Crack, Chaos, and Cartels: Rayful Edmond’s Empire
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980's, Rayful Edmond rose to infamy as Washington D.C.’s most notorious crack kingpin, bui...
Crack, Chaos, and Cartels: Rayful Edmond’s Empire
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980's, Rayful Edmond rose to infamy as Washington D.C.’s most notorious crack kingpin, bui...
Australia's Gangster King of Sin: Abe Saffron
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abe Saffron rose from wartime wheeler-dealing to become the king of Sydney’s underworld, a man who...
Australia's Gangster King of Sin: Abe Saffron
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abe Saffron rose from wartime wheeler-dealing to become the king of Sydney’s underworld, a man who...
Africa's Pablo Escobar: Kenyan Kingpin Ibrahim Akasha
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ibrahim Akasha was the kingpin of East Africa’s heroin highway, setting up a massive tracking empi...
Africa's Pablo Escobar: Kenyan Kingpin Ibrahim Akasha
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ibrahim Akasha was the kingpin of East Africa’s heroin highway, setting up a massive tracking empi...
The Shaman-Gangsters Who Built Indonesia
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For centuries, brigands, gangsters and street toughs ruled the island of Java so thoroughly that the...
The Shaman-Gangsters Who Built Indonesia
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, brigands, gangsters and street toughs ruled the island of Java so thoroughly that the...
The Narco Lord of the Skies: Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Amado Carrillo Fuentes was one of the most powerful drug traffickers of the 1990s, moving hundreds o...
The Narco Lord of the Skies: Amado Carrillo Fuentes
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amado Carrillo Fuentes was one of the most powerful drug traffickers of the 1990s, moving hundreds o...
Cocaine, Camorra, Call Girls: Maradona's Downfall
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 1987, Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was on top of the world. He’d just handed his nation...
Cocaine, Camorra, Call Girls: Maradona's Downfall
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1987, Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was on top of the world. He’d just handed his nation...
Russian Mafia Superhitman: Alexander Solonik
Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The 1990's in Moscow were the glory days of Russian organized crime. Emerging out of the downfall of...
Russian Mafia Superhitman: Alexander Solonik
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 1990's in Moscow were the glory days of Russian organized crime. Emerging out of the downfall of...
Scotland's Narco Blood Feud Explodes!
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When cops on the English coast busted a bid to bring in a huge shipment of cocaine in 2020, it sent ...
Scotland's Narco Blood Feud Explodes!
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When cops on the English coast busted a bid to bring in a huge shipment of cocaine in 2020, it sent ...
The Wild, Murderous Rampage of the Zizians
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When cops arrested a group of masked, black-robed protesters at a California campsite in 2019, most ...
The Wild, Murderous Rampage of the Zizians
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When cops arrested a group of masked, black-robed protesters at a California campsite in 2019, most ...
The Chinese Mafia Takeover of America's Weed Industry
Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
There''s a new king at the top of the US weed game, raking in tens of billions of dollars, so organi...
The Chinese Mafia Takeover of America's Weed Industry
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There''s a new king at the top of the US weed game, raking in tens of billions of dollars, so organi...
How Diego Maradona Fueled the Rise of Naples’ Camorra
Tue, 20 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Argentine soccer wizard Diego Armando Maradona swapped Barcelona for lowly Napoli in 1984, it s...
How Diego Maradona Fueled the Rise of Naples’ Camorra
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Argentine soccer wizard Diego Armando Maradona swapped Barcelona for lowly Napoli in 1984, it s...
The Olympic Snowboarder Narco Kingpin
Tue, 13 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did a Canadian former Olympian build a one billion dollar narco empire? A few months ago, the ...
The Olympic Snowboarder Narco Kingpin
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did a Canadian former Olympian build a one billion dollar narco empire? A few months ago, the ...
The Sinaloan Train Robbers Causing Havoc in the Mojave Desert
Tue, 06 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You may have missed it, but there’s a new gang of train robbers in the American West — and they’...
The Sinaloan Train Robbers Causing Havoc in the Mojave Desert
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may have missed it, but there’s a new gang of train robbers in the American West — and they’...
