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El Chapo’s ‘criminal enterprise’ means life in prison

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El Chapo’s ‘criminal enterprise’ means life in prison

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

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

Posted on February 8, 2019February 9, 2019 by Geoff Schumacher

Ninety years ago this week, one of the most horrifying acts of violence in organized crime history occurred inside a…


Hoodlums at the Statler

Posted on December 18, 2018December 20, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

In the early morning hours of December 5, 1928, patrol officer Frank Osowski was walking his beat in downtown Cleveland…


Gus Greenbaum, Las Vegas casino operator for the Mob, and his wife were murdered 60 years ago this week

Posted on December 7, 2018December 6, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

After nightfall on December 2, 1958, Bess Greenbaum, wife of Las Vegas casino boss Gus Greenbaum, drove from their Phoenix…


Whitey in Hollywood

Posted on November 21, 2018November 26, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

One of the most overtly symbolic scenes in Mob movie-making comes at the end of Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning film The…


The world’s top five Mob bosses

Posted on November 12, 2018November 20, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

There was a time when Mob bosses in the United States were household names, but not anymore. Consider the FBI’s…


Boston mobster Whitey Bulger killed

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

James “Whitey” Bulger, the violent Boston mobster serving a life sentence for taking part in 11 murders, was reportedly beaten…


‘At home on the streets, and always on the job’

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

A freelance newspaper photographer named Arthur Fellig, a squat, rumpled, cigar-chomping immigrant who liked being called Weegee, will forever be…


After 50 years on the Las Vegas Strip, Circus Circus still going strong

Posted on October 11, 2018October 17, 2018 by Jackie Apoyan

Fifty years ago this month, Circus Circus opened its doors at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. It’s…


When the Mafia ruled Times Square

Posted on September 26, 2018October 1, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

The latest television series featuring Mob figures continues this fall with the second season of HBO’s The Deuce, focusing on…


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