The Camorra and the garbage racket in the ‘Land of Fires’
This is a condensed version of a longer case study, “Organized Crime and Environmental Issues in Naples, Italy,” that will…
Year: 2020
DEA attacks top Mexican drug cartel with 600 arrests across U.S.
The operation was named “Project Python,” presumably reflecting an effort by federal law enforcement to squeeze the life out of…
From shoe-leather reporter to Mob movie screenwriter, Nick Pileggi remembers it well
Author and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi is enjoying a couple of major career milestones this year. Two groundbreaking Mob movies he…
DEA report: Drug overdoses top cause of death for Americans
Drug poisoning was the chief cause of injury deaths among Americans from 2011 to 2017, more than the loss of…
Longtime Colombo figure John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103
The violent, sociopathic and amazingly long life of John “Sonny” Franzese, a former Colombo crime family underboss who once ran…
FBI director outlines threats from transnational organized crime
Editor’s note: On February, 5, 2020, Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered a report to the…
Giovanni Brusca: No. 5 on list of Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen
In this fifth and final installment in our series on the Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen, we profile a…
Joe “The Animal” Barboza: No. 4 on list of Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen
In this fourth installment in our series on the Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen, the focus shifts to the…
Roy DeMeo: No. 3 on list of Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen
In this third installment in our series on the Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen, we focus on a particularly…
Abe ‘Kid Twist’ Reles: No. 2 on list of Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen
In this second installment in our series on the Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen, we move from the Chicago…