Charlie Kray; British Criminal Mastermind

Charlie Kray, 73, mastermind of a $64-million cocaine deal in Britain. He was still in prison with 10 years to go on his latest term for the 1997 deal. A former professional boxer, he was the eldest son in a criminal family that was especially active in the 1960s. Although he lacked the reputation for violence of his twin brothers, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, police suspected he was the brains behind a criminal empire that targeted bookmakers, pubs, clubs and gambling bosses. The twins ran the London underworld until they were sentenced to 30 years in jail in 1969 for the murder of rivals Jack McVitie and George Cornell. Charlie denied a role in the murder but was jailed for 10 years for helping to dispose of McVitie’s body and was released in 1975. On Tuesday near London of heart problems.