Organized Crime
Deadly Russian Gangsters Smuggled Insane Amount of Chocolate, Feds Say
The FBI arrested 23 suspected Shulaya Enterprise members for a "dizzying array of criminal schemes," including extortion and contract killing.
A ‘Hacker’ Exposed a Mexican Drug Lord, Now He's Trying to Save His Own Life
The computer engineer secretly shot video of the purported heir to Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán and was reported to be living in the US under government protection. In fact, he’s stuck in Mexico.
The Trailblazing NYPD Detective Murdered by the Mafia in Sicily
The "Italian Sherlock Holmes" was actually an American battling the Black Hand, an early Mafia group that terrorized immigrants when cops looked the other way.
I Worked in a Mob Restaurant
We spoke to a waiter who spent the summer working in a restaurant known as much for its organized crime clientele as for its food.
Life After Betraying the Hells Angels
We talked to Dave Atwell, the highest ranking member of the Hells Angels in history to flip on the club. He's now in the witness protection program.
The Story of the First Mob Boss to Turn Rat
Ralph Natale worked his way near the top of American Mafia life when he became boss in Philadelphia. But after being betrayed by his own, he made real history by becoming a federal witness.
How to Track a Triad
Two retired superintendents from the Hong Kong police force who spent decades hunting criminal groups left the force to set up their own private security company.
How Drug Cartels Operate Like Silicon Valley Startups
"Maybe the next Steve Jobs is a girl in Oaxaca."
The Cosa Nostra is alive and well, and dozens of alleged members just got busted
Men with nicknames lke "Fish", "Tony the Cripple", "Muscles" and "Tugboat" were charged this week with classic Mob crimes, plus a few new ones.
The Parramatta Eels Are Still Copping it From Every Angle
We look at the fallout for the NRL's most scandal-plagued team after the NSW state government sacks its entire board.