Títulos en Crímenes reales

Pietro La Greca, el padre, fue un intimidante estafador napolitano, al que apodaban “El Don Corleone mexicano de la vida real”. Dirigió el mayor negocio de lavado de dinero durante el peor periodo económico en la historia de México. El suyo era un mundo de autos deportivos, mansiones a la orilla del mar y atenciones VIP en los casinos de Las Vegas. Beneficiarse y explotar la caída libre financiera de México lo convirtió en un hombre muy rico. Sin embargo, mientras él dirigía su imperio criminal, su hijo, Pietro, también conocido como “Picho”, iba aprendiendo los trucos de su padre.

Durante toda su vida su cara de niño siempre le ha abierto puertas y corazones. Aún cuando ya se ha convertido en un hombre la gente que no le conoce sigue pensando que no es más que un joven aniñado. Nada más lejos de la verdad. Parece como si la maldad de su corazón fuera inversamente proporcional a su apariencia angelical.

A través de testimonios escalofriantes y conmovedores, las autoras de este libro ofrecen explicaciones contundentes para entender por qué nuestros niños y niñas se vuelven criminales ante la indiferencia social, corrupción policiaca y la intolerancia del gobierno. Más aún se detalla la incompetencia de las autoridades, los vacíos legales y la incapacidad de las instituciones para ofrecer a estos adolescentes opciones para alejarse del delito, la drogadicción, las relaciones violentas o evitar la puerte por defender -o estar en contra- algún cártel.

When the federal government catches hotshot financial adviser Louis Martin “Marty” Blazer defrauding his NFL-player clients, it’s time to come clean. He has no reasonable defense. What he has is a bigger story to spill to the feds—that of a multibillion-dollar conspiracy that exploits the most talented college athletes and implicates one of the most popular entertainment industries in the nation. The DOJ is listening, and the truth could literally set Marty free. All he has to do is prove that the NCAA is a vast ongoing scam.

The Spy with No Name is the unbelievable true story of Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent whose stolen identity broke the heart of an innocent woman - who thought she'd found her long-lost son. In 1977, Johanna van Haarlem, 52, finally tracked down the son she had abandoned as a baby, during the Second World War. She was delighted that he had grown into a charming Dutch waiter in London. But Erwin van Haarlem was actually a dangerous Communist spy who had stolen her son's identity to uncover British and American military secrets.

J. Jesús Esquivel - uno de los periodistas mexicanos que mejor conocen el mundo del narco y el único que ha documentado esta realidad tal y como la enfocan las autoridades norteamericanas - entrega con este libro la más original de las crónicas sobre el proceso judicial que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ejecutó en contra de Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán.

Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.

As a private banker working for the largest bank in the world, UBS, Bradley Birkenfeld was an expert in Switzerland's shell-game of offshore companies and secret numbered accounts. He wined and dined ultrawealthy clients whose millions of dollars were hidden away from business partners, spouses, and tax authorities. As his client list grew, Birkenfeld lived a life of money, fast cars, and beautiful women, but when he discovered that UBS was planning to betray him, he blew the whistle to the US government.

Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington.

In un mondo sempre più interconnesso, dove le distanze vengono annullate da un click e i luoghi d'incontro virtuali stanno soppiantando quelli reali, anche le mafie stanno imparando ad adattarsi: sfruttando le potenzialità della tecnologia, si addentrano nello spazio digitale come fosse un nuovo territorio di conquista. Ancora una volta, la criminalità organizzata dà prova di essere estremamente flessibile e capace di stare al passo coi tempi. Non si serve più di picciotti rozzi e sfrontati, ma di abili professionisti con competenze nel settore informatico e finanziario.

À une époque où la justice avançait à tâtons, sans empreintes digitales, sans ADN ni science médico-légale, les enquêteurs se fiaient à l’instinct, aux rumeurs… et aux erreurs.

In twenty haunting, real-life cases, True Crime–Unsolved Murders explores those moments when a trail suddenly goes cold and the truth slips away forever. From Hinterkaifeck, the eerie Bavarian farmhouse where six people were brutally murdered, to the Zodiac Killer who taunted police with cryptic messages, to Elisa Lam, the young woman whose chilling elevator footage shocked millions—the stories are as real as they are disturbing.

When criminals take to the skies, even the most secure fortress becomes vulnerable. At 5:19 AM on September 23, 2009, the impossible happened. A Bell 206 helicopter appeared over Stockholm's Västberga district, descended onto the roof of Sweden's most secure cash depot, and in twenty minutes, changed the face of international security forever.

There used to be something called JOURNALISM. It was a noble “Fourth Estate”. There was no concept of anything called “fake news”. Cronkite was the “most trusted man in America” and the Times & Post were paragons of integrity. Newspapers were actually “a thing”. Add to that landscape: axe murders; international monetary manipulation; a small-town police department; Congressional corruption; insane religious cults; cover ups; con men; assassinations; and the ugly zeitgeist of Southern racism.

My audiobook Silence explores my personal journey through the glamorous yet confining world of modeling, as well as the complex dynamics of living in a harem. It delves into the challenges of navigating these environments, where appearance, control, and silence often play dominant roles. The narrative reflects on the emotional and psychological impact of being trapped in these circumstances, offering a powerful testament to resilience, self-discovery, and breaking free from the constraints imposed by external expectations.

With gripping storytelling and cutting-edge scholarship, Pirates of Empire reframes piracy not as rebellion against empire, but as its indispensable partner. It exposes how colonial powers quietly relied on black markets to sustain their ambitions, and how these hidden economies gave rise to the modern Caribbean, multicultural, volatile, and endlessly creative.

En 35 ans de carrière dans la PJ parisienne, Claude Cancès a tout connu : de l'Antigang à la Crim' en passant par la Brigade Mondaine avant de devenir le tout puissant patron du 36 Quai des Orfèvres. Dans ce livre, il ne se contente pas de raconter les affaires – nombreuses et retentissantes – qu'il a eu à traiter (François de Grossouvre, Jean de Broglie, le baron Empain, les Irlandais de Vincennes, Thierry Paulin, Guy Georges, attentats de 1995, etc.

True story of an American family’s odyssey to Colombia, South America. Their intentions were to relocate their Mom and Pop commercial fishing business. Inadvertently they became involved with Colombia’s corrupt world of drug smuggling, manipulation and strong-arm tactics. Finally, after the secret escape back to the safety of the USA they sought revenge to recuperate the money that was stolen from them by the dangerous Colombian drug cartel.

Power and Impunity: The Jeffrey Epstein Story and the Global Network That Enabled Him is a clear and uncompromising investigation into one of the most disturbing criminal networks of the modern era. It traces the rise of Jeffrey Epstein from his early years in New York to the height of his wealth and influence, then follows the long trail of victims, court filings, sealed agreements, and institutional failures that allowed him to operate for decades.

Dit is het eerste deel in de true crime serie De kille Kempen—de strafste misdaadverhalen uit de ruigste regio.