Organized Crime timeline
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James "Whitey" Bulger Sighted on a Wyoming Indian Reservation
He didn't look like a gangster. Grandfatherly was more like it, what with his receding gray hair, Bing Crosby-style straw hat, windbreaker and khakis. Read more
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James "Whitey" Bulger Sigthed in Okemah, OK, Purchasing Phone Cards
Brian Halloran was gunned down outside a bar on South Boston's waterfront on May 11, 1982, after the FBI refused his offer to cooperate against... Read more
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FBI Officials Admit Bulger was Informant
What has long been suspected is now official: Fugitive crime boss James J. "Whitey" Bulger was an informant for the FBI. Faced with an ultimatum... Read more
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Bulger Appears on "America's Most Wanted"
Just in case the photographs on the FBI wanted posters don't do justice to fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, the FBI is showing America a... Read more
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FBI Seeks Help from Scotland Yard in International Manhunt for "Whitey" Bulger
The task force looking for James "Whitey'' Bulger launched a media blitz throughout Europe after a couple resembling the gangster and his... Read more
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Bulger Featured on German Equivalent of "America's Most Wanted"
FBI agents from Boston were in Munich yesterday, appealing to the public for help in capturing gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. The 78-year-old... Read more
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Sicilian Mafioso Salvatore Miceli Arrested in Venezuela
On June 20, 2009, Salvatore Miceli was arrested by police in Caracas, Venezuela. The arrest was made after a joint operation between Italian and... Read more
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2011 United States Mob Crackdown
Ninety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New... Read more
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FBI Captures James "Whitey" Bulger in Santa Monica, California
Fugitive South Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, wanted for 19 murders, was captured last night in Southern California, the result of a tip... Read more
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Bulger Appears in Federal Court in Boston
In James “Whitey’’ Bulger’s capture, there is finally justice for all. There is, of course, the critical justice for every daughter, every son,... Read more
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Judge Rejects Bail for Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend
A United States magistrate judge, Jennifer Boal, rejected a request for bail by the girlfriend of the former Boston mobster James Bulger, ruling... Read more