03:25 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAlleged Boston gang leader James “Whitey” Bulger has been arrested near Los Angeles following 16 years on the run, FBI officials say.<\/p>\n
The 81-year-old was detained with his long-time girlfriend Catherine Greig, 60. Both are due to appear in court later on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Bulger was on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list, and is accused of involvement in 19 murders.<\/p>\n
Bulger was the inspiration for the Martin Scorsese film “The Departed”.<\/p>\n
He was played by Jack Nicholson in a movie that won four Oscars in 2007.<\/p>\n
Bulger is accused of running the Winter Hill gang in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n
The couple’s arrest in Santa Monica, California, came days after the FBI began airing 30-second public service announcements, focusing on Ms Greig.<\/p>\n
They specifically targeted programmes watched by women of Ms Greig’s age, and urged them to keep an eye out for her.<\/p>\n
Announcing the arrests, Richard Deslauriers of the FBI said the couple were detained “without incident”.<\/p>\n
The Winter Hill gang was a largely Irish-American mob that ran loan-sharking, gambling and drug rackets in the Boston area.<\/p>\n
Bulger disappeared shortly before he was due to be arrested in connection with 21 killings and racketeering.<\/p>\n
Following his disappearance, it emerged he had been a long-time FBI informant who turned in rival gangsters.<\/p>\n
The revelations left the FBI fighting accusations that it had long been turning a blind eye to the alleged crimes of James Bulger and the Winter Hill gang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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