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Former mob boss and fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger, who was arrested in Santa Monica, California on June 22, 2011 along with his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig, is seen in a combination of booking mug photos released to Reuters on August 1, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/U.S. Department of Justice/Handout

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By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

UK authorities have seized thousands of pounds from bank accounts linked to notorious American gangster James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, once one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives.

James Joseph Bulger led the Winter Hill Gang, a violent organised crime group based in Boston, Massachusetts. Courts convicted him of multiple murders and offences including drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion.

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