Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
There’s new action on one of the greatest police stings targeting the gangland elite — a New Zealand man in an Australian biker club wanted in America was arrested in Thailand for a plot that united criminals around the globe. Let me tell you about it.
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The Mob Reporter here with the latest on the high-profile fugitives from U.S. justice who weren’t to be found in June 2021, when the incredible AN0M encrypted phone network sting clamped shut, trapping a thousand suspects in more than a dozen countries and counting.
Shane Ngakuru is the latest to be caught, wanted in the United States and in New Zealand. He was named as one of the big fish in the FBI’s Operation Trojan Shield. Ngakuru was arrested in Thailand on Oct. 19, 2022. Thai authorities described him as an important member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club, a powerful biker club started in Australia. The 43-year-old Ngakuru, authorities allege, is one of New Zealand’s biggest crime exports. Ngakuru is not just any Comanchero member, police say, but one of its internationally influential members, partly because of who his cousin is: another New Zealander who made it big in Australia’s outlaw biker scene, a man named Duax Ngakuru, also known as Dax. He’s been called an “international commander” of the Comanchero organization.
Here's a LINK to my video on the AN0M sting: youtu.be/sg1FbtXYvK8
The brilliance of this operation was that real-life criminal influencers were fooled into recruiting other users to the platform. The system was called AN0M. ANOM’s distribution started in 2019. Thinking everything was secure, those using the phones had secret conversations. For two years the messages, photos and calls over the ANOM system were being monitored by American and Australian police who then filtered them about to law enforcement agencies around the world.
Where does Shane Ngakuru fit into all of this mayhem? He is named in a U.S. indictment as one of 14 alleged distributors of AN0M services to underworld figures. In San Diego, California, he is wanted for Racketeering under the federal RICO Conspiracy Act. Ngakuru will likely be the second alleged AN0M distributors to appear in U.S. court. Aurangzeb Ayub is a dual national of Britain and the Netherlands. He was living with his wife in the Netherlands when he was arrested and was quietly extradited to the U.S. in March.
CREDITS:
Music is “On Your Left” by The Whole Other // “Frequency” by Silent Partner // “Low Tide” by Silent Partner
Comanchero NZ run video is public promotional video by JOKR ACCA available in full at: youtube.com/watch?v=4zhZ3gOQ5Ic&t=6s
Comanchero Australia run video is public promotional video by COMANCHERO MOTORCYCLE CLUB ACCA available in full at: youtube.com/watch?v=LzktvZLW3rY&t=115s
Duax Ngakuru photo is from the New Zealand Herald which provides excellent local gangland coverage at nzherald.co.nz
Tattoo images are from public promotional posts on social media by Bloodline Tattoo. Visit: facebook.com/bloodlinetattoophuket
Phuket Budha video by Maksim Romashkin, Bangkok stall video by Dean Alexandrou, Bangkok taxi video by Oliver Polome, San Diego skylight sunset video by Kindel Media all at Pexels; San Diego highway video by Videvo.
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Please watch: "Genius jewel heist wrecked by sloppy mistakes": youtu.be/KkEk0k0d_7Y
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There’s new action on one of the greatest police stings targeting the gangland elite — a New Zealand man in an Australian biker club wanted in America was arrested in Thailand for a plot that united criminals around the globe. Let me tell you about it.
** TAP "THANKS" BUTTON OR JOIN ME ON PATREON: patreon.com/TheMobReporter
The Mob Reporter here with the latest on the high-profile fugitives from U.S. justice who weren’t to be found in June 2021, when the incredible AN0M encrypted phone network sting clamped shut, trapping a thousand suspects in more than a dozen countries and counting.
Shane Ngakuru is the latest to be caught, wanted in the United States and in New Zealand. He was named as one of the big fish in the FBI’s Operation Trojan Shield. Ngakuru was arrested in Thailand on Oct. 19, 2022. Thai authorities described him as an important member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club, a powerful biker club started in Australia. The 43-year-old Ngakuru, authorities allege, is one of New Zealand’s biggest crime exports. Ngakuru is not just any Comanchero member, police say, but one of its internationally influential members, partly because of who his cousin is: another New Zealander who made it big in Australia’s outlaw biker scene, a man named Duax Ngakuru, also known as Dax. He’s been called an “international commander” of the Comanchero organization.
Here's a LINK to my video on the AN0M sting: youtu.be/sg1FbtXYvK8
The brilliance of this operation was that real-life criminal influencers were fooled into recruiting other users to the platform. The system was called AN0M. ANOM’s distribution started in 2019. Thinking everything was secure, those using the phones had secret conversations. For two years the messages, photos and calls over the ANOM system were being monitored by American and Australian police who then filtered them about to law enforcement agencies around the world.
Where does Shane Ngakuru fit into all of this mayhem? He is named in a U.S. indictment as one of 14 alleged distributors of AN0M services to underworld figures. In San Diego, California, he is wanted for Racketeering under the federal RICO Conspiracy Act. Ngakuru will likely be the second alleged AN0M distributors to appear in U.S. court. Aurangzeb Ayub is a dual national of Britain and the Netherlands. He was living with his wife in the Netherlands when he was arrested and was quietly extradited to the U.S. in March.
CREDITS:
Music is “On Your Left” by The Whole Other // “Frequency” by Silent Partner // “Low Tide” by Silent Partner
Comanchero NZ run video is public promotional video by JOKR ACCA available in full at: youtube.com/watch?v=4zhZ3gOQ5Ic&t=6s
Comanchero Australia run video is public promotional video by COMANCHERO MOTORCYCLE CLUB ACCA available in full at: youtube.com/watch?v=LzktvZLW3rY&t=115s
Duax Ngakuru photo is from the New Zealand Herald which provides excellent local gangland coverage at nzherald.co.nz
Tattoo images are from public promotional posts on social media by Bloodline Tattoo. Visit: facebook.com/bloodlinetattoophuket
Phuket Budha video by Maksim Romashkin, Bangkok stall video by Dean Alexandrou, Bangkok taxi video by Oliver Polome, San Diego skylight sunset video by Kindel Media all at Pexels; San Diego highway video by Videvo.
~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news and educational videos.
~ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/user/themobreporter?sub_confirmation=1
~ Please subscribe to my other channels:
• Crime Watch: youtube.com/CrimeWatchWorld
• Crime in Italy: youtube.com/CrimeInItaly
~ To read my written journalism: nationalpost.com/author/ahumphreys
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Please watch: "Genius jewel heist wrecked by sloppy mistakes": youtu.be/KkEk0k0d_7Y
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