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Mobster Robert Gentile dies at 85, takes secrets about Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft to grave

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 24, 2021 at 11:29
Thieves made off with 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. At that time, the theft was valued at $200 million. Today, it’s valued at $600 million. Alleged mobster Robert Gentile was said to have known more about the
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Italian Mafia goes online: 106 arrested in Europol sting against online fraudsters - €10M made in 1 year

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 22, 2021 at 12:20
The Italian Mafia has quite the track record. Nothing but glory days. But crooks can’t live in the past if they want to make money in the present. Europol, in cooperation with various police agencies, busted a large-scale organized crime group with l
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High-ranking Los Zetas Cartel member gets life – Played role in 2011 Allende Massacre, where over 100 people were slaughtered

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 19, 2021 at 3:33
A high-ranking member of the Los Zetas Cartel was sentenced to life in prison on Monday. Hugo Cesar “El Vecino” Roman-Chavarria (photo above) had pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges on August 23, 2019.
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Fugitive Colombo Mafia family consigliere turns himself in after photo shows him relaxing in pool after bust

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 17, 2021 at 12:14
It is so difficult being part of a secretive brotherhood in the era of social media. Just ask Colombo crime family consigliere Ralph DiMatteo, who was charged in a wide-ranging racketeering indictment this week along with his boss and several other h
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“I’m not afraid to go to jail” - Colombo Mafia family hierarchy busted

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 15, 2021 at 11:29
It’s business as usual. Some curse-laden threats, a bit of labor racketeering, and men who are part of a “crime” family. A mob bust by the book. Yesterday, prosecutors charged the boss, underboss, consigliere, and several underlings of the Colombo cr
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Colombian crew that smuggled tons of cocaine using “narco-submarines” pleads guilty

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 15, 2021 at 3:24
When it was first discovered that drug cartels were now using submarines to smuggle their product minds around the world were blown. Nowadays, it’s part of the business and hardly raises an eyebrow. Six men pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting to smu
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“He feared nothing.” - Daughter of Mafia boss Carmine Galante talks about her infamous father

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 13, 2021 at 9:31
New York Mafia boss Carmine Galante was one of the most ruthless mobsters in the world. But he was also a loving husband and doting dad. His daughter Angela talked about her father and what it was like growing up with a man aiming to take over the un
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Bow down to “Her Majesty” – Profile of Brazilian drug queenpin Valeska Pereira Monteiro

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 8, 2021 at 7:27
The underworld is a man’s world. So beware of the woman who climbs to the top of such a vicious environment. A woman like Valeska Pereira Monteiro. Just in her late twenties, she became a leading figure in a Brazilian drug cartel. Her position brough
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Trinitarios gang member charged with shooting to death confidential informant

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 8, 2021 at 4:28
A member of the Trinitarios gang was arrested last week, September 2, and charged with the murder of a federal confidential informant. 43-year-old William “Principe” Jones allegedly was joined by other gang members as they drove their victim from the
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Getting one’s hands bloody - Profile of Camorra Mafia boss Raffaele Mauriello

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 4, 2021 at 3:33
Raffaele Mauriello is the perfect example of a mobster who worked his way up the chain of command by getting his hands dirty. Well, maybe dirty isn’t the word. Bloody is more apt. Either way, he went from being surrounded by drug fiends to living it
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Albanian clan running industrial cannabis operation in Spain busted

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 1, 2021 at 6:00
An organized criminal network composed mainly of Albanian-speaking criminals, suspected of illegally trafficking drugs, was busted on July 13, Europol reported today. 107 persons were arrested in an operation, which involved law enforcement authoriti
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Pick your poison: What drugs are there and what’s their story? Gangsters Inc. made a list

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 28, 2021 at 9:47
Drugs get you high – or low – but, most importantly, they make organized crime a lot of money. Despite the cost for society and families the world over, narcotics continue to be in high demand. From partygoers and students to soccer moms and Wall Str
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What is this Thing called Thing? A Very Brief History of The Mafia

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 27, 2021 at 10:26

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

"Many modern Sicilians prefer to live as parasites because the fast lane of crime has considerable attraction as a way of life." - Giovanni Falcone (1)

Tommaso Buscetta said there was no such thing as The Mafia. “I

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Yakuza boss sentenced to death after judge rules his underlings would not have killed without his consent

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 26, 2021 at 2:12
The “oyabun” or leader of the Kudokai Yakuza clan was sentenced to death on Tuesday after his underlings murdered one civilian and wounded three others. 74-year-old Satoru Nomura plans to appeal the ruling since there is no direct evidence that he or
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WATCH: BMF shows rise of Detroit’s Flenory brothers as they start their Black Mafia Family

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 25, 2021 at 7:53
Mafia epics mesmerize the viewing public. With that in mind, new television series BMF looks to catch our eyes. Executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the Starz series follows the early beginnings of the notorious Flenory brothers as they wr
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Sons of Silence biker club enforcer confronts off-duty cop and ends up in prison

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 25, 2021 at 4:40
Outlaw bikers take their role seriously. Their patches are sacred. So when they see other motorcycle riders wearing a patch they feel he shouldn’t, they confront him. They usually get away with it. But this time the guy they confronted was an off-dut
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Drug lord Eduardo Arellano Félix released from US prison, re-arrested in Mexico upon arrival

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 24, 2021 at 2:40
The life of a notorious drug lord isn’t all Netflix’ Narcos makes it out to be. Look no further than Eduardo Arellano Felix, one of the notorious Arellano Félix brothers, who ran the Tijuana Cartel that has since lost out to Sinaloa and Jalisco. He h
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