Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown
Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown The second of three parts on the state of organized crime in Europe….
Year: 2015
Organized crime in Europe major contributor to $120 billion per year in illicit rackets
European Union-funded study outlines illegal markets infiltrated by thirty-five organized crime group The first of three parts on the state…
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…
Arrest in Beverly Hills murder has ties to Las Vegas Mob history
Arrest in Beverly Hills murder has ties to Las Vegas Mob history Fifteen years ago, a writer named Susan Berman…
FBI plucks alleged New Jersey mobster from Las Vegas area home
FBI plucks alleged New Jersey mobster from Las Vegas area home By Launce Rake Tales of the Mob in…
TV viewers witnessed verbal sparring between Mickey Cohen and Bobby Kennedy
Mickey Cohen was outrageous, brazen, cunning, and dangerous. He lived his life in the headlines as Hollywood’s darkest celebrity. By…
Genovese crime family members caught in Florida bookmaking bust
Florida was once again the backdrop for a major organized crime operation. On Feb. 13, a joint task force of…
Lefty’s house, equipped with bulletproof windows, is on the block
Despite being so safe, the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath, two-story house still has a wide-open feel thanks to the expansive windows…