The Gunrunner Who Tried to Save China: Two Gun Cohen
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On Christmas Day, 1941, as bombs tear Hong Kong apart, gunrunner Morris "Two Gun" Cohen — a street...
The Gunrunner Who Tried to Save China: Two Gun Cohen
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Christmas Day, 1941, as bombs tear Hong Kong apart, gunrunner Morris "Two Gun" Cohen — a street...
Los Muchachos: Miami's Cuban Cartel
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 1980s Miami, amid the glitz, gunfire, and power boats, two Cuban-American friends Sal Magluta and...
Los Muchachos: Miami's Cuban Cartel
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1980s Miami, amid the glitz, gunfire, and power boats, two Cuban-American friends Sal Magluta and...
The 'Ndrangheta's Notorious Kidnapping Gang Wars
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today the ‘Ndrangheta, Calabria’s clan-based Mafia, is one of the world’s richest and most pow...
The 'Ndrangheta's Notorious Kidnapping Gang Wars
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today the ‘Ndrangheta, Calabria’s clan-based Mafia, is one of the world’s richest and most pow...
Meet The Chicago Outfit's Most Infamous Hitman
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Kurt Calabrese grew up in the Chicago mafia known as The Outfit. His father, Frank Calabrese Sr, was...
Meet The Chicago Outfit's Most Infamous Hitman
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Calabrese grew up in the Chicago mafia known as The Outfit. His father, Frank Calabrese Sr, was...
Jalisco’s Death Camp, El Salvador's Mega-prison and Mexico’s Cartel Extraditions
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Will Grant, the BBC’s Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent, was recently on the ground a...
Jalisco’s Death Camp, El Salvador's Mega-prison and Mexico’s Cartel Extraditions
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will Grant, the BBC’s Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent, was recently on the ground a...
Mexico's Most Sociopathic Druglord: El Mencho & CJNG
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
He’s a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. But will Nemesio Oseguera C...
Mexico's Most Sociopathic Druglord: El Mencho & CJNG
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. But will Nemesio Oseguera C...
The Most Insane Prison Gang Ever: South Africa's Numbers Gang
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:17:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
South Africa's secretive Numbers Gangs almost defy description; they're one part cult, one part reli...
The Most Insane Prison Gang Ever: South Africa's Numbers Gang
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
South Africa's secretive Numbers Gangs almost defy description; they're one part cult, one part reli...
Duterte Arrested: Was the Drug War a Cover Up?
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sean Williams reports from the Philippines, where former President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug w...
Duterte Arrested: Was the Drug War a Cover Up?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Williams reports from the Philippines, where former President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug w...
The Last Street Boss of Chinatown: Ghost Shadows Peter Chin
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Ghost Shadows are said to have been the wildest of Chinatown's gun-toting teenage gangs in the 1...
The Last Street Boss of Chinatown: Ghost Shadows Peter Chin
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ghost Shadows are said to have been the wildest of Chinatown's gun-toting teenage gangs in the 1...
The World's Biggest Arms Trafficker Goes Down Hard
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi arms dealer and self-styled world’s richest man, met with US officials...
The World's Biggest Arms Trafficker Goes Down Hard
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi arms dealer and self-styled world’s richest man, met with US officials...
The Dixie Mafia: Gone South w/Jed Lipinski
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Dixie Mafia terrorized the southern US for decades before authorities were finally able to bring...
The Dixie Mafia: Gone South w/Jed Lipinski
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Dixie Mafia terrorized the southern US for decades before authorities were finally able to bring...
The Richest Arms Dealer Ever: Adnan Khashoggi
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adnan Khashoggi was born in Mecca — but his life was anything but pious. The billionaire had multi...
The Richest Arms Dealer Ever: Adnan Khashoggi
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adnan Khashoggi was born in Mecca — but his life was anything but pious. The billionaire had multi...
The Mobster Who Ruled Hawaii & His Brutal Revenge Quest
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Michael Miske came from a broken home through years of petty crime to lead a gang of lost boys in Ho...
The Mobster Who Ruled Hawaii & His Brutal Revenge Quest
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Miske came from a broken home through years of petty crime to lead a gang of lost boys in Ho...
