News about Al Capone

The mother of a British beautician accused of smuggling 43 kilos of cocaine into the US has insisted she is innocent and will be released from jail to reveal the truth. Kim Hall (left), 28, went to Mexico to collect two suitcases packed with cocaine and flew them into Chicago 's O'Hare airport where she was apprehended by Homeland Security. But as damning as the evidence seems, Kim's family believe in her innocence and say she is guilty of nothing more than being 'stupid and naive.' In tearful phone calls from prison, she explained that she thought she was carrying cash from real estate deals and had no idea the cases contained drugs. Although she is languishing in brutal Cook County Jail, Illinois , her mother Tracy (right) is confident she will be vindicated.

A British woman facing 60 years in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle £3.5m worth of cocaine from Cancun claims she was 'forced' to carry the drugs in her suitcases by men who offered her a free holiday to Mexico. Kimberly Hall, a 28-year-old beautician from Middlesbrough, met two 'property developers' in Portugal, who allegedly coerced her into taking bags of what she thought was cash back to the UK after travelling to Cancun, her family insist. Hall was 'threatened' once she arrived and given the bags in Mexico - before being detained in Chicago with 43kg of cocaine while waiting for a connecting flight to Manchester.

A British beautician could be locked up for 60 years in the US for allegedly bringing £3.5m worth of cocaine stashed in suitcases home from a holiday in Mexico. Kimberly Hall, 28, claimed she was forced to carry suitcases for two men who offered her a free holiday to Cancun.  Her father said they were property developers and invited her to stay with them after meeting her at another holiday in Portugal.   

A lawyer who is obsessed with true crime revealed he has travelled to many dark tourism destinations all over the world. Tony Taouk (inset), from Sydney, Australia, has visited some of the most notorious mob cities in the US, as well as underground tunnels housing six million bodies in Paris (left). Speaking about what sparked his interest in 'dark tourism', Tony said it goes back to when he was 16 and he started reading true crime books at school. A lot of Tony's travels have revolved around mob and gangland crime scenes from the 90's- including some of Al Capone's ordered hits (right).

Carol Drinkwater (inset) spends six days in Alexandria, Egypt's 'fabulous crumbling city'. A highlight of her trip is a snoop around its incredible library, which has space for eight million books. She writes: 'I stayed six days and could easily have tripled that to further explore the city, rich in so many layers of history.'

Party donors and congressmen are said to have given him the ailing President a week to 'prove he is not dead' after the car-crash showdown against Trump. Insiders described the 81-year-old's debate showing as a 'train wreck' and 'dumpster fire' and some openly suggested he should step aside for another candidate. Biden meandered through the 90-minute CNN spectacle, struggling to finish sentences and lost his train of thought multiple times in front of tens of millions of stunned TV viewers.

Nigel Harker was locked up in HMP Northumberland in 2020 and made money through 'trading' - on which he did not pay income tax. The 47-year-old man had initially been charged with blackmail in relation to his illegal jail cell enterprise, which he denied. Instead he pleaded guilty to evasion of £3,080 income tax. A judge said the charging decision was an 'interesting' approach which may not have been seen in this country before and likened it to the famous Al Capone takedown. Harker was due to be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday but left the building during a break in the hearing. A warrant has subsequently been issued for his arrest.

'Did anyone last night watch a thing called the debate? Man, that was a big one,' he told the a crowd in the crucial swing state of Virginia. 'Biden spent the entire week at Camp David resting, working, studying-he studied so hard he didn't know what the hell he was doing.' 'He got the debate rules he wanted, he got the date he wanted, at the network he wanted with the [moderators] he wanted. Trump added that the question is not if Biden can survive a 90-minute debate, but whether the country can survive another four years of him in the White House.

Trump declared he wants to move to Texas and retire in the Lone Star State while on a trip to Dallas over the weekend.

The Camden People's Theatre, which took £250,000 of taxpayer funding from Arts Council England during Covid, is offering between £45,000 and £50,000 for the role of artistic director and joint CEO. The job advert said it welcomes applications from people without a formal education who 'identify' as 'working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass'. It also appealed to members of the 'global majority' - a disputed term for people of indigenous, African, Asian, or Latin American descent - as well as those of ' Black Caribbean, Black African, South Asian, East Asian, South East Asian, Middle Eastern, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany and Irish Traveller heritage'.

The former president accused the Democrats of running a 'Gestapo administration', and branded special counsel Jack Smith a 'f**king a**hole' as he addressed a $40,000 a head fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago. He teased his audience over who he would choose as his vice-presidential running mate and dished out praise to embattled House speaker Mike Johnson , ordering Republican critics to 'leave him alone'. He mocked Fulton County DA Fani Willis as 'a real beauty', and joked that his daughter-in-law Lara would not have married his son Eric had she known that her prospective father-in-law risked jail. 'Once I got indicted, I said holy s***, I just got indicted. Me, I got indicted,' he said. 'In fact, Lara, if she knew I got indicted, she probably wouldn't have joined the family.

