Titres dans Crime organisé

El secuestro, en el año 2002, y el consecuente asesinato de los diputados del Valle del Cauca, cinco años después, por parte de la guerrilla de las Farc, constituyen un punto de referencia importante para quien desea entender la violencia política en Colombia, porque engloba tanto a los...

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law—and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive criminal godfather called the Monk: an enigmatic criminal mastermind and the hunted leader of one side in the deadliest gangland feud in Irish criminal history.

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.

Curtis Warren is an underworld legend, the Liverpool scally who took the methods of the street corner drug dealer and elevated them to an art form. He forged direct links with the cocaine cartels of Colombia, the heroin godfathers of Turkey, and the ecstasy labs of Holland to source his supply as cheaply as possible and maximize his profits. He then sold his narcotics around the world, from the clubs of London, Manchester and Glasgow to the beaches of Sydney. This biography uncovers his meteoric rise to become "the richest and most successful British criminal who has ever been caught".

Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western listeners can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and the end of the Soviet experiment.

The FBI generally has about 100 UC agents working full-time in the field. In the 1990s and 2000s, Marc Ruskin had the most diverse and notorious case list of all and the broadest experience within the bureaucracy, including overseas. He worked ops targeting public corruption, corporate fraud, Wall Street scams, narcotics trafficking, La Cosa Nostra, counterfeiting - and gritty street-level scams and schemes.

In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps 500 body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down 41 police officers and prison guards in two days. In Southern Mexico a meth maker is venerated as a saint while enforcing Old Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments, and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns, and humans.

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling examines the organizational structures of drug smuggling from Colombia to the US. Career drug smugglers describe a series of often disconnected networks that enable smugglers to best organize their business in a way that will minimize the risks of apprhension and maximize profits

Somalia, on the tip of the Horn of Africa, has been inhabited as far back as 9,000 BC. Its history is as rich as the country is old. Caught up in a decades-long civil war, Somalia, along with Iraq and Afghanistan, has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Getting there from...

América, años 20, ley seca, una sociedad en plena efervescencia en la que presidentes, cantantes, actrices, mafiosos, policías, etc. formaban parte del mismo caldo de cultivo. Si ponemos nombres, Al Capone, Kennedy, Sinatra... entenderemos el valor añadido de esta obra.

A stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, building on Noah Hurowitz’s revelatory coverage for Rolling Stone of El Chapo’s federal drug-trafficking trial. This is the true story of how El Chapo built the world’s...

The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, "El Chapo," from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, he was one of the most dangerous...

How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum.

From Oxford Ballroom to Federal Courtroom—The Rise and Fall of High Society's Most Notorious DaughterShe was born into unimaginable wealth. She died in a prison cell of her own making. For six decades, Ghislaine Maxwell lived as high society royalty. Oxford-educated, internationally connected, and seemingly untouchable—she glided through a world of billionaire parties, royal gatherings, and political power circles. But behind the designer gowns and charity galas, she was building something sinister: a criminal empire that would ultimately destroy everything she'd spent her life creating.

Ved 02.30-tiden lørdag den 26. november 1983 blev en 23-årig mand likvideret ved skydning, knivstik, slag og spark under et rockeropgør i Skanderborg. Likvideringen, der var en kulmination af længere tids interne stridigheder, vakte stor opmærksomhed. Forbrydelsen blev opklaret i løbet af få døgn på grund af politiets store lokalkendskab. I det følgende beskrives rockergruppen, dels dens baggrund og tilbliven, dels udvikling og dels forholdet til lokalsamfundets beboere, politi og andre myndigheder med flere, samt politiets efterforskning.

Empire City Under Siege shares true stories of an FBI Special Agent spanning three tumultuous decades in New York City, beginning in the gritty 1970s when law enforcement refused to let their city be consumed by corruption and violence.

The most unstable of New York's Five Families. While the Gambinos ruled with discipline and the Genoveses operated in silence, one Mafia clan became synonymous with chaos, betrayal, and civil war. The Colombo Crime Family: New York's Mafia Clan of Chaos and Betrayal delivers the explosive true story of the mob dynasty that nearly destroyed itself from within. From Joe Profaci's olive oil empire and iron-fisted leadership…To the violent rebellion of the Gallo brothers…

1988 wasn’t just a year—it was a turning point. New York City was drowning in money, violence, and fear as the government prepared its hardest crackdown yet. In this firsthand account, Brian “Glaze” Gibbs takes listeners inside the moments that reshaped his life forever. This is not glorification. It’s reflection. Through lived experience, 1988 reveals the unseen pressure of surviving day to day, how ordinary routines became life-or-death decisions, and the mental toll of constant movement, mistrust, and vigilance.

Fully clothed, the dead man looks as if he is simply taking a nap. There is no forced entry into the apartment, but there seems to have been a violent battle at the locked bedroom door-- and get this: the phone call reporting the murder came from inside the dead man's bedroom by someone using the poor fellow's cordless phone. The last people to see this victim alive were a young couple -- teens, actually, the girl was 7, months pregnant, and a mutual friend of both the teens and the murder victim -- a low level criminal specializing in identity theft and bank fraud.

Samantha Owen is a young, twelve-year-old girl happily living with both of her parents in their suburban home in Park Field, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Every year the family takes a big trip in the summer months together and this year is no different, as Samantha’s father plans a big family trip to go to Crystal Mountain Theme Park in Florida together. With excitement in her heart, Samantha and her parents fly from their home in Chicago down to Florida, where they catch a shuttle from the airport to go to the theme park.