lord. Chen, also known as "Ah Ngai", was convicted on October 23, 2007. January 7 – Three Chinese mob leaders and four criminal gang members were executed in Shijiazhuang through lethal injection. The executions were the result of convictions for murder, gun sales, gambling and other crimes that were considered among the worst in Hebei province in six decades. January 8 – Li Zhuang, a Chinese lawyer for suspected mafia boss Gong Gangmo, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for falsifying evidence and jeopardizing testimony in Gangmo's trial. State media previously said Gangmo's trial underscored major flaws in China's judicial system. January 8 – Pradeep Sharma, Mumbai's former police shootout specialist, and several other police officers, were arrested for allegedly staging the death of Vashi gangster Ramnarayan Gupta. Authorities say Gupta was kidnapped and brought to a Versova park, where Sharma shot him to death. January 8 – Kenneth Dunn, a disbarred South Florida lawyer, was sentenced to 43 months in prison for laundering money and committing other crimes for a local mafia crew affiliated with the Bonanno crime family in New York City. January 9 – The dead bodies of Yulian "Kunfuto" Lefterov, a former member of the Bulgarian mafia group SIC, and Ivaylo "Yozhi" Evtimov, leader of "The Impudent" gang, are found in the Plana Mountain in western Bulgaria. January 9 – A planned extradition to Italy of Marisa Merico, daughter of Calabrian godfather Emilio di Giovine and wife of henchman Bruno Merico, was delayed when she receives death threats. January 11 – Nicolo Romeo, a 72-year-old owner of an animal feed business, was shot to death outside the Italian town Corleone, allegedly because he refused to pay a pizzo to local Sicilian Mafia bosses. January 12 – Seventeen men with suspected ties to the 'Ndrangheta are arrested around Italy, including in Rosarno and Bologna. Some were arrested for their alleged roles in violent clashes with immigrant workers, whereas others were already in prison on different charges. Among those arrested were suspected members of Pesce-Bellocco clan, one of the most powerful 'Ndrangheta clans, who were suspected of taking orders from clan ringleader Carmello Bellocco, serving a prison term for racketeering. January 12 – Alleged Chinese gang boss Yue Ning and 30 accomplices faced trial for a prostitution business inside Chongqing. Ning also faces charges of firearms possession and bribery, among other crimes. January 13 – Alleged mobster