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Wenn Palermo heute so sicher ist wie andere Großstädte auch, wenn die Mafia zwar nicht besiegt ist, aber doch ihre Macht über die öffentliche Meinung verloren hat, dann ist dies vor allem der Zivilcourage von Leoluca Orlando zu verdanken. Als der Rechtswissenschaftler 1985 zum Bürgermeister von Palermo gewählt wurde, war er der erste Amtsinhaber, der das Schweigen über die Mafia brach und bei öffentlichen Aufträgen nicht mehr mit ihr paktierte. Seitdem steht er unter Polizeischutz.

Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists. VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels You’ve heard of...

When both his parents are brutally murdered and his siblings scattered, vengeance sets into Mark’s bones. Duty-bound to reclaim his family honor, he becomes an assassin, intent on killing his enemies. But the assassin who trained him becomes his worst enemy. With one loyal brother beside him, and a mysterious brother fated to cross his path, he navigates through continuous obstacles.

The story of Luigi Ronsisvalle is an intimate look at the life of a professional killer. It is, in some ways, the story of all workingmen and women with ambition who never achieve their ultimate goal. But what makes Luigi unique is that, for him to achieve his goal, people had to die. His ambition, from when he was twelve years old, was to be a made man in the Mafia. He once told a presidential commission, "American child falls in love with baseball, I fall in love with Mafia."

On 28 November 2004, banker and father-of-two Alistair Wilson was shot three times on his doorstep in a killing more commonly associated with inner city gang wars than a sleepy seaside town in the Scottish Highlands. All these years later, the question remains: why? Over the years, lines of enquiry have been investigated and dismissed, gossip has spread, theories offered and rumours debated at length. And yet, so long after Alistair's death, no arrest has ever been made and precious few motives have been made public.

Roughly ten per cent of all murders in the UK go unsolved. Here, Britain's top ex-undercover cop shines new light on cases up and down the country in search of answers. Peter Bleksley's life has been devoted to investigating. As an undercover detective for the Metropolitan Police and in his ability to get to the bottom of a case was legendary as he dealt with some of the world's most feared criminals. His success rate in solving murders as a serving officer was one hundred per cent.

Detrás de las leyendas que construyeron el cine y la literatura están las historias reales de los mafiosos que vivieron (y murieron) bajo sus propias leyes: las del crimen organizado. Hicieron fortunas, se adueñaron de ciudades enteras, acumularon cadáveres y fueron intocables.

Muckraking journalist Walter Liggett dubbed Pittsburgh the "Metropolis of Corruption" in 1930 when he reported the city had more vice per square foot than New York, Detroit, Cleveland, or Boston. Decades earlier, the Magee-Flinn political machine ruled public officials, and crooked police helped racketeers protect brothels and gambling dens. Mayor (later Governor) David Lawrence was indicted several times for graft but acquitted each time. Even Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. colluded with gangsters. Join Richard Gazarik as he reveals the wicked history of the Steel City.

Tras el suicidio de un inspector de policía belga que había avisado de la posibilidad de los ataques yihadistas de París, los servicios de seguridad del Estado movilizan todos sus esfuerzos para evitar algo similar en España, la denominada Operación Protector, con ramificaciones entre terroristas, las mafias de la Costa del Sol y los traficantes de armas. El autor de este libro, curtido en mil batallas, narra los entresijos de esta operación al mismo tiempo que describe de primera mano los temores, dudas y ambiciones que asaltan a su protagonista, un policía infiltrado.

Camino del Diablo es una historia basada en hechos reales que ocurrieron de 1991-1996. El agente de la DEA Larry Hardin y dos investigadores privados, Jeff Pearce y Randy Torgeson, decidieron abatir a la organizacion Garcia, un notorio cartel de la droga que operaba a lo largo de la frontera suroeste de los Estados Unidos. Durante cinco años estos tres hombres encabezaron investigaciones separadas pero simultáneas en diferentes ubicaciones del país.

Es un texto que habla de la muerte, de la desidia, el desamor, y que procura ahondar en la condición humana desde un lugar poco frecuente. Un relato que ilumina sobre lo peor de la sociedad, pero que también intenta dar pistas para entender a sus protagonistas sin que eso implique justificar, aceptar o defender las atrocidades que cometieron.

