kingpin
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The inquiry, known as the Madlanga Commission, began in September 2025 and has heard accusations that Sibiya received a gift of 20 impalas from an alleged criminal kingpin in exchange for a police contract.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The 76-year-old is the former top associate of the organization's kingpin founder, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was not long before Arsenal's defensive kingpin was hitting back at Haaland again.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The U.S. case against a Mexican governor is entwined with the mysterious kidnapping of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Well, when he got through figgerin’ he showed it to some other fellers and there it was, plain as anything—the earth wasn’t the big kingpin at all.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Should the same be visited on cyber kingpins?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“Less than 300 days ago, these cartel kingpins were free and unafraid,” Gordon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Following an unexpected meeting of minds between presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, three Colombian drug kingpins find themselves the target of a joint US-Colombia manhunt.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
He could sanction Mexican officials suspected of complicity with kingpins.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
Like kingpins, one steel tier lammed into another, then they all crashed to the floor with a sound as of the roof falling.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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