Bulger, 84, showed no emotion during the 45-minute hearing in federal court in Boston and stood silently as the judge sentenced him to consecutive life prison terms for participating in 11 murders, drug trafficking, racketeering, extortion, money laundering, and other crimes while running a sprawling criminal enterprise from the 1970s through the 1990s."
-The Boston Globe
Undeniable link to 11 murders, no decision made on 1
Scroll over each image below to reveal each victim's name and the time of his or her murder.
Photo of Arthur Barrett from WCVBTV, 2013 courtesy of the Boston Globe. All others from the NY Times, 2013.
People need to remember that these are real people. It’s not just some Hollywood movie."
-Shelley Murphy in Interview
Drug trafficking
druhg traf-ik. VERB.
"The selling or involvement in commercial activity of something for which commercial activity is unlawful."
-Lloyd Duhaime
"The selling or involvement in commercial activity of something for which commercial activity is unlawful."
-Lloyd Duhaime
The records were seized by the Boston police and the DEA as part of an investigation that resulted in the August 1990 arrest of fifty-one people who sold cocaine in Southie. They were part of a ring that paid Whitey tribute to operate. As one the dealers told an undercover agent, if you wanted to deal drugs in Southie, you had to pay Whitey 'or you would end up dead'." |
There was just too much money in drugs, especially cocaine, to settle for a mere 'protection' racket. Soon Whitey and Stevie were setting up their own networks of dealers. Eventually there would be four 'rings' in Southie, all controlled by Whitey, at arm's length of course." |
Bookmakers
"boo k-mey-ker. NOUN.
a person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, especially of horse races."
-Dictionary.com
a person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, especially of horse races."
-Dictionary.com
Chico told Greaney and Foley how Whitey had summoned a bookie Chico was friendly with for a sit-down. Whitey accused the bookie of cheating him. He poured bleach on the bookie's arm, burning him. The bookie screamed, and Whitey smiled and said, 'Do you think I'm f***in' around?' With every story, Chico's resentment flourished. Still, every time Foley suggested he testify and put Whitey and Flemmi away, he got scared. 'They'd kill me,' he said. 'They'd kill my family.' "
-Kevin Cullen
O'Neil said he occasionally collected 'rent' from a bookmaker, who gave him envelopes stuffed with cash that he delivered to Bulger."
-Shelley Murphy
Extortion and money laundering
"ik-stawr-shuh n. NOUN.
the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority; oppressive or illegal exaction, as of excessive price or interest." -Dictionary.com |
"mon·ey laun·der·ing. NOUN.
the concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses." |
Scroll over to see the names of the above buildings associated with Whitey's crimes.
Bulger warned, 'If you don't pay me, I'm going to kill you and your family,' Buccheri said. |
'We thought we were getting the building, too,' O'Neil told jurors. |
In back rooms at their liquor mart and the variety store next door, Bulger and Flemmi conducted the dirty work of their underworld empire, hauling in recalcitrant debtors for meetings, perhaps pulling out a weapon to illustrate a pint they were trying to make about the price of tardiness. Out front, at holiday times, FBI agents showed up to pick up their Christmas cheer."
-Dick Lehr
The once ever-powerful Whitey Bulger earned two consecutive life sentences plus five years for this vicious reign over South Boston.