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As the sixth largest country in the world, Australia has a lot of room for people who are looking for new territory to commit crimes. Discovered by Dutch explorers, Australia eventually fell under British rule. The British used the far-away continent

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

According to French website, “France 24,” the ‘Ndrangheta, rooted in the southern Italian region of Calabria, has surpassed Sicily’s more famous Cosa Nostra to become Italy’s most powerful mafia group, which operat

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

On this day in 1946: On January 8, 1946, Mexican Cartel boss Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was born. He is viewed as the country’s “El Padrino” of drug lords, the original boss of bosses. The Netflix series Narcos: M

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

On this day in 2020: On February 6, 2020, Medellin Cartel hitman Jhon Jairo Velásquez was born. He was once one of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s chief sicarios.

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• “Popeye”, Pablo Escobar’s chief

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

On this day in 1962: On April 15, 1962, Medellin Cartel hitman Jhon Jairo Velásquez was born. He was once one of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s chief sicarios.

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• “Popeye”, Pablo Escobar’s chief s

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A leader of the Aryan Knights prison gang was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday. 55-year-old Harlan Hale pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a RICO conspiracy and one count of committing a violent c

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Women who climb to the top of the underworld remain a rare breed, but every now and then several manage to break through that glass ceiling. Among them Moroccan-Dutch drug boss Naima Jillal, dubbed “The Godmother o

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

Thanks, but no thanks. Two religious paintings donated by an infamous Camorra Mafia boss were removed from a church last week on orders of the archbishop. The move occurs not long after Pope Francis loudly condemned Italy’s

By Ron Chepesiuk for Gangsters Inc.

CRIME BEAT: ISSUES, CONTROVERSIES AND PERSONALITIES FROM THE DARKSIDE on Artist First Radio Network is pleased to announce its forthcoming schedule for April 8, 2021, through June 10, 2021. Guests include Larry Lof

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

They call him “Mouf” or “Poto” and they know he is one of France’s biggest narcotics traffickers. 41-year-old Moufide Bouchibi allegedly supplies France with 10 percent of its annual hashish intake. Police were on

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

All is fair in love and war… until the feds find out. 62-year-old Colombo crime family capo Joseph Amato, who used a GPS tracker to keep tabs on his girlfriend, found that out when he showed up in court via videoco

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

Carl Sifakis in The Mafia Encyclopedia writes this about Frank Bompensiero:

“In the treacherous world of Mafia hit men, few characters proved shiftier than Frank ‘Bomp’ Bompensiero.... For decades regarded as one o

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A soldier in the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (“SNM”) prison gang was found guilty of murder, racketeering and firearm possession on Tuesday. 42-year-old Jody Rufino Martinez (photo above) was convicted by a federal jury in Alb

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Drug traffickers and gangsters all over the globe were shocked to find their encrypted text messages in the hands of law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States. Large service providers called EncroCha

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

One of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives was arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday. 35-year-old Giuseppe Romeo is a member of the ‘Ndrangheta, the Calabrian Mafia, and had been on the run since 2018. In November,

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

The daughter of notorious cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes pleaded guilty yesterday to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as narcotics traffickers by the U.S. Dep

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A man who went on the run after he became wanted for his part in a drug smuggling ring was sentenced to 11 years in prison. 42-year-old Ajah Onuchukwu and his associates became a target of Britain’s National Crime Agency in

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was a dead man walking. No secret there. He was fighting several powerful enemies, among them the Cali Cartel. This business-like criminal organization made money like water and pa