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Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the legendary Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone’s remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored by the likes of infamous mobsters Johnny Torrio and Frankie Yale, young Capone’s disquieting demeanor, combined with the “technical advice” he learned from these shady teachers, contributed to the molding of a brutal criminal....

In the 1970s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in over a million dollars a day. He lived a glamorous life, hobnobbing with athletes, musicians, and politicians, but Lucas was a ruthless gangster. He was notorious for using the coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States, and, before being sentenced to 70 years in prison, he played a major role in the near death of New York City.

For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made. When Goodfellas first hit the theatres in 1990, a classic was born. Few could anticipate the...

The Butcher of Aberdeen explores the chilling true crime story of Katherine Knight, delving into a life shaped by childhood trauma, violent relationships, and a relentless descent into madness. A mother living in a small country town stabs her partner to death thirty-seven times before...

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend. Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the...

For years, Europes most dangerous criminals operated in the shadows, hidden behind an impenetrable veil of encryption. Murderers, cartel lords, gun traffickers, and drug barons spoke freely on EncroChat, an ultra-secure communications platform they believed was untraceable. Police couldn’t hack it, Intelligence services couldn’t crack it, and on the darknet, it was gospel: Encro was God mode.

Antonio Chichiarelli detto Tony ha un sogno, lo stesso che negli anni settanta, quelli del furore, del piombo e delle trame oscure, hanno in tanti. Il ragazzo che viene dall'Abruzzo sbarca a Roma nel 1970. Di unico e di non falsificabile nella vita di Tony c'è solo lui: Tony, l'Arci-illusionista, il gran maestro della contraffazione, il Signore delle truffe. Falsario di quadri d'autore e trafficante d'arte, amico di tutti e di nessuno, ha simpatie per l'estrema sinistra, ma agli aperitivi frequenta militanti dell'estrema destra.

This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground.

Some crimes are never truly solved—because the silence becomes part of the story. Endgame is the powerful final installment in A.J. Salara’s Great Bookie Robbery Trilogy, a landmark true crime series that has redefined how we view crime, consequence, and cultural memory. While High Stakes revealed the planning behind the heist, and Blood & Betrayal explored the paranoia and collapse that followed, Endgame takes aim at what lingers when the headlines fade and the wounds remain.

The definitive history of Japanese organized crime, from its origins in samurai-era black markets and gambling rings to the shadowy syndicates of the present. Japan’s gangster groups, known collectively as the yakuza, are among the oldest underworld societies in the world. With military-style...

From Oxford Ballroom to Federal Courtroom—The Rise and Fall of High Society's Most Notorious DaughterShe was born into unimaginable wealth. She died in a prison cell of her own making. For six decades, Ghislaine Maxwell lived as high society royalty. Oxford-educated, internationally connected, and seemingly untouchable—she glided through a world of billionaire parties, royal gatherings, and political power circles. But behind the designer gowns and charity galas, she was building something sinister: a criminal empire that would ultimately destroy everything she'd spent her life creating.

Ved 02.30-tiden lørdag den 26. november 1983 blev en 23-årig mand likvideret ved skydning, knivstik, slag og spark under et rockeropgør i Skanderborg. Likvideringen, der var en kulmination af længere tids interne stridigheder, vakte stor opmærksomhed. Forbrydelsen blev opklaret i løbet af få døgn på grund af politiets store lokalkendskab. I det følgende beskrives rockergruppen, dels dens baggrund og tilbliven, dels udvikling og dels forholdet til lokalsamfundets beboere, politi og andre myndigheder med flere, samt politiets efterforskning.

‘Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive’ ZOË SCHLANGER ‘Riveting’ ERIC KLINENBERG The explosive true story of a secret group of radicals who launched a clandestine battle to save the planet, and what their legacy illuminates about the future of our climate crisis. In the early hours...

Michael Corleone Blanco, after more than fifteen years of research, writing, and reconstructing each of the stories of his life, his family, and his mother, Griselda Blanco, unveils not only truths but also presents a profound reflection on how drug trafficking, wars, and corruption claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people. Being part of the Blanco family was an arduous journey for each of them. However, Michael Corleone Blanco managed to transform his life. Now, he shares his own story and that of his mother, Griselda Blanco, with the hope that such a tale will never be repeated.

El antiguo jefe del cartel de Cali dejó un inesperado y sorprendente relato en el que, cuenta episodios hasta ahora desconocidos de su vida. Su infancia en Mariquita y Popayán, su juventud como mensajero de droguerías en Cali, el primer cargamento de cocaína que él mismo llevó a Nueva York en un viaje por carretera desde Panamá, y los años como próspero empresario con una doble vida: banquero e inversionista por las mañanas y narcotraficante por las tardes y noches.

'A superb book’ – Observer ‘Gripping, vivid and compelling’ – The Critic ‘Humane, absorbing and meticulous’ – New Statesman ‘An extraordinary book’ James O’Brien, TLS Three Weeks in July is the extraordinary and definitive account of the events of the 7/7 London bombings...

Was it murder, or suicide? The Nan Patterson Case is a gripping true crime narrative that revisits one of the most sensational court cases of early 20th-century America. In 1904, Nan Patterson, a former chorus girl in the tour troupe of the hit Broadway show Florodora was the lover of gambler and bookmaker Caesar Young. Married, and crowded by both women, Young was to leave for Europe the day when he was shot (or shot himself) while riding with Nan in a New York City hansom cab.

The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades. Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise. I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as a fulltime professional...

I could've died a thousand times. People were out to get me, as they always are when you run the show. It's kind of silly that it's cancer that's going to get me, but now I know the end's not going to come from a sudden bullet to the skull one night, at least I have enough time to tell my story...

Peter Rachman dominated housing in post-war London - he owned vast swathes in the west of the city, accumulating huge wealth as his tenants lived in squalor and fear of his hard-nosed collectors and enforcers. He was also at the heart of the city's murky, post-war underworld. In Slumlord, Neil...