Prospective buyers can put offers in on the weapon at Richmond Auctions in South Carolina on May 18 with bidding starting at $500,000. Al Capone nicknamed the .45 Colt semi-automatic pistol, which his family members say regularly saved his life, 'sweetheart'. The gun, made in 1911, was one of the gangster's prize possessions that kept him company throughout his criminal legacy of gambling, robbery and murder.

The architecture student, who is getting a lot of attention for her eccentric and lovely wardrobe, married rapper Kanye West two years ago, and the first thing she did was reveal the family skeletons. Elia 'Leo' Censori (top right), a Bianca native, was sentenced to five years in prison for smoking heroin in 1982, and like his brothers, who revelled in their roots and modeled themselves on the crime families from their homeland. Eris (inset) - a notorious gangland killer who was once dubbed'Melbourne's Al Capone' - was sentenced to death for Perth waiter Michael Sideris' murder. In a later trial, Eris was sentenced to eight years in prison for her heroin use, but fined $20,000 Australian dollars, nearly $40,000 in today's money. However, the sentence was commuted to life in prison on 'royal prerogative of mercy.'

According to insiders, Bianca's imprisoned father, Kanye, wants to speak with his daughter's father to see if the rapper is pulling her daughter away from her family and turning her into a 'trashy commodity.' When out to dinner with the infamous designer, 29, in Paris, France, he was shown wearing no underwear under a pair of sheer stockings, triggering her in jail or forcing her to pay a hefty fine due to France's indecency legislation. Bianca's family is 'hurting' over their loved one's parade around like a 'trophy pony,' according to Insiders, who have speculated how Kanye will feel if a man was treating his daughters, North and Chicago, in the same way.

The property on the exclusive Palm Island, a man-made isle off the coast of Miami, is being listed as a 30,000-square-foot lot that could hold a 15,000 mansion. Capone's house, which is where he died of a heart attack in 1947 at the age of 48, was torn down last summer due to the objection of local preservationists. The property is now being marketed as an opportunity for an ultra-rich individual to build his or her dream home.

According to the Angus Reid Institute poll, 64% of Canadian natives strongly agreed or agreed that American democracy would not survive four more years as a result of Trump's White House. Almost half of those interviewed also agreed that the US is'on the way to becoming an authoritarian republic.' When Trump said he wouldn't rule as a tyrant on Day One, he reignited fears that if given the reins again in 2024.' The revealing poll comes as election season heats up with the Republican caucuses today, the first election in the Republican primary campaign in the Republican primary election.

The island off the coast of San Francisco was once home to many civilian families, but it was also home to many other civilian families. On the pier known as the 'watermelon feed', people ate fruit and the children participated in three-legged races, there were holiday parties, with Halloween games, awards, and a summer party.

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After shooting himself dead, Dave Courtney, an East End hardman and actor, died. He was seen yesterday enjoying his beloved Charlton Athletic just hours before his death and having a 'full' three-course meal at The Valley on a 'cool day'. He was suffering from arthritis and couldn't even roll a cigarette, according to Sheila Wellcome. He was one of Britain's most popular London East End hardmen, including the Krays, Roy Shaw, and Lenny McLean. He said he changed his life of crime to become a well-known author and celebrity. Courtney, 64, lived in a quiet South East London street named 'Camelot Castle.'

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Every once in a while when I was in my 20s, under-age schoolboys would accost me as I went into the tobacconist for my daily fix of cigarettes and beg me to buy some for them: 'Pssst!Mister!If you get us ten Woodbines, I'll give you the cash!' This hasn't happened to me in the past many years.

Have you ever visited an attraction that quite didn't live up to expectation? Well, after being shown up close, many sightseers appear to have been left stunned by some of America's most revered monuments. The disgruntled travelers have left a series of scathing reviews, ranging from the Hollywood Sign to The White House's 'terrible' ratings, taking to Tripadvisor to air their rage. Take a trip down to see how some of the county's top sights failed to impress, with lines, a lack of sanitation, and high prices among the complaints...

A bitter property dispute involving her gangster uncle who was once dubbed 'Al Capone of Melbourne' has ripped the family of rapper Kanye West's 'wife,' Bianca Censori.' According to Daily Mail Australia, Bianca was the niece of Melbourne gangster Elia 'Leo' Censori, who served a lengthy prison term after being found guilty of unlawful importation (heroin) in 1982. Eris Censori's brother was a notorious gangland killer who was once dubbed "Melbourne's Al Capone."

Bianca Censori, Kanye West's newest'mistress, is the daughter of Australian Mob royalty. According to reports, the 46-year-old rapper held an unofficial celebration with the Melbourne architect, 28, just two months after his split from Kim Kardashian was finalised. After being arrested in 1982 on a suspicion of unlawful import (heroin), the father of Bianca is facing a life term of at least three years in prison, according to Daily Mail Australia.