The rise of Lawrence Bishnoi and India’s global organized crime syndicate
Sidhu Moose Wala was one of the biggest music stars in the world to come out of the Punjabi music industry. The 28-year-old’s gritty, gunslinging lyrics redefined Indian hip-hop, making him popular across India and the South Asian diaspora. He collaborated with other international artists, including Nigerian singer Burna Boy and British rapper Stefflon Don. The rapper once told an interviewer that he was inspired by Tupac Shakur. Sadly, he would resemble Shakur more than he hoped. On a warm summer evening in 2022, Moose Wala took his black SUV for a spin on the dusty roads outside his village in Punjab ...
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Netflix’s ‘Fear City’ reveals how FBI, prosecutors built the Mafia Commission case
The Netflix documentary series Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia tells the story of the investigation and prosecution of…
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Frank Sinatra’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
In a gift shop at the Sands hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sammy Davis Jr., practicing with a golf putter by…
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Following the facts to possible Hoffa hit house
In the fall of 2019, as a mentor of mine out East closed in on where Jimmy Hoffa’s body is…
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Culling out the card sharks
Gambling was always a backdrop in the nascent years of Las Vegas, a popular if illicit activity for railroad workers,…
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‘White Boy Rick’ seeks new life after more than 30 years behind bars
The gates couldn’t swing open soon enough. Former Detroit teenage drug boss and illegal underage FBI mole Richard “White Boy…
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Zeroing in on Jimmy Hoffa’s unmarked grave
Editor’s note: On July 8, The Mob Museum published an essay by investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea — author of…
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Fake products are huge business for European organized crime
For organized crime groups, the business of counterfeiting and pirating legitimate products is booming. Europol, Europe’s top law enforcement agency,…
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