Mathew Bowyer is the former illegal bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. Now out of prison, he questions his recent inclusion in Nevada’s Black Book, which bans him from casinos in the state. Bowyer told The Mob Museum that he wishes that gaming regulators would make it possible for individual bookkeepers to do business.
Punjabi mobster Lawrence Bishnoi leads a global organized crime network from prison. The Bishnoi Mob is involved in extortion and drug trafficking from New Delhi to Los Angeles. Bishnoi and his lieutenant, Goldy Brar, are both wanted by U.S. authorities and have been implicated in high-profile assassinations, including the 2022 murder of Punjabi rap superstar Sidhu Moose Wala. This is just the latest chapter in India’s long history of organized crime.
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