By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Few American Mafia bosses have mesmerized the public over such a long period of time as Meyer Lansky has. From the early days of the Commission to his final days living in Miami during the Cocaine Cowboys years,…

By Niko Vorobyov for Gangsters Inc.

Life imitates art… or is it the other way round? It’s no secret that crooks have always looked up to antiheroes on the big screen: just look at the fanbase of Scarface. But does it actually lead to more crime? What’s that…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

All is fair in love and war, but if one gets involved in either, prepare for things to get messy and end in disaster. As it did for…

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas (BLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in prison. 30-year-old Ronald Catalan (photo above) led the BLS clique from 2015…

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

A woman who worked for the US government tracking guns used in crimes, had no one do that for her after someone shot her dead.

The man who became the most logical suspect in her murder is married to the niece of one of…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Doing time is no picnic. In prison you’re away from your loved ones, your home, and surrounded by stone-cold killers, gangsters, and crazies, who could shank you if they feel like it. How does one remain sane and…

By “Asian Gangsters” for Gangsters Inc.

Female gangsters have always been a rare phenomenon in any time and place. Female gangsters like Bonnie Parker and Griselda Blanco are some of the best known lady outlaws, but little is known about the women…

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

One of Colombia’s top cocaine producers pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn to leading a continuing criminal enterprise as charged in a superseding indictment. 46-year-old Roman Narvaez Ansazoy faces a…

By Wayne Clingman and Zack Long for Gangsters Inc.

Frank Balistrieri died in Milwaukee on a chilly February day in 1993. It was a death by natural causes; two months earlier he was in St. Mary’s Hospital for colon surgery. He was 74 at the time. In…

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

40 alleged members of the Santapaola-Ercolano family in Catania, Sicily, were arrested on Tuesday and charged with Mafia association, drug trafficking, extortion, social security and pension fraud. The Santapaola-Ercolano clan is led by…