Alleged criminal elites in a thriving global cartel were pinched and paraded in police raids in Turkey — which was considered a safe space to avoid charges in America, Australia, Sweden, and New Zealand. Let me tell you about it.
Among those arrested are purported drug lords in the Aussie cartel: most-wanted outlaw biker club members Hakan Ayık and Duax Ngakuru, top fugitives from U.S. racketeering charges in one of the world’s greatest police stings, and a man with a $5 million bounty on his head.
The Mob Reporter is back with news on the beefy, wealthy, dangerous fugitives caught in a dragnet in Turkey that pushes major organized crime prosecutions forward, including the ANOM encrypted communications sting that trapped a thousand suspects in more than a dozen countries by tricking them into using an FBI phone system to arrange their dirty deeds. For prosecutors, this catch is a real Turkish Delight.
Let me tell you about it.
The Turks called it Operation Cage when it was unveiled in two waves, one on Nov. 2, and the other on Nov. 5, 2023. The Turks netted some big fish; 42 suspects in all, several of them wanted in countries in three continents. Many are members and associates of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club, called Australia’s number one criminal threat. Seven were named in Interpol Red Notices, which are reserved for fugitive wanted for serious crime.
The best known of this bunch is Hakan Ayık. He’s notorious in the underworld, because of his social media photos. He became notorious Down Under as the so-called “Facebook Gangster” after news media started revealing self-indulgent social media photos, often shirtless and flexing, surrounded by signs of wealth and beauty. In Turkey he changed his name to Harkan Reis.
Another big fish netted in Turkey is Duax Ngakuru. He is said to have assumed the title Supreme Commander of the Comanchero after biker boss Mark Buddle was arrested in Northern Cyprus, taken to Turkey and then flown to Australia last year.
The headliner for the second wave of arrests was Maximilian Rivkin. Rivkin was also allegedly neck deep in the ANOM encryption business. America and Sweden offered a $5-million reward for his capture. Thousands of mobsters, bikers, narcos, money launderers around the world were tricked into using AN0M, a phone system claiming unbreakable privacy. We now know everything was being monitored by the FBI and Australian Federal Police.
It’s allege that two of the top ambassadors for the tainted phones were Hakan Ayık and Maximilian Rivkin.
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CREDITS:
Music is Science Montage by Jeremy Blake // Djinn by Francis Preve // Dead Wrong by Jeremy Blake;
Kings Cross hotel from Google Street View;
Some Comanchero imagery from Comanchero Motorcycle Club ACCA, available in full here: [ Ссылка ];
Facebook Gangster news segment is from 60 Minutes Australia and is available in full here: [ Ссылка ];
Dax photo from the New Zealand Herald;
Rivkin hotel video CV NOTICIAS TV, available here: [ Ссылка ];
Istanbul bridge video by Polina Kovaleva, street scene video by Erkan Avanoğlu, minarets video by Roman Odintsov, Istanbul overhead video by Polina Kovaleva, time lapse video by Polina Kovaleva, Turkey flag video by Pal, dollars video by Tima Miroshnichenko, all at Pexels;
Australia Sydney by Videvo, Vintage map video by Videvo.
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