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December 22, 2020

Barbaric killings, amputations, ruthless extortion: The alarming rise of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation

While CJNG cartel remains the domineering force in its namesake state of Jalisco, its trail of terror is steadily proliferating across Mexico.

December 19, 2020

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano reflects on Mafia, legendary hit and what’s changed in new podcast

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's days in the Mafia now continue with his latest endeavor: The underboss has started a podcast.

November 18, 2020

Pres. Trump, Joe Biden…and The Philadelphia Mafia Voter Fraud Claim

President Trump's personal lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is also heading the campaign legal efforts, was asked about the possibility of mob election interference during an interview on the Fox Business Network. He said that "although there is an allegation of a mobster involved, but I think it's a far-fetched one."

November 14, 2020

Are Mexico's stringent gun control laws aiding a rise in cartel violence?

While Mexico is one of just three countries – alongside the United States and Guatemala – with the constitutional right to bear arms – citizens must travel from far and wide to this one place, wade through ceaseless red tape and waiting periods and are heavily restricted when it comes to what they can and cannot buy.

October 5, 2020

Romanian gang members flew in and out of UK to carry out string of high-value burglaries: police

Twelve members of a Romanian gang who committed a string of high-value burglaries in the United Kingdom totaling more than $5.3 million have been sentenced to between three and five years in prison.

October 1, 2020

Luxury mansion in Canada operated as 'high-end illegal casino,' complete with slot machines, police say

A sprawling mansion in a high-end neighborhood north of Toronto operated as a "high-end" underground gambling den, according to police.

September 25, 2020

GOP report claims Hunter Biden paid women linked to ‘prostitution or human trafficking ring’

Among the deluge of explosive allegations set forth in the joint Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee with the Senate Treasury Committee's long-awaited report concerning the Biden family's conflicts of interest, the committees wrote that Hunter Biden, 50, may have implicated himself in a likely "Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring."

September 1, 2020

Jailed Turkish mob boss claims government officials dispatched him to kill American Pastor Andrew Brunson

From behind bars in Argentina, a wanted Turkish mob leader has ignited a firestorm with explosive allegations that some Turkish government officials had recruited him to put a hit on former political prisoner, Pastor Andrew Brunson.

July 27, 2020

New York mobsters sentenced to life in prison for murder: report

A trio of reputed New York mobsters — including one who was accused of plotting to break out of jail by losing weight — were sentenced to life in prison Monday for carrying out a Bronx hit in 2013.

July 12, 2020

Reputed mob boss gunned down in Canada: police

A reputed Canadian mob boss was gunned down in broad daylight in the parking lot of a commercial plaza in a suburb of Toronto Friday afternoon, according to local authorities.