American loves its bad guys. Pop culture has been fascinated by the Mafia for decades. Hollywood has immortalized mobsters in films like the Godfather, Goodfellas and shows like the Sopranos. Check out these stories on real life Mafia dons in federal prison.
Twenty five years ago, the Martin Scorcese film Goodfellas, was released to rave reviews and furious fanfare. With the wisecracking Joe Pesci as Tommy, the brilliant Robert De Nero as Jimmy the Gent Burke and …
*An excerpt from The Lufthansa Heist by Daniel Simone and Henry Hill Burke and Hill were losing their minds in Florida hunting for Eaton. Up north in New York Tommy DeSimone was dressing for his acceptance into the Mafia. …
Top Gangster Wives- 3 of the Most Unforgettable Gangsters Wives in the Movies and the Lessons They Taught Us Money, power and respect aside, being married to the game –or the men of the game, …
The Solntsevskaya Brotherhood by Niko It’s impossible to talk about the history of modern Russia without mentioning that lawless period of free-for-all mayhem that was the 1990s. When you look at Moscow today you see …
New Jersey Godfather dies at 90, leaves behind hefty mob legacy in Garden State On the cusp of walking free at the start of the New Millennium after a 10-year stay in prison on a federal …
Cartel Land– New Documentary Cartel Land is a new documentary that films the events surrounding two vigilante groups as they take on the violent Mexican drug cartels in Mexico and along Arizona’s borders. Follow filmmaker …
The State of New England’s Mafia by Mark Silverman In 2005, the Boston newspapers were reporting that Luigi (Baby Shacks) Manocchio was running a noxious, unhappy mafia family. A street beef between Anthony (Spucky) Spagnolo and the …
The Silk Road new-age gangster can profit and inflict harm with a few simple strokes of a computer keyboard as easily, if not easier, than with a gun or a knife. …
The Beginning of the Mexican Cartels- During the early 1980s, the Medellin cartel ran the bulk of its cocaine into North America through Florida. It was nine-hundred-miles from Colombia to …
“What does the word “Mafia” bring to mind? Murder, car bombs, bootlegging and other devious crimes. The back alleys of Chicago and New York. Al Capone and John Gotti. What the word rarely brings to …
