700,000 there’s nothing you can do about it.” He added: “And if they find out you’re holding back, you’re going to get killed.

Tao Liu - Cartel money launderer

Hong Kong businessman Tao Liu helped launder millions of cartel drug money, including for the Sinaloa Cartel. He awaits sentencing for that and trying to bribe a public official to get passports. Liu lived in Hong Kong but frequently traveled to the U.S. and Mexico. He was scooped up like a dog in Guam.

Liu, who boasted of his GOP connections, pleaded guilty.

Xizhi Li, 45, who lived in Mexico, played a pivotal role. He had direct connections to El Chapo. In 2018, cops in Miami seized more than $617k from a bank account of Xizhi Li, using the name "Franco Ley Tan," one of his 13 aliases. Chinese have set up elaborate networks to carry out money laundering schemes. The network hid drug money in casinos, Guatemala front companies, and through U.S. and foreign bank accounts. The group also used drug profits to buy American and Chinese goods, which are sent to cartels in Mexico for resale. The men face 20 years in jail.

Tao Liu - Cartel money launderer

Hong Kong businessman Tao Liu helped launder millions of cartel drug money, including for the Sinaloa Cartel. He awaits sentencing for that and trying to bribe a public official to get passports. Liu lived in Hong Kong but frequently traveled to the U.S. and Mexico. He was scooped up like a dog in Guam.

Liu, who boasted of his GOP connections, pleaded guilty.

Xizhi Li, 45, who lived in Mexico, played a pivotal role. He had direct connections to El Chapo. In 2018, cops in Miami seized more than $617k from a bank account of Xizhi Li, using the name "Franco Ley Tan," one of his 13 aliases. Chinese have set up elaborate networks to carry out money laundering schemes. The network hid drug money in casinos, Guatemala front companies, and through U.S. and foreign bank accounts. The group also used drug profits to buy American and Chinese goods, which are sent to cartels in Mexico for resale. The men face 20 years in jail.

Mexican cartel cocaine trafficker 'La Muñeca'

In 2019 Ana Marie Hernandez, 41, was sentenced to 11 years. She was nicknamed "La Muñeca" because of her Barbie-doll looks.

Hernandez is in federal custody in El Paso.

'La Muñeca' was extradited to the US after being on the run for two years. Hernandez is the wife of former U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Daniel Ledezma. He plead guilty to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and aiding and abetting the bribery of a public official.

Ledezma is serving a 10-year prison sentence for allowing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into the U.S. border in 2005 after he was paid $100k. Hernandez was implicated in the cartel bribery scheme and charged. She was set for sentencing in 2011, but fled to Mexico before being captured again in 2015.

Mexican cartel cocaine trafficker 'La Muñeca'

In 2019 Ana Marie Hernandez, 41, was sentenced to 11 years. She was nicknamed "La Muñeca" because of her Barbie-doll looks.

Hernandez is in federal custody in El Paso.

'La Muñeca' was extradited to the US after being on the run for two years. Hernandez is the wife of former U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Daniel Ledezma. He plead guilty to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and aiding and abetting the bribery of a public official.

Ledezma is serving a 10-year prison sentence for allowing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into the U.S. border in 2005 after he was paid $100k. Hernandez was implicated in the cartel bribery scheme and charged. She was set for sentencing in 2011, but fled to Mexico before being captured again in 2015.