Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack

With the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, Russia became fertile ground for organized criminal organizations that soon greatly diversified and expanded operations around the world....

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization called the Shower Posse that was responsible for highly profitable...

Whether by land, sea, or sky, Amado Carrillo Fuentes delivered narcotics to the United States by synergizing cartel operations in Mexico, and by finding new ways to compel authorit...

The Yakuza in Japan can be traced back to the 17th century, but their true origin remains a mystery. Their expertise revolves around strict codes of conduct enforced by serious pun...

New Orleans was the first city to experience the rise and expansion of Cosa Nostra on American soil. By 1947, Carlos Marcello had gone from a teenage street tough to a Louisiana cr...

By the 1960s la Cosa Nostra in Italy and the United States began operating a narcotics network that would rapidly expand into a colossus, but within two decades, Italian Judge Giov...

No other country in the world understands the vicious struggle between the global narcotics empire and law enforcement more deeply than Colombia. One man stood at the center of thi...

As Prohibition took effect in the 1920s in New York City, criminals such as Tommy Gaetano Lucchese saw an opportunity to form what eventually became an extensive business network t...

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization called the Shower Posse that was responsible for highly profitable...

Raymond Lee Washington and nine men founded the Crips street gang that, along with the Bloods, became an organized force on the streets of L.A in the second half of the 20th centur...

Criminal organizations originating from Vietnam after the Vietnam War have spread worldwide, including the Pacific Rim, Australia, and the United States. These violent groups speci...

The unification of the European economy in the 1950s allowed organized criminal groups to tap into lucrative new markets in Western Europe and discover how to profoundly profit fro...

In the 20th century, as global criminal organizations experienced a crackdown on their national activities, some began to seek international partnerships to increase business and t...

As the world's Black Market grows to include nuclear arms and material, law enforcement has increased its surveillance to prevent the nuclear mafia from possessing weapons that cou...

In the world of crime, accomplices come in many forms, including corrupt government officials who collaborate with, and benefit from, their ties to organized crime. Among other cou...

The single trait that links all crime lords and the organizations they operate is: murder. Forensic scientists and criminal profilers from law enforcement offer unique insight into...