North Korean Meth, Motorcycle Gangs, Army Snipers, and a Guy Named Rambo
By Keegan HamiltonAt first glance, the meeting that occurred on January 24, 2013 could have been about any ordinary business deal. A multinational organization based in Hong Kong had cornered the...
View ArticleJapan's Biggest Organized Crime Syndicate Now Has Its Own Web Site and Theme...
By Jake Adelstein and Nathalie-Kyoko StuckyJapan’s largest organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, recently launched its own website. But if you're hoping to see guys with crazy tattoos, dramatic...
View ArticleSumiyoshi-kai yakuza among 15 arrested in ‘special fraud’ investment scam
By Tokyo Reporter on November 18, 2014 under Crime,Tokyo Daily,YakuzaTOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the arrest of a gang member and 14 others for participation in a...
View ArticleTokyo cops arrest Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza in attempted extortion of Ueno club
By Tokyo Reporter on November 21, 2014 under Crime,Tokyo Daily,YakuzaTOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday announced the arrest of five suspects, including members of an organized crime...
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This May Be the Most Dangerous — and Most Costly — Photo In Japan
By Jake AdelsteinThe above picture may be worth more than $1 billion in Japan. At the very least, it's worth a severe beating by gangsters armed with baseball bats.In September, the right-wing scandal...
View ArticleSam Giancana's daughter aims to cash in on gangster's memorabilia
By JOHN M. GLIONNA Notorious gangster's mementos to be on auction block, as well as coroner's report on his slayingSam Giancana liked to boast that he owned Las Vegas, Miami and Chicago -- where he was...
View ArticleOrganized crime: draining the swamp
Germany's Federal Criminal Police (BKA) is set to fight organized crime. Both the German police and Europol are better equipped than criminals would expect. The problem appears to be insurmountable:...
View ArticleMafia boss Vito Rizzuto’s revenge plot against rivals ran deep
Adrian Humphreys PALERMO, SICILY — After release from a U.S. prison, Canada’s embattled Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto summoned top henchmen to secret meetings in Cuba and the Dominican Republic to plot...
View ArticleCatholic bishop takes stand against Mafia by refusing to confirm mob boss' son
Michael Day It’s long been accused of adopting an at best ambiguous role in the fight against organised crime in Sicily, but the Catholic Church has now taken a symbolic stand against the Mafia in its...
View ArticleThe New England Mafia: RANKING RI MOBSTER SENTENCED IN SPORTS GAMBLING RI...
The New England Mafia: RANKING RI MOBSTER SENTENCED IN SPORTS GAMBLING RI...: By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Edward C. Lato, a high-ranking member of the New England mob, was sentenced...
View ArticleFour Mafia Sentenced For Notorious Slaying of Mob Prosecutor Giovanni Falcone
By Tom PorterFour members of the Sicilian mafia have been sentenced for murdering anti-mob judge Giovanni Falcone in 1992.Giuseppe Barranca and Cristoforo Cannella were sentenced to life in prison for...
View ArticleSicilian who helped kill two mobsters from Canada avoided life in prison due...
Adrian Humphreys | November 18, 2014 4:27 PM ETA Sicilian gunman who helped kill two mobsters from Canada avoided life in prison Tuesday when a judge in Palermo sentenced him to 16 years — the leniency...
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Top prosecutor in birthplace of the Mafia has one of the most dangerous jobs...
Adrian Humphreys |PALERMO, SICILY — There are things on the walls of Leonardo Agueci’s fortified office that trigger giddy exuberance and there are things that turn his expressive face grave and...
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Italy's mob warning: Slack EU laws allow a new breed of criminal to threaten...
Michael Day Mafia groups are colonising Europe because the EU has not taken Italy's advice on how to fight organised crime, according to an eminent criminal law expert. The warning follows revelations...
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Reputed mob boss Joey Merlino gets a little breather
BY JULIE SHAW, Daily News Staff Writer FORMER Philly mob boss Joey Merlino will have time to perfect his "Gnocchi Mamma Rita" and "Veal South Philly" at his new Boca Raton, Fla., restaurant, Merlino's,...
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The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Gangster’s ex-girlfriend: "I lived...
The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Gangster’s ex-girlfriend: "I lived a Love/Hate lif...: By Pat Flanagan Deirdre Moran says she turned her back on crime after being caught transporting a gun...
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The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Irish gangster tried to smuggle €50...
The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Irish gangster tried to smuggle €50 million worth ...: By Cathal McMahon, Ben Mitchell Shipment was arranged by an Irish crime gang who hoped to flood Ireland...
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Mobster gunned down in Montreal was part of a ‘dissident faction’ trying to...
Adrian Humphreys The latest victim of Montreal’s mob violence — shot dead by masked gunmen Monday in a Rivière-des-Prairies restaurant — was recently named in court in Italy as a member of the...
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Paroled killer Harold ‘Kayo’ Konigsberg dies at age 88; murdered fellow...
By Paul Kirby, Daily Freeman Convicted mob killer Harold “Kayo” Konigsberg, who strangled a man in Kerhonkson more than 50 years ago, has died, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.He was...
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One-eyed mobster, ex-mayor in Rome anti-mafia sweepOne-eyed mobster,...
Rome (AFP) - Italian police on Tuesday raided the home of an ex-mayor of Rome in an anti-mafia sweep that also snared a one-eyed mobster who is one of the most notorious figures in Italy's recent...
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