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By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

The infamous Westies gang from Hell’s Kitchen, New York, continues to fascinate fans of the true crime genre. Upcoming television series The Flannagans will…

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Mexican drug cartels looking to flood Western Europe with crystal meth

Investigation:…

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An international drug boss from the Belgian city of…

Estimate members: Between 120 and 130 (according to Jerry Capeci)

First Boss: Tom Gagliano

Primary activities: Narcotics, gambling, loan sharking, waste management, construction and extortion.

Boss:…

As researchers we find there is a distinct difference between organized crime and street gangs. One is structured, sophisticated, efficient, calculated. The other is often poorly structured, unrefined, unefficient, brash. However, many organized crime groups and most of its members start out as/in street gangs. It's where they learn their trade. And many groups that once started out as street gangs have since evolved into largescale criminal enterprises.

That is why Gangsters Inc. has…

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Three bosses of the Gangster Disciples national criminal organization were convicted in federal court Tuesday of racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking conspiracy,…

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Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) calls it “an industrial-scale operation – the biggest ever uncovered in the United Kingdom” involving the importation of over 50 tons of drugs worth billions of pounds from the…

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Men like him are the lubricant of the underworld. 43-year-old Feng Xu pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a network of properties used by organized crime groups for…

Organized crime is big business. And not just of the illegal kind. Each year, millions are made by film studios, writers, and media giants by turning stories about stone cold gangsters and Mafiosi in cold hard dollars.

We at Gangsters Inc. thoroughly enjoy these products and decided to shine some light on them in this section. This is where we discuss the true story behind some…

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Dave Portnoy, the founder and owner of Barstool Sports, recently had a very special – mobbed up - edition of his One Bite Pizza Review vlog in which he tries out a new pizza place and reviews it. This time he stopped in…

Estimate members: Around twenty active members.

First Boss: Salvatore Sabella started the family in 1911.

Primary activities: Extortion, bookmaking, gambling, drug…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino has been released from prison and the Sicilian Mafia sets up shop in South Philadelphia. A lot to talk about in this week’s Mob Talk with George Anastasia and Dave…

Learn how to talk the talk of a real American mobster or learn to understand the difficult code and words Italian and Sicilian Mafiosi use as they go about their business, perhaps you can even crack the communication used by the Russian Mafia or Mexican drug lords. Of course, the underworld always changes and evolves, as does its language. That's why we will be…

When it comes to organized crime, Gangsters Inc. prefers to get its information straight from the main source. Interviewing gangsters, Mafiosi, cops, FBI agents, journalists, and writers is the way to get to the bottom of the seedy underworld. Especially one on one.

Here are a few of our interviews:…

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Stanley James II isn’t silent about his membership in the Crips. It’s something that defined him as a person and…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Who said the New York Mafia lost its teeth? The Lucchese crime family, one of the city’s five La…

Estimate members: Between 75 and 85 (according to Jerry Capeci)

First Boss: Joseph Profaci…