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Commitment to Safety

Federal law enforcement agencies announce series of major busts

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Federal law enforcement agencies announce series of major busts

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by Brian Freeman

While most of us are focused on the pandemic and the final weeks of the presidential campaign, federal law enforcement…


Fake products are huge business for European organized crime

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Brian Freeman

For organized crime groups, the business of counterfeiting and pirating legitimate products is booming. Europol, Europe’s top law enforcement agency,…


The Camorra and the garbage racket in the ‘Land of Fires’

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

This is a condensed version of a longer case study, “Organized Crime and Environmental Issues in Naples, Italy,” that will…


DEA report: Drug overdoses top cause of death for Americans

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

Drug poisoning was the chief cause of injury deaths among Americans from 2011 to 2017, more than the loss of…


FBI director outlines threats from transnational organized crime

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

Editor’s note: On February, 5, 2020, Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered a report to the…


Organized crime roundup: Sex trafficking in Venezuela, ‘waste crimes’ in England, political corruption in Central America and more

Posted on June 19, 2019June 21, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

In the South American nation of Venezuela, in both good times and bad, the trafficking of misled teenage girls into…


Chinese manufacturers, Mexican cartels are primary sources of deadly opioids

Posted on February 28, 2019March 4, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids smuggled from China and Mexico, heroin from Mexican drug cartels and the misuse of prescription…


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…


Drama-drenched El Chapo trial nears its end

Posted on January 28, 2019January 31, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Mob News & Notes is a new monthly feature in the Mob Museum’s blog. It highlights recent stories on American…


The world’s top five Mob bosses

Posted on November 12, 2018November 19, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

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


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