The Havana Mob during the 1950s
Havana, Cuba, served as a virtual haven for organized crime in the 1950s. After former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged…
Month: July 2015
Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia
One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta…
‘Flip Lips’ and the Mob
The recent “What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?” panel discussion at The Mob Museum set off memories of my own fleeting…
Drugs, human trafficking and counterfeit goods among most lucrative markets for organized crime groups in Europe
Part 1 Part 2 Organized crime groups in Europe – numbering about 3,600 — are increasingly adapting to…
Working for Lucky and Dutch
Stanley Grauso, a real Prohibition-Era hoodlum who died recently at age 104, sat down with The Mob Museum two days…