List of crime bosses convicted in the 21st century

This is a list of high-profile crime bosses who have been convicted in the 2000s：

2000s

 * Peter Chong


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Boss of the Wo Hop To Hong Kong triad syndicate, sentenced to about 15 years in 2002 for murder-for-hire among other convictions.


 * Salvatore Vitale


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Underboss of the Bonanno American Mafia syndicate, arrested and convicted in 2003 of murder.


 * Peter Gotti


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Boss of the Gambino American Mafia syndicate, sentenced to 25 years for murder plot in 2005.


 * Kenichi Shinoda
 * 🇯🇵 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, convicted of illegal gun possession in 2005 and sentenced to about 6 years.


 * Bernardo Provenzano


 * 🇮🇹 Italy — Boss of the Corleonesi Sicilian Mafia syndicate, convicted of murder in 2006.


 * Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela


 * 🇨🇴 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.


 * Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela


 * 🇨🇴 Colombia — Leader of the Cali drug cartel, sentenced to 30 years in 2006 for drug trafficking.


 * Vincent Basciano


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted in 2006 of racketeering, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2008, and again sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for another murder conviction.


 * José Miguel Battle Sr.


 * 🇺🇸 United States/🇨🇺 Cuba – Boss of the "Cuban mob". Sentenced to 20 years for racketeering charges on January 15, 2007. He died from various ailments while in prison on August 6, 2007.


 * Kenneth McGriff


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Founding leader of the Supreme Crew drug gang, sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for murder-for-hire.


 * Terry Adams


 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Leader of the London-based Adams crime family, convicted in 2007 of money laundering.


 * William D'Elia


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Boss of the Bufalino American Mafia syndicate, arrested in 2006 and sentenced to 9 years in 2008 for money laundering and witness tampering.


 * Pasquale Condello
 * 🇮🇹 Italy — Boss of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, arrested in 2008 with various convictions of life imprisonment.


 * Demetrius Flenory


 * 🇺🇸 United States — Boss of the Black Mafia Family drug trafficking organization, arrested in 2005 and sentenced to a total of 30 years by 2008 for drug trafficking and money laundering.


 * Yitzhak Abergil and Meir Abergil
 * 🇮🇱 Israel — Bosses of the Abergil crime family, convicted of murder in 2008.


 * Francisco Javier Arellano Felix


 * 🇲🇽 Mexico — Leader of the Felix drug cartel, captured in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for drug trafficking.


 * Vladimir Kumarin


 * 🇷🇺 Russia — Boss of the Tambovskaya crime family, arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 14 years in 2009.


 * Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez


 * 🇨🇴 Colombia — Boss of the Norte del Valle drug cartel, arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 45 years in 2009 for drug trafficking, money laundering, obstruction of justice and murder.


 * James Marcello
 * 🇺🇸 United States — Leader of the Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, once called "Chicago's top mob boss" by federal authorities, sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for murder.


 * Xie Caiping
 * 🇨🇳 China — The "godmother" of a Chongqing organized crime group, sentenced to 18 years in 2009 for running underground casinos and bribing government officials.


 * Kiyoshi Takayama
 * 🇯🇵 Japan — Yakuza boss, the president of the Kodo-kai and the de facto leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, arrested and charged with extortion in 2010.

2010s

 * Tariel Oniani


 * 🇷🇺 Russia — Moscow-based Georgian crime lord, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in 2010 for his role in the kidnapping of a businessman


 * Tadashi Irie
 * 🇯🇵 Japan — Yakuza boss, the head of the Takumi-gumi and the number-three leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate, arrested in 2010 on suspicion of compensating the relatives of a hitman who had been jailed for murdering a senior member of a rival yakuza syndicate, and sentenced to 10 months in 2011.


 * John Franzese
 * 🇺🇸 United States — Underboss of the Colombo crime family, sentenced to 8 years in 2011.


 * Giuseppe Setola
 * 🇮🇹 Italy — Boss of the Casalesi Camorra clan, arrested in 2009 for murder, and sentenced to life in prison in 2011.


 * Anthony Palumbo
 * 🇺🇸 United States — Leading member of the Genovese crime family, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in 2011 for murder plot.


 * Whitey Bulger
 * 🇺🇸 United States — Leading member of the Irish mob in South Boston, Massachusetts, convicted of murder in 2013.