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Jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac Shakur murder after years of public admissions

September 8, 2026

A few pages in a memoir led to a murder conviction for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with the 30-year-old murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Davis, author of Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops, stood trial in August for his role in Shakur’s murder on September 7, 1996. About 11:15 p.m. that evening, Shakur was in the passenger seat of a black BMW with Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight driving. While stopped at the intersection of East Flamingo Road and ...

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Virginia Hill testifies in New York City before the Senate’s Kefauver Committee in 1951. The Mob Museum Collection

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…

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Bookmaker Art Manteris spent four decades working in Las Vegas casinos, including the Mob-operated Stardust Resort and Casino.

New memoir ‘The Bookie’ highlights the mobsters and characters in Las Vegas sportsbooks 

Early in his career at Las Vegas casino sportsbooks, when mobsters were an intimidating presence around town, Art Manteris confronted…

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In Coíntzio, Michoacán, Mexican officials work to clear the charred remains of a bus. The vehicle was set on fire to block the road—a “narco blockade”—following the death of cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” Associated Press

Killing of cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ triggers violent backlash across Mexico

One by one, Mexico’s most notorious drug lords are being brought to justice. In each case, Mexican and U.S. law…

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Jack Dragna, pictured here in the late 1930s or early ‘40s, was the boss of the Los Angeles Mafia from 1935 until his death in 1956. Years after his death, the L.A. Mob’s decline led to the moniker, “Mickey Mouse Mafia.” Courtesy of J. Michael Niotta

Los Angeles kingpin Jack Dragna was no ‘Mickey Mouse’ boss

In 1984, when Los Angeles Mob boss Peter Milano was arrested along with 19 others, LAPD Chief Daryl Gates announced…

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Martin Scorsese, pictured here in 2024 at a German film festival, is an executive producer on a new Netflix series centered on a modern-day megaresort boss. Harald Krichel [ZJ1.1]/ CC BY-SA 4.0

Planned Netflix drama series to focus on ‘dangerous version’ of modern Las Vegas

A Las Vegas-centered drama series is in production for Netflix, focusing on “a dangerous version” of the city and an…

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Organized crime has been involved in point shaving for decades. During this game against Harvard on December 16, 1978, Boston College player Rick Kuhn, right, conspired with Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill to ensure that Boston won, but not by too much. Janet Knott/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Recent NBA, NCAA point-shaving scandals follow the Mob’s playbook

When Antonio Blakeney ventured into international basketball, he became a star. He had been Louisiana State University’s top scorer in…

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Lucky Luciano, left, and his partner, Igea Lissoni, pictured in Rome giving a candid interview to reporter Philip Clarke, middle, in 1949. Courtesy of Cipollini Collection

Eighty years ago, Lucky Luciano traded prison for exile

When New York Governor Thomas Dewey commuted the sentence of imprisoned Mafia boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano 80 years ago, it was widely…

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