Chinese manufacturers, Mexican cartels are primary sources of deadly opioids

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids smuggled from China and Mexico, heroin from Mexican drug cartels and the misuse of prescription…


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Drug kingpins in media spotlight

Jailed after a manhunt, the drug kingpin known globally as El Chapo expressed genuine surprise several years ago when interrogators…


Top 5 undercover agents who infiltrated the Mob

In law enforcement, working as an undercover officer carries the high risk of discovery by criminal suspects, leading to violence,…


El Chapo’s ‘criminal enterprise’ means life in prison

After hearing that a jury convicted him on all counts in his federal criminal trial on February 12, Mexican drug…


Al Capone and the romantic holiday that triggered his demise

Ninety years ago this week, one of the most horrifying acts of violence in organized crime history occurred inside a…