With the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, Russia became fertile ground for organized criminal organizations that soo...

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization cal...

Whether by land, sea, or sky, Amado Carrillo Fuentes delivered narcotics to the United States by synergizing cartel o...

The Yakuza in Japan can be traced back to the 17th century, but their true origin remains a mystery. Their expertise ...

New Orleans was the first city to experience the rise and expansion of Cosa Nostra on American soil. By 1947, Carlos ...

By the 1960s la Cosa Nostra in Italy and the United States began operating a narcotics network that would rapidly exp...

No other country in the world understands the vicious struggle between the global narcotics empire and law enforcemen...

As Prohibition took effect in the 1920s in New York City, criminals such as Tommy Gaetano Lucchese saw an opportunity...

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization cal...

Raymond Lee Washington and nine men founded the Crips street gang that, along with the Bloods, became an organized fo...

Criminal organizations originating from Vietnam after the Vietnam War have spread worldwide, including the Pacific Ri...

The unification of the European economy in the 1950s allowed organized criminal groups to tap into lucrative new mark...

In the 20th century, as global criminal organizations experienced a crackdown on their national activities, some bega...

As the world's Black Market grows to include nuclear arms and material, law enforcement has increased its surveillanc...

In the world of crime, accomplices come in many forms, including corrupt government officials who collaborate with, a...

The single trait that links all crime lords and the organizations they operate is: murder. Forensic scientists and cr...