Brought up in the East End of London, son of a policeman, John was already dabbling in crime by his early teens, ending up in a young offenders institute and then a borstal. He'd left home at 15, and the only occupation he knew was theft. He landed a job doing security at concerts for stars such as Simply Red, Queen, and Bruce Springsteen, and was lured deeper into the world of drugs and crime. By his 20s, he was well-acquainted with the capitals criminal underworld.

La historia de un joven que estuvo encarcelado injustamente desde sus 20 años hasta sus 33 y de cómo venció al sistema para quedar libre.

Meet Steve Sachs. Through his eyes and life experiences, we have a riveting collection of true stories about the New York Mob from the 1960s through the early 2000s. Rather than being a “made man”, Steve is connected to some of the highest ranking and notorious mobsters in New York City by virtue of longstanding childhood friendships and legitimate business relationships. Steve’s involvement with the Mob is a compelling rollercoaster ride told by a man from the “outside” who was often invited to be “inside” one of the major organized crime families in New York.

In 1976, the body of Anna Mae Aquash, an American Indian luminary, was found frozen in the Badlands of South Dakota—or so the FBI said. After a suspicious autopsy and a rushed burial, friends had Aquash exhumed and found a .32-caliber bullet in her skull. Using this scandal as a point of departure, The Unquiet Grave opens a tunnel into the dark side of the FBI and its subversion of American Indian activists. But the book also discovers things the Indians would prefer to keep buried. What unfolds is a sinuous tale of conspiracy, murder, and cover-up.

Jack Dawe is an unconventional street cop. His ability to not act or look like a "Copper" enabled him to infiltrate the drug networks of the UK. This no-holds-barred, explosive, and, at times, humorous account of undercover policing takes the listener through a journey of crime, violence, and deception. This memoir is a true story of poacher turned game keeper. A veteran of 30 years’ service as a soldier and police officer, Jack reveals how he grew from a young thief into a soldier in search of danger and adventure across the world.

Prostitution, Raub, Drogen, Terror, Menschenhandel, Umweltverbrechen – nahezu allen kriminellen Taten ist eines gemeinsam: Sie lohnen sich nur, wenn Kriminelle die Herkunft ihrer schmutzigen Erträge verschleiern können – durch Geldwäsche. Geld ist eine Waffe: Kriminelle bestechen Politiker, beeinflussen Parlamentswahlen durch Fake News und destabilisieren mit Cyberattacken die Demokratie. Klar ist: Nimmt man Kriminellen das dreckige Geld, trifft man sie am härtesten. Doch Deutschland tut in dieser Hinsicht praktisch nichts.

George Anastasia exposes what it really means to be married to the mob—and fathered by it. As revealed in their personal accounts, life for the wife and sons of Thomas "Tommy Del" DelGiorno became a descent into hell. In the end, guilty of a raft of crimes that included multiple murders, Tommy Del served less than a year in prison in exchange for turning government witness during a dozen trials against fellow mobsters. Based on years of reporting, thousands of pages of court testimony, and extensive interviews, Mobfather takes the listener deep into the heart of corruption.

Den 15 januari 1988 försvinner 47 oersättliga konstverk från Carl Larsson-gården i Sundborn, Dalarna. Detta är en av de största konststölderna i Sveriges historia. De stulna konstverken som är skapade av några av Sveriges mest älskade och kända konstnärer är både ömtåliga och ovärderliga. När nyheten om kuppen nådde allmänheten skapade den stor upprördhet, och satte lokalsamhället i chock. Polisen börjar genast utreda stölden; poliser från hela landet, samt även Interpol, tas in för att utreda brottet.

När namnet Christiania nämns i något av de nordiska länderna vet alla vad man menar. De flesta har tagit ställning till rådande förhållanden och Christiania har under årens lopp varit föremål för många hårda debatter såväl i Danmark som i övriga Norden. Under 1970- och 1980-talet gick debatten om narkotika, och i synnerhet hasch, varm i Danmark. I Christiania skedde handeln på öppen gata, vilket under denna tid oroade de nordiska grannländerna.