The Mob hit that wasn’t
It could have been a classic “Mob rub-out,” a new case for the FBI’s Criminal Investigations Division and the U.S….
Author: Jackie Apoyan
The inspiring rise and tragic fall of the ‘Italian Sherlock Holmes’
On the evening of March 12, 1909, New York Police Department detective Joseph Petrosino left his hotel on the east…
Dealing death in drag
It was February 6, 1939. A loud bang at three a.m. disrupted the winter silence and slumber for residents of…
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…
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…
Drama-drenched El Chapo trial nears its end
Mob News & Notes is a new monthly feature in the Mob Museum’s blog. It highlights recent stories on American…
Twenty years later, The Sopranos remembered fondly
Twenty years ago, The Sopranos television crime series began airing on HBO, featuring a fictional New Jersey Mafia boss and his family,…
Forensic scientists examine Mob Museum artifacts for evidence of criminal past
Forensic science, including DNA analysis and other fields related to examining blood found at a crime scene, is a powerful…