caribbean360.com: Barbadian Victor Bourne, who US officials said was the leader of a drug trafficking organization called the Bourne Organization, has been charged along with his mother and another airline employee for their roles in the illegal scheme.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has announced that Bourne, a former American Airlines baggage handler, and former dispatching crew chief Miguel Bozza, will face drug trafficking and related charges while Bourne’s mother, Maria Alleyne, will face a charge of structuring the purchase of money orders to avoid financial reporting requirements.
The charges stem from an investigation led by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).