The production of movie classic The Godfather was one riddled with problems, threats, and an offer that couldn’t be refused. The new Paramount+ series The Offer depicts this volatile ride from start to finish as producers had to battle the New York M
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You can’t beat gold. Make it rain with dollars, euros or pounds all you want, but nothing makes it rain like gold. Better yet, it’s the original blockchain. Melt it down and nobody can trace it. Weigh it and its worth the same amount as before. Old s
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Ralph Natale, the man who became the highest ranking Mafia snitch, passed away on January 23. Natale was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family for a few years during a period of great chaos within the Philly underworld.
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An alleged Genovese crime family mobster from Yonkers was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison on Monday. John Tortora pleaded guilty to obstruction and gambling charges in 2020. He had been charged with ordering a 1997 murder, but prosecutors coul
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Europol’s new report Cryptocurrencies: tracing the evolution of criminal finances offers insights into how criminals are using cryptocurrencies today. Based on the latest operational information contributed to Europol, data collected for the EU Serio
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A man who gave Dutch police information on alleged drug lord Ridouan Taghi was murdered in Spain. The dead body of drug trafficker Ebrahim Buzhu was found in a burnt-out car on a dirt road near the Spanish town of Chiclana de la Frontera, south of th
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A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for drug trafficking. 28-year-old Zachary Miller used Facebook Messenger to communicate with other bikers and his customers, selling them meth and other drugs.
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Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies and Personalities from the dark side on Artist First Radio Network is pleased to announce its forthcoming schedule for January 20, 2022, through March 17, 2022. Guests include Nate Hendley, Cheryln Cadle, Alan Warre
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Shopkeepers in the area around the Italian city of Foggia were treated to an explosive start of the new year. Eight bomb attacks have rocked their businesses. It is believed that the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth largest Mafia group, is behind t
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A local drug boss with ties to the infamous Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week. 28-year-old Donte Holdbrook was one of 12 individuals charged by a Cincinnati federal grand jury in March 2018 in a narcotics and money launderi
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Three members and an associate of Florencia 13 (F13), a Los Angeles street gang, were charged Thursday with violating a federal racketeering statute for their roles in the robbery and fatal shooting earlier this week of Los Angeles Police Officer Fer
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Convicts get a bad rap, but when it comes to them having drugs or phones behind bars there is only one responsible party: the prison personnel. 43-year-old Anibal Navarro worked as a corrections officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, bu
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A member of the Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced Monday to over 15 years in prison for supervising the smuggling of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States and the smuggling of money back the o
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A Portland-area drug trafficker was hit with kidnapping and murder charges on Friday. 46-year-old Marcos Alonso Castillo-Bernal allegedly committed the crimes as part of his narcotics operation. The victim owed him and his group money.
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The beginning of 2022 ushered in many of the same old New Year’s resolutions. Some people want to exercise more, others want to meditate or do yoga. A lot of folks want to stop smoking. Then there are a select few who never stopped celebrating New Ye
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The Nigerian Mafia has been popping up in news reports around the world ever more frequently. Its members operating globally and in all sorts of criminal businesses – from cyber crime to prostitution and drug trafficking. One of the biggest Nigerian
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Consider it a job well done. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 84,247 fugitives (27,399 on federal and 56,848 on state and local warrants) in 2021. On average, the agency arrested 337 fugitives per day (based on 250 operational days), including 6,24
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Ending 2021 with a bang! Police in Italy discovered a shipment of three tons of pure cocaine hidden in a load of bananas, peanuts, and pepper coming from South America. The discovery was done in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, which is alleged to
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One of the last remaining powerhouses of the Ohio underworld passed away last week. Cleveland crime family mobster Ronald “Ronnie the Crab” Carabbia died December 22, 2021, at age 92. He was one of the leading figures that ran the rackets in Youngsto
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Haiti has been hit by one crisis after the other. The country’s president was assassinated in early July by a team of mercenaries, while a massive earthquake rocked the already shocked citizens barely a month later. With a nation in turmoil, gangs ha
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