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THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Here I am: tall and broad, shaved head, had my nose broken three times fighting. Black suit, white...

“No one knew more about the mob, Hollywood and Las Vegas than Johnny Rosselli, and Lee Server got it all in Handsome Johnny.” — Nicholas Pileggi, bestselling author of Goodfellas A rich biography of the legendary figure at the center of the century’s darkest secrets: an untold story of...

Based on exclusive, fresh reporting, the thrilling, definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture, and killing of legendary South Boston mob boss, James "Whitey" Bulger, detailing as never before his years on the run, how he evaded capture, and his brutal murder in prison. For the first time...

With an introduction by four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Michael Mann. The story of Paul LeRoux, the twisted genius entrepreneur and cold-blooded killer who brought revolutionary innovation to international crime, and the exclusive inside story of how the DEA’s elite, secretive 960 Group...

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.

A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning global investigative correspondent for The New York Times “Azam Ahmed has written a...

In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes listeners inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in prison.

Della Mala del Brenta tutti conoscono il boss indiscusso Felice Maniero, la sua sfrontatezza, le rapine e le fughe rocambolesche. Meno si parla del potere feroce imposto nel Veneto per vent'anni. In questo libro Arianna Zottarel spiega le origini e l'evoluzione di un'organizzazione criminale speciale usando fonti orali, atti giudiziari e decenni di articoli di stampa: dalle rapine miliardarie al controllo delle bische, dal traffico di droga alle armi. E poi ancora i sequestri di persona, gli omicidi e i legami con le altre mafie.

Il s'appelle Anwar Raslan. Il était colonel dans les services de renseignement syriens. Le 12 février 2019, il a été arrêté en Allemagne, où il est désormais jugé pour crimes contre l'humanité. Pour la toute première fois, une cour de justice se penche sur les crimes commis dans les geôles du pouvoir de Bachar Al-Assad.

10 luglio 1973: viene rapito a Roma John Paul Getty III, sedici anni, nipote del petroliere Jean Paul Getty, uno degli uomini più ricchi al mondo. Il nonno pensa a uno scherzo per spillargli dei soldi. Dopo tre mesi di inutili trattative, i sequestratori inviano al "Messaggero" una busta con un pezzo dell'orecchio del ragazzo. Il 15 dicembre John Paul viene liberato: sono stati pagati circa 2 miliardi di lire.

'I was a drug trafficker in the true sense of the word: a pure narco.' For 25 years Luis Antonio Navia the Cuban-American smuggled hundreds of tons of white powder for the biggest cartels in Colombia and Mexico, including Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel.What made him good at his dangerous job...

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE HIT TV DRAMA THREE GIRLS When detective Maggie Oliver first discovered that children as young as 10 were being groomed, abused and trafficked for sex by gangs of men in the Rochdale area, she felt like a lonely voice calling for people to act. Banging on closed...

October 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which put the enforcement teeth into Prohibition. But the law didn't stop George Remus from cornering the boozy, illegal liquor marketplace and amassing a fortune that eclipsed $200 million (the equivalent of $4.75 billion today). As eminent documentarian Ken Burns proclaimed, "Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil." Author Bob Batchelor has unearthed a treasure trove of untapped historical archives to cover the life, times, and crimes of the man who ran the largest bootlegging operation in America.

Una rete invisibile avvolge il pianeta. Lungo i suoi fili scorrono tonnellate di cocaina e inimmaginabili quantità di denaro. Dalle coltivazioni sterminate del Sudamerica, la droga raggiunge ormai ogni angolo del mondo - Stati Uniti, Olanda, Australia, Italia - alimentando un'economia criminale globale. Nicola Gratteri e Antonio Nicaso hanno seguito queste rotte sul campo, partendo dai luoghi in cui tutto comincia: Colombia, Perù e Bolivia, i tre principali produttori mondiali.

Brought to you by Penguin. Corruption, sleaze and violence were woven into the fabric of twentieth-century Sicilian life, as the Mafia rose to dominance; this is the story of one man who stood in opposition. In 1986, the largest Mafia trial in Italy’s history took place in Sicily. The...

No Return: The Lost Children of Mexico’s Highways by Samantha J. Garcia is an investigative nonfiction account of the disappearance of more than two hundred children along Mexico’s major highway routes. Through research, field reporting, and testimony from families and experts, the audiobook exposes how corruption, organized crime, and weak institutions allow these vanishings to occur.

In "The Five Families of New York," Mafia Library presents a gripping account of the ascension and decline of New York's foremost crime syndicates, from the legendary Lucky Luciano to the notorious Paul Castellano and John Gotti, and beyond. Through vivid storytelling, the book chronicles the relentless assault waged against these five families over two decades, a campaign that stands as the most successful law enforcement effort of the last century.

In 1987, a heroin addict murdered an Emmy Award-winning choreographer in Manhattan. Then a wealthy LA surgeon and his teenaged son were targeted. In 1991, an out-of-work redneck flew to London with cyanide to poison three members of a male exotic dance review. If the poison didn’t work, he was told to use a hammer to beat them to death. The true story behind the Hulu/Twentieth Century Fox TV eight-part series Welcome to Chippendales.

Milano, quando vuol cambiare, dimentica il passato. Quartieri che oggi sembrano di grido, pochi decenni fa erano fatiscenti e abitati da gente umile: sono stati sventrati, ripensati, ri-abitati. Quando ci sono soldi, a Milano, tutto cambia forma. Si cerca l'attuale, per viverlo al meglio. Si sono perse tradizioni, volti, si è perso pure il dialetto. Milano Bandita racconta i personaggi del crimine che hanno segnato una città che non esiste più. La ritrovi nelle fotografie d'epoca. In qualche libro, in qualche film. Personaggi che sono stati degli eroi e dei criminali.

Mardi 11 septembre 2001. 6 h 30. Il fait encore sombre quand le président des États-Unis, en tenue de jogging, court en foulées rapides au milieu des bougainvilliers, entouré d'agents secrets qui lui éclairent le chemin. L'aube se lève doucement sur la Floride... 23 h 08. Pieds nus, en short, son chien dans les bras, suivi de sa femme et de son chat, George W. Bush dévale les escaliers de la Maison-Blanche vers le bunker souterrain, sous le regard inquiet de ses gardes du corps. C'est la dernière alerte de cette terrible journée.