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This corner is dedicated to the Palermitan judges Giovanni Falcone (born 1939) and Paolo Borsellino (born 1940). They grew up in the borough Kalsa near Palermo's harbor where Falcone lived in Via Castrofilippo and Borsellino in Via de

By David Amoruso

Trafficking in narcotics remains one of the most lucrative criminal activities around. Groups and individuals from across the world have experienced the huge and seemingly easy profit drugs bring. Be it cocaine, heroin, ecstasy,

EUROPEAN UNION

Tip of the Spear: European drug cartel uses Special Forces commandos in its violent activities
Wanted: Sicilian Mafia’s boss of bosses, Cosa Nostra cop killer, ‘Ndrangheta hitman, dozens of violent gangsters
Coked Up Europe: Increa

Estimate members: Around 100
First Boss: Joseph Bonanno.
Primary activities: Involved in narcotics trafficking, home video pornography, robbery, extortion, loan sharking, gambling, phony telemarketing schemes, pizza parlors and espresso cafes.
Boss:

Estimate members: Between 200 and 225 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Primary activities: The most powerful and wealthy crime Family in the New York area, and perhaps the entire country. The Genovese Family maintains m

Intro written by Angelo Carmelo Gallitto

The Calabrian “Honoured Society”, well known as “’Ndrangheta”, is the equivalent of Sicilian Mafia in Calabria region, south Italy. However its origin is unknown, it emerged l

Estimate members: Around twenty active members.
First Boss: Salvatore Sabella started the family in 1911.
Primary activities: Extortion, bookmaking, gambling, drug trafficking and loan-sharking.

Boss: Joseph Ligambi
Street boss: Michael "Mikey Lanc

Estimate members: Between 75 and 85 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Joseph Profaci

Primary activities: Narcotics, gambling, loan sharking, cigarette smuggling, pornography, counterfeiting, hijacking, fraud, stock fraud.

Acting boss: Andrew

Canada enjoys a great reputation. It is known as a welcoming country to people of all colors and creeds. Its citizens are nice and diverse. Despite or maybe because of Canada's excellent reputation as a free and fair country, crime groups from aroun

The Japanese Yakuza is one of the more traditional Organized Crime groups. The Yakuza are the main power in Japan and have branched out to other Asian countries, the United States, Canada and parts of Europe. However Japan remains their main strongho

Organized crime spans the entire globe. Here at Gangsters Inc. we try to cover as much as we can. We have various sections about individual crime groups and regions. Every day we add new articles and profiles to these areas so you remain up to date a

Clarence Walker has been, for 22 years, an Investigative crime journalist, Associate story producer of cable T.V. criminal justice shows and writer for newsmedia wire services. He has also written extensively for New York and Texas-based (daily & we