Lords of the Mafia

With the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, Russia became fertile ground for organized criminal organizations that soon greatly diversified and expande...

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization called the Shower Posse that was res...

Whether by land, sea, or sky, Amado Carrillo Fuentes delivered narcotics to the United States by synergizing cartel operations in Mexico, and by findi...

The Yakuza in Japan can be traced back to the 17th century, but their true origin remains a mystery. Their expertise revolves around strict codes of c...

New Orleans was the first city to experience the rise and expansion of Cosa Nostra on American soil. By 1947, Carlos Marcello had gone from a teenage...

By the 1960s la Cosa Nostra in Italy and the United States began operating a narcotics network that would rapidly expand into a colossus, but within t...

No other country in the world understands the vicious struggle between the global narcotics empire and law enforcement more deeply than Colombia. One...

As Prohibition took effect in the 1920s in New York City, criminals such as Tommy Gaetano Lucchese saw an opportunity to form what eventually became a...

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization called the Shower Posse that was res...

Raymond Lee Washington and nine men founded the Crips street gang that, along with the Bloods, became an organized force on the streets of L.A in the...

Criminal organizations originating from Vietnam after the Vietnam War have spread worldwide, including the Pacific Rim, Australia, and the United Stat...

The unification of the European economy in the 1950s allowed organized criminal groups to tap into lucrative new markets in Western Europe and discove...

In the 20th century, as global criminal organizations experienced a crackdown on their national activities, some began to seek international partnersh...

As the world's Black Market grows to include nuclear arms and material, law enforcement has increased its surveillance to prevent the nuclear mafia fr...

In the world of crime, accomplices come in many forms, including corrupt government officials who collaborate with, and benefit from, their ties to or...

The single trait that links all crime lords and the organizations they operate is: murder. Forensic scientists and criminal profilers from law enforce...