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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, while chronicling the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and in the Balkan states, journalist and TEDGlobal speaker Misha Glenny gained a deep understanding of the influence of eastern European privatized law enforcement -- otherwise known as the mafia.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Philadelphia man indicted on federal racketeering charges along with 54 other members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club has agreed to plead guilty. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Johnston on Friday scheduled a hearing for...
Joe Arpaio has escalated his tactics, not only defying the federal government on immigration but launching repeated investigations of those who criticize him. The day after the federal government told Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that he could no longer use his deputies to round up suspected illegal immigrants on the street, the combative Arizona sheriff did just that.
Most Sundays during the NFL season, there is a meeting of mafia bosses at Fanatics Sports Bar inside Doubletree Hotel.
A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering charges.
A former top Mafia don Friday cast doubt on a turncoat's allegations last week that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had tight links to the Cosa Nostra in the 1990s.
Egyptian authorities are installing underground metal sheets along the border area of Rafah in a bid to stem smuggling into Hamas-ruled Gaza, residents and officials said on Friday.
TURIN, Italy, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Two Mafia bosses testified Friday for a longtime aide to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Family and friends doubt ties to drug traffickers.
Mexican Police Chief Battles Criminals on the Street, and in his Own Department
Some nights, when the joggers, sunbathers and lifeguards are gone, the deserted beaches along the North County coastline transform into impromptu landing zones for smugglers who arrive by boat under the cover of darkness.
Unauthorized immigrants caught in Arizona are bused to Presidio and returned to Mexico to discourage them from reconnecting with smugglers who helped them cross.
Andrew Boyd/The Times-Picayune archive Benjamin Edwards was photographed in 1994 at the site of a neighborhood redevelopment project on Metropolitan Street being carried out by Third Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.
Mars Eghigian's book about gangster Frank Nitti came out in 2006.
Local health officials say the number of people illegally selling homemade baked goods is increasing this winter. read more
Samuel L. Wilson Sr., who visited officials at Baton Rouge city and district courts for years, was charged Friday in federal court for racketeering offenses alleged to have involved bribery.
