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Cocaine trafficking breeds violence in ZeroZeroZero

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Brian Freeman

About 10 cartel assassins armed with AK-47s and grenade launchers stormed the deputy police chief’s house at 5 a.m., snuffed…


Dueling views of who killed Jimmy Hoffa

Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Three veteran journalists participating in a panel discussion at The Mob Museum on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa challenged the…


‘Mob Town’ movie spotlights notorious Mafia summit

Posted on December 12, 2019December 13, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

One of the major events in organized crime history, the 1957 Apalachin summit, a gathering of Mafia leaders at a…


Ernest Hemingway on gangsters

Posted on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Here’s how the story goes: Two hit men, Al and Max, enter Henry’s “lunch-room” in a town outside Chicago, looking…


Review: ‘The Irishman’ great film despite historical questions

Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a great organized crime movie. It’s right up there with the director’s other great organized…


Is the new Martin Scorsese movie based on a true story?

Posted on November 1, 2019November 14, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Editor’s note: The Irishman, a Martin Scorsese movie, was released today in a limited number of theaters across North America…


Mob TV shows, movies put New York on center stage

Posted on September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

When it comes to Mob movies and television shows, New York is in the spotlight again. Two television series focused…


Mob fixer Johnny Rosselli is back in the spotlight

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

“Strategist.” That word on Johnny Rosselli’s business card summed up his role as a Mob fixer whose colorful adult life,…


New Mob movies focus on women

Posted on July 30, 2019August 6, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Women are taking center stage in several Mob movie projects now in the news. Hitting movie theaters this summer is…


Las Vegas Mob stories attract Hollywood interest

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Of the many Mob movies and television shows now in the works, several are focused on underworld figures who had…


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