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The Borgias: The First Crime Family
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Background about four members of this prominent Italian Renaissance family that includes these "members [who] in particular are remembered, if only vaguely, as remarkable examples of greed and evil. Two were popes: Calixtus III (Alonso Borgia) a ...
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http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/history/borgias/1.html |
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Organized Crime Registry
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This Web site contains articles, links and news relating to organized crime syndicates around the world. The featured syndicates include the Russian Mafia, the Japanese Yakuza, La Costra Nostra, Triads, South American drug cartels, etc. A newsletter ...
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http://members.tripod.com/~orgcrime/ |
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Federal Bureau of Investigation: Organized Crime
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Background and updates about organized crime, with an overview of the FBI's organized crime program, news and issues, details about specific investigations, and a brief glossary. Includes material about Italian organized crime (Sicilian Mafia, Camor ...
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http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/ocshome.htm |
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The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
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Background about the disappearance of this former Teamsters President with alleged Mafia contacts who vanished under suspicious circumstances in Michigan in 1975. Hoffa "was supposed to be meeting Detroit mobster Anthony 'Tony Jack' Giacalone an ...
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http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/jimmy_hoffa/1.html |
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Songs of the Criminal Life: Reviving the Ballads of Calabria's Original Mafia
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Feature about "a CD collection of songs that glorify ... [the] violent code of honor" of the 'Ndrangheta, "the most secretive and elusive of the Italian Mafias." Provides audio of the report, sound clips from the CD collection, an ...
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http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/oct/mafiamusic/ |
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GangRule.com: The History of Organized Crime
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"A historical look at the emergence of organized crime since 1890. The site has a database of known gang members [in three organizations], historic events and family histories, along with photographs, newspaper cuttings and official documents. ...
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http://www.GangRule.com/ |
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Gang Land
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This "site on organized crime" features news, profiles of criminals and crime families, and more.
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http://www.ganglandnews.com/ |
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The Numbers Game
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Discussion of this form of illegal lottery as played in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s. "The game is played by players betting on a series of three numbers. ... A player would win if his/her numbers matched a preset series of three numbers, which ...
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http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/gang/harlem_gangs/3.html |
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