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Las Vegas and the Mob – Part Two
In Part One we discussed how the mob had worked their way into Las Vegas using a number of surreptitious means. Gangsters such as Meyer Lansky and ‘Bugsy’ Siegel built The Flamingo Casino using money obtained from sources such as … Continue reading
Las Vegas and the Mob – Part One
We’ve written with some detail elsewhere about the history of the mafia in the United States from the early days of the 20th century through to the establishment of mafia families on the east coast and the RICO (Racketeer Influenced … Continue reading
The Italian Ndrangheta
The study of organised crime in Italy is really the study of four separate organisations. They are as follows: The Sicilian Mafia The Neapolitan Camorra The Calabrian Ndrangheta The Apulian Sacra Corona Unita In this post we’re going to take … Continue reading
Gangs of London
Although other global cities are now more commonly identified with organised crime Londom, the U.K’s capital city was almost certainly the first to establish itself as a global gang capital. It says much about the effectiveness of the British police … Continue reading
Stepping Back: The Brummagem Boys
If we sometimes think of organised crime as a feature of the modern day underworld, occasionally it’s worth remembering that it has in fact been with us for longer than most of us realise. In this series of posts we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham boys, bookies, bookmakers, brummagem boys, derby, epsom, hoxton mob, italian mob, leeds mob, racetrack gangs
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Camorra – Part Three
The Camorra Outside Italy In this last article on the Italian Camorra, we’ll have a look at the efforts this organisation has made to expand into other countries. It’s worth mentioning from the start that if the Camorra achieved anything … Continue reading
Camorra – Part Two
In Part One we concluded by describing the organisational structure of the Italian Camorra and followed their progress up to the middle of the 20th century. In the 1970s Raffaele Cutolo was the first senior Camorra figure to attempt to … Continue reading
Camorra – Part One
Neapolitan Camorra Much of the international attention and appearances in popular culture of Italian mafia groups tends to focus on the Sicilian mafia. Perhaps it’s because of the familial links to the United States that that’s the situation, but thee are other, … Continue reading
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Tagged austrian empire, camorra, capo, frieno, italian mafia, mafia, morra, naples, neapolitan camorra, organised crime, sicilian mafia
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The Mongols Motorcycle Club
Elsewhere on this site you can read about the Hells Angels, the Pagans, the Bandidos and the Outlaws and these four are generally regarded as the biggest of the motorcycle gangs with the Pagans just squeaking in there despite being confined to … Continue reading
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Tagged germany, hells angels, hispanic, mongols, motorcycle gangs, one percenters, sweden, vietnam war veterans
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Pagan Motorcycle Club
One Percenters As we’ve discussed in other articles, many of the motorcycle gangs suspected of illegal activity in the United States and abroad are known as one-percenters. One percenters take the name from a term applied to them by the American Motorcyclist … Continue reading
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Tagged decavalcante, harley davidson, john satan marron, lou dobkin, mafia, outlaws, pagans history, pagans motorcycle club, triumph
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