Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been convicted in a string of 11 killings and other underworld crimes.

The star witness at the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, the reputed gangster’s former partner, tried to counter the defence’s claims that he’s a paedophile by lobbing the same accusation back at Bulger.

A murderer told jurors of his days as a close associate of James “Whitey” Bulger, joining him in a double murder in which Bulger wore a wig and fake mustache and escaped in a car capable of sending out a smokescreen or oil slick to deter pursuers.

Life in accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s gang entailed collecting money from bookies, beating people up and taking long walks along Boston’s waterfront to talk business, a top enforcer for the former “Winter Hill” gang told a jury.

Accused Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and one of his associates shot dead a bar owner in a phone booth for bragging about helping the “Winter Hill Gang” with another killing, an ex-convict and confessed murderer has testified.

A former criminal associate of James “Whitey” Bulger told jurors at the accused mob boss’s trial that he agreed to testify against his old friend after learning that his former gang pals had begun co-operating with law enforcement.

FBI agents lured Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger out of his Santa Monica, California, apartment by telling him someone had broken into his on-site storage unit.

AFTER 16 long years as a fugitive, notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger returned home to Boston last night to face charges of murder, conspiracy, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering.

BOSTON mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been captured near Los Angeles 16 years after his run from the law sparked an international manhunt and served as a major embarrassment to the FBI as their onetime informant eluded authorities.

Working with James ‘Whitey’ Bulger only ever ended one way, reports RYLE DWYER

James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.

A MASSACHUSETTS judge has ordered fugitive mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger and a cohort to pay $15 million (€10m) each to the family of a 26-year-old woman after finding them liable for her 1981 murder.

Former FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for the 1982 mob-related killing of a Miami gambling executive.

Is it naive to think that there were only problems in Donegal?

The FBI doubled the reward on offer to capture one of their 10 “Most Wanted” fugitives who was last seen in the UK to more than €1.23m today.

THE killing of Donna Cleary would seem to have been related to drugs. The chief suspect, Dwayne Foster, was reportedly high on a lethal cocktail of heroin and cocaine.

A Mafia hitman who confessed to killing 20 people in the United States and who helped convict a rogue FBI agent of protecting gangsters could be released from prison next year under a plea deal backed by prosecutors.

A BRITISH pensioner who was imprisoned in South Africa after the FBI mistook him for a dangerous fugitive broke down in tears as he told yesterday of his “enormous relief” at being released.

Detectives in Britain have launched a public appeal today for help in catching one of the FBI’s most wanted men.