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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…


Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar spent seven years on Forbes list of world’s richest

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

In the summer of 1989, the world’s most wanted drug lord had narrowly averted assassination, challenged extradition treaties, dared the…


Organized crime roundup: U.S. seeks $12.6 billion in El Chapo drug proceeds, Peter Gotti seeks ‘compassionate’ release, eight convicted in ‘modern slavery’ racket in Britain and more

Posted on July 16, 2019August 28, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Only days before a U.S. judge is expected to impose a long prison sentence on him for leading a major…


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 Triads launder billions through Vancouver, buying luxury real estate, cars

Posted on May 31, 2019June 5, 2019 by Joe Henriod

The laundering scheme is so infamous that investigators call it the “Vancouver model.” The Triads, China’s organized crime syndicate, created…


Top 5 women of organized crime

Posted on May 24, 2019July 6, 2020 by Jackie Apoyan

Men have dominated the history of organized crime as bosses, capos, soldiers and associates. They traditionally relegated women to servile…


European Union: Organized crime deemed ‘highest’ security risk, greater than terrorism

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Many of Europe’s top police officers were in the Netherlands last week attending a high-level conference focused on doing a…


Fifty years ago this spring, Mario Puzo changed the way we view organized crime

Posted on April 10, 2019April 18, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Mario Puzo needed money. His first two novels, The Dark Arena (1955) and The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965), received good reviews…


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…


Drug kingpins in media spotlight

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

Jailed after a manhunt, the drug kingpin known globally as El Chapo expressed genuine surprise several years ago when interrogators…


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