Big Easy mobster headed to prison

In July 2014, I wrote a post about an unusual arrest just outside New Orleans. Police had pulled over a…


Texas shootout puts outlaw motorcycle gangs in organized crime spotlight

Organized crime charges filed against 170 suspects in a fatal shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Waco, Texas, has sparked…


The Cassava Connection: Mafia-linked drug smuggling bust in New York echoes infamous 1980s racket

When authorities in the United States and Italy on May 7 announced charges against four people in an international drug…