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Cosa hanno in comune il fotoreporter spagnolo naturalizzato francese assassinato dalle gang salvadoregne che stava provando a raccontare, la giornalista maltese che aveva accusato il potere politico di gestire affari criminali, il prete di Casal di Principe che per amore del suo popolo aveva deciso di ribellarsi alla camorra, i giudici di Palermo che hanno continuato a fare il proprio lavoro sapendo che sulle loro vite pendeva una condanna a morte, l'agente italo americano sotto copertura che ha sacrificato sei anni della sua vita per smantellare la mafia newyorchese?

In 1969, Nelson Conway Sr. opened the door to public corporate investment in Las Vegas gaming. That move changed the balance of power and drove organized crime out of the desert forever. This is the true story of that fight. Told by someone who grew up in Las Vegas during the golden age of Mob-controlled gambling, this book reveals a side of the city rarely seen in gangster histories.

True crime meets American history in this dramatic account of how outlawing alcohol fueled a massive underground economy. Perfect for your daily commute, this gritty narrative immerses you in a thrilling battle between zealous moral reformers and notorious bootleggers. Experience the unintended...

Witness the violent rise and fall of shadow empires in this gritty true crime deep-dive into the global drug trade. Perfect for your morning commute, this tense narrative bypasses the myths to expose the economic pressures and political corruption fueling notorious narco syndicates. From early...

Explore the gritty true crime history of organized syndicates, where street outlaws built global underworld empires. Perfect for a gripping daily commute, this immersive narrative reveals how poverty and corrupt institutions birthed the world's most dangerous power brokers. Forget the Hollywood...

Discover how a righteous moral crusade accidentally forged the brutal, true crime underworld of American organized crime. This suspenseful historical deep-dive transports you into smoky saloons, underground speakeasies, and corrupt city halls where bootleggers built ruthless empires. Perfect for...

Explore the gritty true crime history of global underworlds, where ruthless cartels and mob bosses built illicit empires. Perfect for a gripping commute, this sweeping narrative transports you from the neon-lit alleys of Hong Kong to the bloodstained streets of Naples. Uncover the shocking...

Explore how street gangs evolved into global syndicates in this gripping true crime history of shadow empires. Whether you need a dark, thought-provoking deep dive for your daily commute or an analytical look at underworld economics, this narrative delivers. Witness the brutal transformation of...

Explore the gripping true crime history of how street-level smugglers evolved into untouchable global criminal empires. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative exposes the brutal, corporate-style logistics behind modern narco networks. Discover the historical turning points...

Plunge into the true crime history of underworld empires, where ruthless ambition and brutal betrayal forged the mafia. From cramped immigrant streets to global shadow networks, witness how local street thugs weaponized poverty into disciplined criminal syndicates. This immersive journey exposes...

This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. It examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communications methods, origin myths, symbols, and the like that imbue the gangsters with the pride and nonchalance that goes hand in hand with...

The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades. Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise. I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as a fulltime professional...

The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family blind enemies by slashing them with the disposable safety razor blades stitched in to the peaks of their flat caps, as they...

Bloomsbury presents El Narco by Ioan Grillo, read by Paul Thornley. "Essential reading."-Steve Coll, NewYorker.com A gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States. The...

Deep in the heart of the Amazon, an entire region has lived under the control of one notorious land baron: Josélio de Barros. Josélio cut a grisly path to success: having arrived in the jungle with a shady past, he quickly made a name for himself as an invincible thug who grabbed massive...

In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd's of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left...

From a master of true crime comes the story of the criminal lawyer who represented everybody from Manuel Noriega to John Gotti to Bernie Goetz—and won every single case. Known for his sharp mind, sharp suits, and bold courtroom strategies, Bronx-native Barry Slotnick is known as the best...

Bloomsbury presents Pure Narco by Jesse Fink, Luis Navia, read by Keith Scott. For a quarter century, Luis Antonio Navia worked as a high-level cocaine transporter for all of the major Colombian and Mexican drug cartels, including Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel, and flooded the United States...

Special Agent Eric Balliet worked in the shadows of the US–Mexico border—tracking cartel bosses, chasing human traffickers, locking up drug smugglers, confiscating truckloads of drugs, and prosecuting the violent offenders who sustained billion-dollar criminal empires. His career culminated in a covert operation that brought down the world's most notorious drug kingpin: Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo—twice.

I chose violence. Not because I had to. Because I wanted to. I didn’t grow up in the streets. I grew up on a wealthy island outside Stockholm. And I still chose this life. This is the true story of how I became part of one of Europe’s most feared football firms and what it actually felt like to be there. Not written by a journalist. Not based on rumours. I lived it. I took on a leading role within an AIK sub-group connected to the main firm, moving through a world that stretches across Sweden and into Europe. Sweden’s hooligan scene is not what people think. It’s not chaos. It’s not random.