Taiwanese Pair Held for Alleged Drug and Arms Smuggling

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com What first looks like a routine drug bust seems to have evolved into international arms smuggling charges. The FBI is alleging that Taiwanese nationals Hui Sheng-shen, 45, and Huan Ling-chang, 41, known as “Charlie” and “Alice”, were trying to acquire military spy drones, E-2C Hawkeye surveillance airplanes and stealth technology relating to…

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FBI Move to $150M New Chelsea, Mass. HQ in Limbo

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Are sour grapes delaying construction of the FBI’s new $150 million regional headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts? Slated to begin construction late last year (never happened) bid-winning developer Emerald Corporate Center LLC, a division of ACS Development Corp. is facing a lawsuit from losing-bidder Boston Harbor Development Partners, an arm of Pappas Enterprises…

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5 Gambino Gangsters Plead Guilty to Laundry List of Dirty Deeds

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Racketeering, narcotics trafficking, assault, extortion, murder? Just another day-in-the-life of a Gambino mobster. Five Gambino wise guys pled guilty this week to a range of nefarious charges, announced Preet Bharara, NY U.S Attorney in Manhattan. Working as “soldiers” and “associates” of the Gambino crime family, Vincenzo Frogiero, Todd Labarca, John Brancaccio, Christopher…

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Feds Urge Locals to Stay Alert

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