America's Most Dangerous Prison Gang: The Aryan Brotherhood
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What started as a small gang of white prisoners in a California state prison in the 1960's is now on...
America's Most Dangerous Prison Gang: The Aryan Brotherhood
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What started as a small gang of white prisoners in a California state prison in the 1960's is now on...
Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster and the Battle for Los Angeles: Mickey Cohen
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Mickey once said of himself, quote, “I was a pretty fair replica of the devil.” He also killed a...
Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster and the Battle for Los Angeles: Mickey Cohen
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey once said of himself, quote, “I was a pretty fair replica of the devil.” He also killed a...
The Nazi Drug Kingpin, the Biggest Narco You've Never Heard Of & The Cocaine Coup
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It’s January 5, 1982, and the central American state of Panama is playing host to one of the most ...
The Nazi Drug Kingpin, the Biggest Narco You've Never Heard Of & The Cocaine Coup
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s January 5, 1982, and the central American state of Panama is playing host to one of the most ...
The Teenage Hitmen of Marseille's Gang Wars
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You might recognize the city of Marseille as the home of one of the biggest drug trafficking operati...
The Teenage Hitmen of Marseille's Gang Wars
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might recognize the city of Marseille as the home of one of the biggest drug trafficking operati...
The Nazi Fugitive Who Created The Modern Cocaine Cartel & Befriended Escobar
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyon”, escaped Europe at the end of the war and fled to Latin...
The Nazi Fugitive Who Created The Modern Cocaine Cartel & Befriended Escobar
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyon”, escaped Europe at the end of the war and fled to Latin...
STASH HOUSE: Captagon Craziness, Free Narcos, Russian Crypto Scams, and More!
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this holiday special, we get into some of the big stories of the month from Captagon updates, the...
STASH HOUSE: Captagon Craziness, Free Narcos, Russian Crypto Scams, and More!
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this holiday special, we get into some of the big stories of the month from Captagon updates, the...
The Biggest American Weed Cartel Ever: The Cornbread Mafia
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When the Cornbread mafia started to unravel in the late 1980's, the feds had no idea what they had s...
The Biggest American Weed Cartel Ever: The Cornbread Mafia
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the Cornbread mafia started to unravel in the late 1980's, the feds had no idea what they had s...
The Human Trafficking Illegal Casino Kingpin Who May Have Been a Chinese Spy
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alice Guo was a Philippine success story, a homeschooled farmhand who rose to become a millionaire b...
The Human Trafficking Illegal Casino Kingpin Who May Have Been a Chinese Spy
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Guo was a Philippine success story, a homeschooled farmhand who rose to become a millionaire b...
The Lord High Executioner of Brooklyn: Albert Anastasia
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You don't earn a nickname like The Lord High Executioner by not killing a whole lot of people. And A...
The Lord High Executioner of Brooklyn: Albert Anastasia
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You don't earn a nickname like The Lord High Executioner by not killing a whole lot of people. And A...
The Sinaloa Cartel Civil War Raging in Mexico: Los Chapitos vs El Mayo w/Nathan Jones
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sinaloa’s capital Culiacan is roiling with violence in the wake of El Mayo’s capture, and his al...
The Sinaloa Cartel Civil War Raging in Mexico: Los Chapitos vs El Mayo w/Nathan Jones
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sinaloa’s capital Culiacan is roiling with violence in the wake of El Mayo’s capture, and his al...
Peru's Shining Path Narco Terrorists: From Commie Civil War to Cartel Muscle
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Peru’s Shining Path, a Marxist-Maoist guerrilla force, plunged the Andean nation into a two-decade...
Peru's Shining Path Narco Terrorists: From Commie Civil War to Cartel Muscle
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peru’s Shining Path, a Marxist-Maoist guerrilla force, plunged the Andean nation into a two-decade...
The Bloody Turkish Mafia War Raging Across the World
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
With their leader sentenced to life in a Dutch prison, the most powerful heroin trafficking organzat...
