The Coming Yakuza War
The biggest Yakuza group is celebrating its 100th year in operation, but it’s splitting into factions that may soon go after each other with bloody consequences.TOKYO — This year should have been a...
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Guns and Glamour: The Chicago Mob. A History. 1900-2000: The House Of Hope: Harry Caray's Restaurant: By Chicago History, Wednesday at 5:26 pm HOLY COW! The famous words of the late great baseball...
View ArticleThe Yamaguchi-gumi
Japan’s largest yakuza group, or crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, marks its 100th year in business in 2015, but the group’s future looks to be in doubt following two meetings this week in the...
View Article‘Violent outbreaks’ feared after 13 yakuza brass split
BY ERIC JOHNSTONOSAKA – A century after its founding, the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest and most notorious crime syndicate, appears to have expelled 13 of its approximately 70 affiliated...
View ArticleMobster’s former Miami Beach home listed for sale
Chuck Delmonico owned it from 1976 to 2003By Katherine KallergisA waterfront home formerly belonging to alleged mobster Chuck Delmonico has been listed for $8.1 million, The Real Deal has learned.The...
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Shooting Yakuza: Belgian photographer reveals to RT how he worked with...
© Anton Kusters / antonkusters.comJapan's notorious and secretive Yakuza mafia has lifted its veil of secrecy, allowing a Belgian photographer to look inside their world. For two years, Anton Kusters...
View ArticleEx-son-in-law of John Gotti pleads not guilty in stolen-car scam
CLEVELAND — A reputed member of New York’s Gambino crime family and former son-in-law of John Gotti pleaded not guilty Friday in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar scam involving scrap metal...
View ArticleMob boss from Morris wants to withdraw racketeering plea
PEGGY WRIGHT, @PeggyWrightDRMartin Taccetta, a member of the New York-based Lucchese crime family who has spent half his life being prosecuted or behind bars, told a judge in Morris County Thursday...
View ArticleStaten Island man takes plea in mob-linked newspaper union scam
By John M. Annese | annese@siadvance.com Follow on Twitter STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A former newspaper foreman from Staten Island has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with an alleged conspiracy...
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View ArticleAfter 100 years, Japan’s most powerful mob takes a hit
The largest criminal organization in Japan has fractured. Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate, is undergoing a massive defection, with thousands of members splitting off to form a...
View ArticleAll Due Respect
An American reporter takes on the yakuza.BY PETER HESSLERJake Adelstein spoke almost no Japanese when he moved to Tokyo from rural Missouri. Five years later, he was a crime reporter for the country’s...
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Mags go big for Kobe gang’s 100th
BY MARK SCHREIBERThis year will see the observance of various centennials, including the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign in the Dardanelles; the Second Battle of Ypres; and the sinking of the RMS...
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Japanese gang war feared as largest yakuza syndicate splits
Thousands of Yamaguchi-gumi members form new crime organisation at weekend after being kicked out for disloyalty Shinobu Tsukasa, leader of Japan’s largest ‘yakuza’ gang the Yamaguchi-gumi, at Kobe...
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Japan’s feared and resilient crime syndicates the yakuza have seen their...
Jake Adelstein Nathalie-Kyoko StuckyJapan’s feared and resilient crime syndicates the yakuza have seen their numbers decline for the first time in years, but is that because of stricter laws or are...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Organized crime makes migrant crisis even harder to handle...
by Eric J. LymanROME, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- One of Italy's oldest problems, organized crime, is making its newest major international challenge -- the growing migrant crisis -- harder to handle, experts...
View ArticleEx-son-in-law of John Gotti pleads not guilty to conspiracy
CLEVELAND (AP) - A reputed member of New York's Gambino crime family and former son-in-law of John Gotti pleaded not guilty Friday in what authorities say is a multimillion- dollar scam involving scrap...
View ArticleRuffians in Rome
The mafia returns to Italy’s capitalON AUGUST 27th the coastal district of Rome, with a population of around 230,000, became the biggest administrative unit in Italy to be put under direct government...
View ArticleLengthy Prison Terms for Lucchese Crime Family Members
In a world inhabited by international cyber criminals and violent terrorists, it would be easy to think of La Cosa Nostra—the Mafia—as a throwback to a bygone era. But a recent New Jersey case...
View ArticleLoan Sharks Sentenced
Albanian Crime Group Used Violence, Intimidation in Business Dealings08/13/15Loan sharking. It’s a term that might conjure up historical images of shadowy organized crime figures handing out...
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