FBI director outlines threats from transnational organized crime
Editor’s note: On February, 5, 2020, Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, delivered a report to the…
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…
The rise of cyber-rackets
International organized crime groups are using technology in ever-more-sophisticated ways, according to the Serious and Organized Threat Assessment 2017 report…
Did Frank Matthews get away with it?
Written: February 3, 2016 It was the first week of January 1973. Frank Matthews and his young girlfriend had just…
San Francisco crime boss ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow convicted of racketeering and murder
The two-month federal racketeering trial of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, alleged boss of a San Francisco organized crime group, ended…
Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia
One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta…