Search results for Organized Crime

New Jersey Officials Say the Mafia Is Thriving Again as Tech-Savvy Mobsters Take Crime Online

New Jersey crime families have ditched hits in favor of clicks, the State Commission of Investigation was told at a hearing this week. Sophisticated financial schemes and a willing...

Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report finds

A new report by the International Crisis Group finds that organized crime has become a “major obstacle” to protecting the Amazon. Criminal groups often operate across borders and a...

Authorities struggle to curb criminal use of legitimate businesses

Authorities struggle to curb criminal use of legitimate businesses as organized crime increasingly exploits legal companies and storefronts as cover for illegal activity, RTL

Organized crime targets used cooking oil, thefts rise in Louisville

Organized crime targets used cooking oil from restaurants, stealing it for profitable biofuel resale.

Amazon under attack from organized crime: report

Two men charged with organised crime and drugs offences

Two men have appeared in court charged with drugs, money laundering and organised crime offences in connection with the criminal activities of a west Dublin organised crime group.

Fight against organized crime, extortion and gangs in Alberta gets $8-million boost

The fight against against organized crime, extortion and gang activity in Alberta is getting an $8-million boost in funding from the province.

‘Do You Paint Houses?’ Chicago-Area Gambling Ring Used Coded Mob-Style Murder Language, Feds Say

Collecting gambling debts allegedly involved euphemistic murder language FBI raids exposed major Chicago Outfit-linked gambling and extortion network Prosecutors cite “paint houses...

Methodical work against crime

Crime is constantly “modernizing” and evolving. It is organized and operates in ways that exceed the state’s adaptation speed. 

Early Addition: Organized crime is allegedly still thriving in New Jersey

Because officials say motorcycle gangs have usurped the mafia, here are your early links: Knicks comeback, Cybertrucks don't float, AI-generated video of Hochul as a South Park cha...

Scotcast: Hunting gangsters – and how organised crime works

A former detective on gang boss Steven Lyons’s extradition.

Sinister web of Mexican Mafia leader unravels after massive FBI bust — with kingpin ‘Gangster’ at the helm

“It is a very powerful position, and there are very few of them, but they exert in a tremendous amount of control.”

Gambling indictment ties NWI to Chicago mob, northeastern organized crime, expert says

The Gangster Watch's Scott Burnstein told The Times that an Illinois restaurateur charged with perpetrating an illegal gambling scheme has served as a messenger for the Chicago mob...

Chilling crimes of Mexican Mafia gangsters revealed in SoCal takedown

The indictment for the Gangsta’s Paradise takedown lists the crimes its members are accused of.

The Amazon is under assault from organized crime, report warns

A new report published by the International Crisis Group (ICG) identified organized crime as a major obstacle to protecting the Amazon.  Criminal organizations have expanded territ...

Two men due in court on organised crime charges

Two men are due in court this morning charged in connection with the criminal activities of a West Dublin organised crime group.

The Grooming Gangs’ Unexamined Organized Crime Angle

The “grooming gangs” framing has obscured that black-market commercial element of child abuse. The post The Grooming Gangs’ Unexamined Organized Crime Angle appeared first on The A...