I am Spartacus! – The Casalesi Clan & Maxi-Trials
Casal di Principe, a small town with a population of approx. 21,000 in the province of Caserta, which is located between Naples and Salerno, is…
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A Canadian Affair: How The Rizzuto Crime Family was Born: Part Three
At 7.30 on an October morning, Friday the 5th, in 2012 the gates to America’s highest-security ‘supermax’ prison, ADX Florence in Colorado were opened. After…
A Canadian Affair: How The Rizzuto Crime Family was Born: Part Two
In part one of ‘A Canadian Affair: How The Rizzuto Crime Family was Born’ I provided a brief history of the organised crime landscape as…
A Canadian Affair: How The Rizzuto Crime Family was Born: Part One
In February 1954 in Cattolica Eraclea, a small town on the Island of Sicily, a family packed up the last of their belongings before embarking on a transatlantic trip aboard…
The Real Truth Behind Apalachin & The Top Hoodlum Program
The feted meeting at the estate of Bufalino crime family boss Joseph Barbara is considered to be the event that finally triggered J Edgar Hoover…
The Summerdale Scandal
On the 30th July 1959 the arrest of 23-year-old Richard Morrison – whilst asleep on the floor of his friend’s apartment – would eventually see…
An Interview With Former Chicago Gang Member, Angalia Bianca
A leading American daily newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, keeps track of the number of shootings in Chicago. At the time of writing the number of…
Felice Maniero and the Mala del Brenta
“In conclusion, we can therefore recognize the existence of a criminal association aimed at the commission of an indeterminate series of crimes against property, against…