Articles Tagged “Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke”
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Jamaica’s Tivoli Garden report to be released in two weeks!
After missing a number of deadlines, it appears the long-awaited Tivoli report will be in the hands of lawmakers in the next two weeks. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Peart, has stated that the report was complete but the document was being printed and collated. He gave the assurance that Public Defender Earl [...]
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BREAKING NEWS: Jamaica’s Crime Lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke sentenced to 23-years
Jamaica’s most notorious gang leader, who provoked a virtual state of war in Kingston two years ago when he resisted arrest in the barricaded neighbourhood he ran as his own personal fiefdom, has been sentenced to spend 23 years in a federal US prison. Christopher “Dudus” Coke, 43, was sentenced by a federal judge in [...]
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Dudus sentencing moved to June 8th – Anthony Brown Testimony inside…
A June 8 sentencing date has been set for confessed Jamaican crime boss Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is facing 23 years behind bars in the United States on racketeering and conspiracy charges. During the final day of Coke’s evidentiary hearing in the Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan, United States government prosecutors this week pulled [...]
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Dudus Former Foot Soldier “Cowboy” Spoke out Against The Former Drug Lord
Jermaine ‘Cowboy’ Cohen, a self-proclaimed foot soldier of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke’s, kept all who appeared in the Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan spellbound as he told how he went from being a right-hand man of the former Tivoli strongman to fearing for his life. Dudus’ eyes lit up when he saw his family members [...]
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Busy Signal Fled US on Drug Charge, Changed Name, now facing Extradition
Authorities say that Busy Signal is a fugitive wanted on decade-old drug conspiracy charges in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Agents with Jamaica’s organized crime division arrested him at the international airport in the capital of Kingston. He had just arrived on a flight from London, where authorities first detained Busy Signal for allegedly traveling [...]
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`Dudus’ lawyer stands firm on alleged complicity between US & Jamaica
The lawyer representing convicted Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is standing by controversial statements alleging complicity between United States (US) authorities and the Jamaican government in bringing charges against, and subsequently extraditing, his client. Notwithstanding that the claims have outraged the Jamaican Diaspora here, attorney Stephen H Rosen, in an interview with the Observer, [...]
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Prosecutors Hoping to Settle for Less Jail Time while Dudus prays behind bars!
United States prosecutors have indicated a willingness to accept a lower minimum prison sentence for alleged drug kingpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, even as they prepare to return to the US District Court in New York for his May 22 sentencing hearing. Prosecutors now say they are willing to accept an 18-year prison sentence for the [...]
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UPDATE: Yet again…Dudus sentencing put off.
The highly-anticipated sentencing of Jamaican crime kingpin Dudus has been postponed…again! Dudus, the former Tivoli Gardens strongman, was expected to be sentenced on Friday on racketeering charges, however, the date has been rescheduled for May 22. In addition to charges that Coke has already pleaded guilty to, the prosecution is being required to prove that Coke [...]
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President Obama calls Jamaica’s Portia Simpson Miller to congratulate her.
United States President Barack Obama yesterday placed a telephone call to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, congratulating her on her recent electoral victory. A statement from the White House, the US president’s official residence, indicated that Obama also commended the Jamaican people for their dedication to democracy. Simpson Miller on December 29 led her People’s [...]
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U.S. Officials seeking a Jamaican artiste in Dudus Case! GUESS WHO?
A well-known world renown Jamaican singjay is being sought by U.S. law enforcement officers after he was labelled an associate of a the former drug king pin and gang leader, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is currently awaiting sentencing on drug-related charges in the United States. While a law enforcement officer has confirmed that the Corporate [...]
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US Gov’t Seeks Extradition of Veteran Entertainer, Two Politicians & Two Business Men
Extradition requests from the American Government for five Jamaicans, among them three prominent faces, are expected to be delivered to local authorities today. According to a highly placed US Government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Jamaica Observer, two of the wanted men are politicians, one is a veteran entertainer, while the [...]
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VIDEO: Jamaican PM Bruce Golding Says Farewell to His Mother.
This week was indeed a tough one for Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Golding who this week said he would be stepping down as the country’s PM, also buried his mother, Enid Golding, this passed Wednesday. Here’s the video of her farewell.
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Bruce Golding Steps Down As Prime Minister of Jamaica
The governing party in Jamaica has announced that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down in November. A statement by the Jamaican Labour Party said that the challenges of the last four years in power had taken their toll on Mr Golding and that he would make way for a new leader from within the [...]
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Jamaican Drug Baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke Loses Round One to US Government
Jamaican drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke lost round one in his legal battle with the United States government. A US judge denied his lawyer’s motion to prevent wiretapping evidence to be used for his upcoming trial in New York on September 12th. The wiretap evidence allegedly contains conversations between Coke and his cohorts talking about [...]
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