Latest search for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains joins long list of fruitless attempts
The FBI announced in July that it did not find any sign of the body of former Teamsters Union leader…
Several Mob movies in the making
“Everyone loves gangster movies.” This sentence, written by former FBI agent Joseph Pistone, leads off the forward to The Ultimate…
Drug kingpins in media spotlight
Jailed after a manhunt, the drug kingpin known globally as El Chapo expressed genuine surprise several years ago when interrogators…
El Chapo’s ‘criminal enterprise’ means life in prison
After hearing that a jury convicted him on all counts in his federal criminal trial on February 12, Mexican drug…
Al Capone and the romantic holiday that triggered his demise
Ninety years ago this week, one of the most horrifying acts of violence in organized crime history occurred inside a…
Drama-drenched El Chapo trial nears its end
Mob News & Notes is a new monthly feature in the Mob Museum’s blog. It highlights recent stories on American…
Twenty years later, The Sopranos remembered fondly
Twenty years ago, The Sopranos television crime series began airing on HBO, featuring a fictional New Jersey Mafia boss and his family,…
Forensic scientists examine Mob Museum artifacts for evidence of criminal past
Forensic science, including DNA analysis and other fields related to examining blood found at a crime scene, is a powerful…
The rise of Castro and the fall of the Havana Mob
When Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, Che Guevara and 79 other Cuban rebels piled into the 43-foot yacht Granma on…
The Kansas City connection
In the 1995 movie Casino, the Mob’s control of skimming at Las Vegas casinos is exposed when authorities learn about…