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The End of Whitey Bulger – Guilty of 11 Murders and Other Crimes
On August 12, 2013, James J. Bulger, aka “Whitey”, the syndicate boss once listed on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, was convicted for his crimes. (1)
After two months of listening to the evidence, a federal jury found Bulger guilty of the murders of 11 people. According to the FBI, Bulger was also convicted of “numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession”. (2)
Nicknamed “Whitey” because of his white-blond hair, the former leader of the Irish-American crime syndicate Winter Hill Gang of South Boston, controlled an extensive network of criminals during the 1970s and 1980s. Those activities included “loansharking, extortion of local business owners and bookmakers, trafficking of narcotics and firearms, and murder”. (3)
In 1975, Bulger became an FBI informant and was given immunity of prosecution as long as he provided the FBI with information about the Italian Mafia. (3) He rose to power when the Winter Hill leader, Howie Winter, was arrested along with other gang members on the charges of race-fixing.
Bulger took control of the Winter Gang, but in 1994, it’s reported that Read more…
Source: http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2013/08/the-end-of-whitey-bulger-guilty-of-11-murders-and-other-crimes/
