A Billionaire Irish Mob Boss Reportedly Bought A Commercial Cargo Ship For His Drug Supplies

Irish drug lord Christy Kinahan recently purchased a giant container ship, suspected to be for carrying illegal narcotics cargo into Ireland and the United Kingdom. Kinahan, known as the 'Irish Godfather', registered the ship in Liberia, West Africa, to avoid the authorities. He currently lives in Dubai.

15 Dictators Worth More Than Their Whole Country

The classic definition of the word “dictatorship” is to rule unrestricted by any laws. Dictatorships usually lack a system of checks and balances, resulting in power being concentrated in the hands of a few, or in some cases even a single individual. But though you may not see them on the face of finance magazines, some of the worst dictators in history have also been some of the wealthiest individuals in the world. Throughout history, dictatorships have concentrated enormous wealth at the very top, with the dictator, his family and his cronies amassing huge riches while the rest of the country struggles to survive.

Spanish Police Seize $740 Million In Assets From Uncle Of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Rifaat al-Assad is the former vice president of Syria, younger brother of former President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, and uncle of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Though Rifaat, who is 79 years old, is well connected in his home country, he has been living in exile in Europe since 1984 for attempting to seize power from his brother Hafez. Despite Rifaat's exile, he has been living rather comfortably, with a bevy of lavish estates to his name across Europe. But Rifaat is now in jeopardy of losing many of his properties as a result of a series of raids by Spanish authorities.

A Murder Suspect Was Released After Posting $70 MILLION For Bail. That's Not A Typo.

Tiffany Li, a 31-year-old woman from the Bay Area, spent nearly a year in jail after she was accused of murder and conspiring with two other suspects to kill her ex-boyfriend, Keith Green. But now, she's a free woman after raising nearly $70 million to post her bail, which had been set at $35 million. Rather, about 20 friends, family, and business associates helped her post bail, offering $4 million in cash and $62 million in properties as collateral. Since real estate was part of the collateral, Li needed to post twice the required $31 million remaining on her bail.

Wells Fargo Continues To Seize Millions From Executives

Well Fargo CEO John Stumpf

In the latest news concerning a six-month investigation into the fake account scandal at Wells Fargo, the board is taking back $75 million from two top executives for their roles. Longtime CEO John Stumpf was asked to give back $28 million because he was "too slow to investigate" the illegal sales tactics.

The board also asked for $47 million from Carrie Toldstedt, the former head of Wells' community banks. Toldstedt and other bank leaders were reportedly "unwilling to change the sales model" and even "impeded scrutiny" of the problems. Together, with previous actions taken last fall, Wells Fargo senior executives are returning $180 million in pay, the largest in the bank's history.

Nun arrested for helping priests sexually abuse dozens of deaf children at Argentinian Catholic school

A Roman Catholic nun from Japan, Kosaka Kumiko, 42, has been arrested and charged on suspicion of helping priests sexually abuse children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina. Kumiko reportedly helped the priests with anal and vaginal rapes, fondling and oral sex, allegedly committed in bathrooms, dormitories, garden and a basement at the school in Lujan de Cuyo.

US Coast Guard Offloads $1 BILLION Worth Of Seized Cocaine In Florida

If, perhaps, you've ever wondered what a billion dollars worth of cocaine looks like, you would have had a rare chance to see it in person at Port Everglades in Florida in late March. That's because according to Coast Guard News, the US Coast Guard was there to offload 16 tons of cocaine with a street value of roughly a billion dollars.

The wholesale value of the seized cocaine is nothing to sneeze at either (of course, it's never a good idea to sneeze at cocaine anyway), estimated at $420 million. The drugs were the end result of 17 different interdiction operations performed over the course of 26 days and by "Canadian crews and interagency partners" joining the Coast Guard in their efforts. Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander Vice Adm. Karl Schultz was quoted as being predictably enthusiastic about the seizures: