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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘Machine Gun’ Jack McGurn leads list of Top 5 most notorious Mob hitmen
Faced with more than 200 unsolved gangland murders in the Brooklyn area since the early 1930s, in 1940 the District…
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Two popular TV series will highlight Midwest mobsters this spring
The Kansas City Mob is being featured in two popular crime series that will be kicking off new seasons this…
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Last call before the Dry Decade
At 12:01 a.m. on January 17, 1920, “last call” parties wrapped up across the nation, as the United States officially…
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