The Bloody Turkish Mafia War Raging Across the World
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With their leader sentenced to life in a Dutch prison, the most powerful heroin trafficking organzat...
Europe's Pablo Escobar: The Heroin Emperor Huseyin Baybashin
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 03:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
From a village in rural Turkey, Huseyin Baybasin emerged as one of the most powerful drug lords in E...
Europe's Pablo Escobar: The Heroin Emperor Huseyin Baybashin
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a village in rural Turkey, Huseyin Baybasin emerged as one of the most powerful drug lords in E...
The Billion Dollar Scam Cult King who tried to Take Over an Island
Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Bougainville fought an incredible civil war over a colossal mine, and won, its military leader ...
The Billion Dollar Scam Cult King who tried to Take Over an Island
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Bougainville fought an incredible civil war over a colossal mine, and won, its military leader ...
North Korea's Meth Trafficking: The Hermit Narco-Kingdom
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When a bizarre group of international gangsters shook on a massive meth deal with a DEA agent in Ban...
North Korea's Meth Trafficking: The Hermit Narco-Kingdom
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a bizarre group of international gangsters shook on a massive meth deal with a DEA agent in Ban...
Indian Posse: The Native Teen Gang Ruling Canada's Prisons
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Danny and Richard Wolfe were barely even teenagers when they formed the Indian Posse in their mother...
Indian Posse: The Native Teen Gang Ruling Canada's Prisons
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danny and Richard Wolfe were barely even teenagers when they formed the Indian Posse in their mother...
The Warring Prison Cartels Carving up Ecuador
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:02:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jon Lee Anderson is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker. Anderson recently profiled Ecuador...
The Warring Prison Cartels Carving up Ecuador
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Lee Anderson is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker. Anderson recently profiled Ecuador...
The Cartel That Went to War w/Pablo Escobar: The Gentlemen of Cali
Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As Colombia's cocaine industry exploded in the 1980's, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel became the do...
The Cartel That Went to War w/Pablo Escobar: The Gentlemen of Cali
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Colombia's cocaine industry exploded in the 1980's, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel became the do...
How Chinese Money Launderers Took Over the Narco Underworld
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When gunmen ambushed a Mexican-Chinese businessman outside his Guatemala City casino in 2016, few ou...
How Chinese Money Launderers Took Over the Narco Underworld
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When gunmen ambushed a Mexican-Chinese businessman outside his Guatemala City casino in 2016, few ou...
The Legend of Bum Farto and the Florida Keys Cocaine
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Something about Bum Farto, Key West’s fire chief, stunk. And it wasn’t just his red suits, bling...
The Legend of Bum Farto and the Florida Keys Cocaine
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Something about Bum Farto, Key West’s fire chief, stunk. And it wasn’t just his red suits, bling...
Colombia's FARC Guerillas: From Revolution to the Golden Age of Cocaine w/Toby Muse
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fought a guerrilla war against Colombia’s government - ...
Colombia's FARC Guerillas: From Revolution to the Golden Age of Cocaine w/Toby Muse
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fought a guerrilla war against Colombia’s government - ...
Venezuela’s Cop Killing Street Gang Tren de Aragua Takes America - Or Does It?
Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:07:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Tren de Aragua grew out of disastrous regime policies to give gang leaders more power in prisons...
Venezuela’s Cop Killing Street Gang Tren de Aragua Takes America - Or Does It?
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Tren de Aragua grew out of disastrous regime policies to give gang leaders more power in prisons...
The Westies, Psycho Killers of Hell's Kitchen and the Last of the NYC Irish Mob
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the chaos of 1970’s New York, it took a lot to shock the city. But the Westies managed to leave...
The Westies, Psycho Killers of Hell's Kitchen and the Last of the NYC Irish Mob
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the chaos of 1970’s New York, it took a lot to shock the city. But the Westies managed to leave...
Sammy the Bull, Nazis and Mormon Killers: How the Gilbert Goons Terrorized a Phoenix Suburb
Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This year, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has been rocked by the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord, a...
Sammy the Bull, Nazis and Mormon Killers: How the Gilbert Goons Terrorized a Phoenix Suburb
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has been rocked by the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord, a...