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Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown

Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown The second of three parts on the state of organized crime in Europe. In April, the Joint Research Center of Transnational Crime, based in...

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Drugs, human trafficking and counterfeit goods among most lucrative markets...

Part 1        Part 2 Organized crime groups in Europe – numbering about 3,600 — are increasingly adapting to global economic trends, becoming transnational and multi-ethnic in order to operate...

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Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia

One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta allegedly has infiltrated Australia’s top political...

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Former New York Mob enforcer to Gotti Junior

John Alite was a small-time drug dealer when, in 1983, he started doing business with John A. Gotti, son of Gambino crime family boss John J. Gotti. Alite quickly rose from small time to big time...

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Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains...

Barbara McNair, 1967 Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years ago this week? And who did his friend, fellow Chicago Outfit...

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San Francisco crime boss ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow convicted of racketeering and murder

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow The two-month federal racketeering trial of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, alleged boss of a San Francisco organized crime group, ended last week with no mercy for the defendant....

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Did Frank Matthews get away with it?

Wanted Poster Written: February 3, 2016 It was the first week of January 1973. Frank Matthews and his young girlfriend had just spent the holidays in Las Vegas and were about to board a flight to Los...

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Anatomy of an escape

Adam Throgmorton adds finishing touches to the model. Adam Throgmorton has spent the past two decades crafting three-dimensional scale models of Las Vegas resorts, from the hotel towers down to the...

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High behind the wheel

The next Community Safety Forum will focus on the functions and responsibilities of the District Attorney’s Office. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, February 19. RSVP at 702-229-2734 or online at...

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Mexican cartels prey on migrants from Central America

Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants who enter Mexico from three Central American countries are at risk of rape, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, violence and murder at the hands of Mexico’s...

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Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown

Organized crime in Europe: A country-by-country breakdown The second of three parts on the state of organized crime in Europe. In April, the Joint Research Center of Transnational Crime, based in...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Drugs, human trafficking and counterfeit goods among most lucrative markets...

Part 1        Part 2 Organized crime groups in Europe – numbering about 3,600 — are increasingly adapting to global economic trends, becoming transnational and multi-ethnic in order to operate...

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Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia

One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta allegedly has infiltrated Australia’s top political...

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Former New York Mob enforcer to Gotti Junior

John Alite was a small-time drug dealer when, in 1983, he started doing business with John A. Gotti, son of Gambino crime family boss John J. Gotti. Alite quickly rose from small time to big time...

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Clik here to view.

Slaying of singer Barbara McNair’s Mob-connected husband in Las Vegas remains...

Barbara McNair, 1967 Who killed Rick Manzie, husband of popular singer and actress Barbara McNair, in the couple’s Las Vegas home 39 years ago this week? And who did his friend, fellow Chicago Outfit...

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San Francisco crime boss ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow convicted of racketeering and murder

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow The two-month federal racketeering trial of Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, alleged boss of a San Francisco organized crime group, ended last week with no mercy for the defendant....

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Did Frank Matthews get away with it?

Wanted Poster Written: February 3, 2016 It was the first week of January 1973. Frank Matthews and his young girlfriend had just spent the holidays in Las Vegas and were about to board a flight to Los...

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Anatomy of an escape

Adam Throgmorton adds finishing touches to the model. Adam Throgmorton has spent the past two decades crafting three-dimensional scale models of Las Vegas resorts, from the hotel towers down to the...

View Article

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High behind the wheel

The next Community Safety Forum will focus on the functions and responsibilities of the District Attorney’s Office. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, February 19. RSVP at 702-229-2734 or online at...

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