Chicago Outfit mobster Tony Spilotro and brother Michael murdered 40 years ago this month
Forty years ago, Tony Spilotro’s neon excesses gave way to the cold reality of Midwestern soil. In June 1986, a…
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Since World War II, Russian mobsters have traded prison cells for battlefields
“I like watching historical films,” said the Wolf, a middle-aged ex-convict who wished to remain anonymous. “I don’t watch all…
Mob fashion at its finest: The top 5 best-dressed mobsters
Adjectives that come to mind when people think of the most infamous organized crime figures may include ruthless, intimidating, or…
Robert Blakey, architect of the RICO Act that crippled the Mob, dies at age 90
No one made life more difficult for the Mob than Robert Blakey. In 1969, Blakey, a Notre Dame Law School…
Myth busted: Vietnam War-era drug traffickers did not smuggle heroin in soldiers’ coffins
Fifty years after U.S. officials brought down Leslie “Ike” Atkinson, the claim that heroin was smuggled into the United States…
Embattled Montreal Mafia clings to underworld power amid setbacks
After nearly two decades of intermittent unrest in the Montreal Mafia, the Rizzuto dynasty is once again on the ropes….
Colombia approves plan to euthanize ‘cocaine hippos’ introduced by Pablo Escobar
More than 30 years after his death, Colombia is still struggling with the consequences of Pablo Escobar’s reign. This week,…
‘Ketamine Queen’ conviction over Matthew Perry’s death highlights evolving drug trade
Cartels have held a monopoly on the drug trade for decades, but there’s a new supplier in town. Medical professionals…
New York’s ‘Mafia Cops’ faked arrests, leaked information to aid Mob killings
In March 2005, two retired New York City detectives were arrested without much fanfare outside of Piero’s, a restaurant near the Las…
Virginia Hill, reputed ‘Queen of the Mob,’ died in Austria 60 years ago
On March 24, 1966, Virginia Hill died far from the life that made her famous. Sixty years later, she has…