Featured Blog Posts – April 2011 Archive (8)

By David Amoruso



After thousands of murders and extreme violence that saw beheadings and mass graves the drug war in Mexico has finally been made a top priority for the United States. With a U.S. congressman referring to Mexico as the United States’ “third front” after Afghanistan and Iraq, the war between drug cartels has become more than a simple gang war over…

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By David Amoruso



Based in Greenwich Village, the Triangle Social Club used to be the headquarters of the most powerful Mafia Family in the United States. But today, it has become the home of an organic, feel-good tea and spice store and…

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By Rick Blumenthal



Last week the owners of the three largest online poker sites were charged with bank fraud, illegal gambling offenses and laundering billions in illegal gambling proceeds. The indictment came as a devastating blow since these online poker…

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Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies, and Personalities From The Dark Side has been programming since January of this year and is currently averaging 50,000 listeners plus each week and the figure is growing.



Crime Beat is now pleased to announce its forthcoming schedule:

• April 21:…

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At the origin of La Quarta Mafia, or Sacra Corona Unita, were Camorra Boss Raffaele Cutolo and Calabrian Bosses like Umberto Belfiore who had Pugliese criminals start new mafia groups in Puglia. The following text has been written and compiled by organized crime researcher Puparo. Any suggestions…

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By David Amoruso



It seemed like a perfect plan. Take out a powerful mob captain that is thought to be an informant for the FBI and better your own position within the crime family. Of course, even a perfect plan can go bad very fast. Eight years after the brazen murder of Genovese capo Adolfo Bruno all those involved wished they had never embarked on the execution… Continue

U.S. Government Foreign Drug Kingpin Law Sanctioned Against Afghanistan's Narcotic Trafficking and Multi-billion Dollar Money Laundering Schemes.



By Clarence Walker



As U.S. military wage "deadly" war against the Taliban-Al qaeda regime in Afghanistan, the U.S. Treasury department has stepped up their efforts to disrupt the flow of billions of dollars…

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In this month's issue of Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement:

• Men of Montedoro by Thomas Hunt and Michael A. Tona ;
• Daring 1870 Bank Robbery in Scranton;
• Sicilian Miners Battle Black Handers in Northeastern Pennsylvania by Thomas Hunt;
• Capones Reach the Promised Land by Deirdre Marie…

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