Resultat för "The Group" i Organiserad brottslighet

In 1969, Nelson Conway Sr. opened the door to public corporate investment in Las Vegas gaming. That move changed the balance of power and drove organized crime out of the desert forever. This is the true story of that fight. Told by someone who grew up in Las Vegas during the golden age of Mob-controlled gambling, this book reveals a side of the city rarely seen in gangster histories.

*** CONTAINS AN EXLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR *** 'As breathless, complex and on-the-edge suspenseful as the finest thriller fiction - but it's all real, which makes it truly extraordinary' Lee Child 'McMafia for the new age' Catherine Belton, author of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back...

Death stalks America's wildlands. Indiscriminate destroyers of people, wildlife, and the environment, cartel marijuana growers will do anything to supply the black-market demand for weed. HIDDEN WAR, 2nd Edition, exposes this threat, give you a rare, inside glimpse into the operations of specially trained tactical teams with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife to infiltrate and take down these groups.

I had to lie to do my job, to stay alive, but when you become an expert at deceiving the people you love, how can you trust yourself? 'John' is the UK's most successful undercover police operative, who took on cases no one else would. Invisible to you or I, 'John' worked in the most extreme...

Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel takes listeners back in time to the days when H. H. Holmes lurked in his "Murder Castle" and guys named Al Capone and John Dillinger ruled the underworld. Drawing upon years of reporting, and with special access to the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times archives, Jon Seidel explains how men like Nathan Leopold, Richard Loeb, and Richard Speck tried to get away with history’s most disturbing crimes.

Julius Jr.'s childhood is far less than perfect. He is torn between his mother and father, who are going through a bitter divorce. When his father takes him from the comfort of the family home in Benton Harbor, Michigan, to the brutal streets of South Dallas, Texas, his world is turned upside down. When Julius Jr.'s family is gruesomely murdered, his life takes another dramatic turn. Roll with Julius as he grows into the ultimate hustler and unrelenting killer that the gang-ridden streets of South Dallas often breed.