Whitey Bulger, FBI Most Wanted, is using an Irish passport on the run
By: Niall O'Dowd | Published Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11:55 AM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 10:12 PM
When the Pakistani Ambassador to the US was asked why his country was not able to apprehend
Osama Bin Laden he asked why America had not been able to bring
Whitey Bulger to justice.
It was a slap in the face for the
FBI .
Now a tantalizing clue has emerged that Whitey may be hiding out in Ireland at least some of the time.
Time magazine has revealed Whitey Bulger has an Irish passport and the FBI has revealed that he has been using it in Europe.
Whitey, the
South Boston mob boss, has been on the lam for over fifteen years since around the mid 1990s and is wanted for 19 murders.
He is at the top of the '
FBI Most Wanted' list with a $2 million bounty on his head.
He is believed to be traveling with his girlfriend
Catherine Greig (pictured above with Whitey in a facial reconstruction by the FBI}.
Like with bin Laden and the CIA the FBI has a team dedicated to just finding him.
The
Irish passport was obtained through his parents who were both Irish immigrants to the US.
The FBI have told Time magazine that they believe Whitey, now 81, is hiding out in Europe and is using his Irish passport to travel freely between countries in the European Union.
The FBI has said that the last confirmed sighting was in London in 2002 where he was seen working out in the gym of the Meridien Hotel in Piccadilly Circus.
From 1986 to 1994 Time reveals that Bulger traveled to Europe at least once or twice a year on his Irish passport.
The FBI say they have an idea of which country he is hiding out in but will not say.
However, it now seems that Ireland may be near the top of the list given his Irish roots and appearance.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.yakimak | May 19, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT
Hoe did this scumbag Bolger get an Irish passport anyway. He doesn't come by one legally because I'm sure none of his parents were born there nor was he. Money must have been passed .Thats why its so important people should really be of the ethniticity they claim otherwise there will always be maggots claiming to be what they are not. There must have been some crookedness attached to his getting an Irish passport like everything else in his life. The name Bolger is not ethnically Irish. It is of French extraction. His crooked ancestors fled France to avoid the guillotene during the French revolution. I have always detested hearing that man Bolger being described as head of the "Irish mob" in Boston. Not that we should have Irish crooks anyway but if they are going to to be let them have real Irish names like O'Donnel or Lafferty not something from France like Bolger or how about a Boudreau has a Gaelic twang to it doesn't it
AengusOg | May 15, 2011, 11:20 AM EDT
Great parallel to the bin Laden saga. Neither would be taken alive as too much would be exposed. Is Whitey living off his earnings from the FBI? If he's hiding out with the help an IRA cell, I'm sure they will see him to the Pearly Gates when necessary, unless he has an insurance policy. Truth is often stranger than fiction.
imokyrok | May 15, 2011, 07:47 AM EDT
Starlet - the Israelis were on false passports. This criminal is actually entitled under Irish law to a passport. Anyone with a parent or grandparent born in Ireland is entitled to an Irish passport.
Starlet | May 14, 2011, 09:46 PM EDT
Remember the hoohah when Israel was accused of using Irish passports to go after terrorists? Well, CRIM James Bulger is •Born - 3-Sep-1929 •Birthplace - Boston, MA •Gender - Male •Religion - Roman Catholic •Ethnicity - White •Hair - White/Silver •Eyes - Blue •Height - 5'8" •Complexion - Light •Weight - 150 to 160 pounds •Build - Medium He is not Jewish nor is he Israeli so I guess it is OK to be using an IRISH passport when not Irish. Right?
wilhoef | May 14, 2011, 02:54 PM EDT
The FBI couldn't catch a cold.!!!!!!!!
historybuff106 | May 14, 2011, 12:11 PM EDT
This is old news. Of course if he's dead - as rumor has it - what's the dif?
Liamkeyes | May 14, 2011, 11:02 AM EDT
If he is Ireland at different times, I must say that it's a very stupid move on his part due to the fact that the IRA have him on their hit list. No, they won't kill him but they will "Knee cap" him, in other words, they will shoot him through both knees from the side, this results in both knees becoming arthritic and he will be in excrutiating pain for the rest of his days.
antoman | May 14, 2011, 08:17 AM EDT
If he's anything like Osama.There's a good chance he might be hiding out in a utility shed or something.In the grounds of the Garda Training College up in Templemore.