Las Vegas Mob stories attract Hollywood interest
Of the many Mob movies and television shows now in the works, several are focused on underworld figures who had…
Year: 2019
The gay rights movement and the Mob
Nearly 50 years ago, on June 28, 1969, LGBT people – led by drag queens – rebelled against a raid…
Organized crime roundup: Sex trafficking in Venezuela, ‘waste crimes’ in England, political corruption in Central America and more
In the South American nation of Venezuela, in both good times and bad, the trafficking of misled teenage girls into…
Hot Springs is soaked in Mob lore
Long before Las Vegas became the underworld’s casino playground, Hot Springs, Arkansas, was home away from home for the most…
Frank Lucas, the drug kingpin who inspired ‘American Gangster, is dead
Frank Lucas, the brash New York drug kingpin whose life was depicted in the popular movie American Gangster, died Thursday,…
Chinese Triads launder billions through Vancouver, buying luxury real estate, cars
The laundering scheme is so infamous that investigators call it the “Vancouver model.” The Triads, China’s organized crime syndicate, created…
Top 5 women of organized crime
Men have dominated the history of organized crime as bosses, capos, soldiers and associates. They traditionally relegated women to servile…
Was 1929 Atlantic City Mob meeting a strategy session to address the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
Ninety years ago this week, “America’s Playground” – Atlantic City, New Jersey – played host to a mysterious convening of…
Several Mob movies in the making
“Everyone loves gangster movies.” This sentence, written by former FBI agent Joseph Pistone, leads off the forward to The Ultimate…
Were Richard Nixon’s alleged ties to organized crime real or mere speculation?
In the final days before the 1968 presidential election, the so-called “war on crime” was the top domestic issue of…