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7 Okt 20224min
The Slave Armies Powering a New Kind of Golden Triangle Cybercrime
When the pandemic took punters from Southeast Asia’s most notorious gambling dens, their gangster owners turned to the web, entrapping thousands of unwitting slaves and putting them to work in high-ri...
10 Aug 202253min
Felix Mitchell:The Druglord That Took On The Black Panthers, and Oakland's Kingpin Wars
Felix "The Cat" Mitchell was like nothing Oakland had ever seen before. He took over the city's heroin market from, wholesale to retail, driving exotic cars through some of the grittiest streets in Am...
3 Aug 202242min
The Death of "God's Banker", the Vatican, a Pope's Murder, Mafia Plots and a Secret Masonic Coup
When Roberto Calvi's body was found swinging from a London bridge in 1982 it sent shockwaves through the religious, financial and criminal worlds. But who killed him? And how are the Vatican, Italy's ...
28 Jul 202254min
The Jewish & Redneck Gangsters that Beat the KKK: Charlie Birger w/ Jake Hanrahan
In the era of prohibition, Charlie Birger built a bootlegging and gambling empire in southern Illinois, otherwise known as little Cairo. He charmed women, passed out money to children and poor familie...
20 Jul 202253min
Vladimir Putin, the KGB and the German Nazi Gangster Who Was a Communist Spy
Rainer Sonntag was just your run-of-the-mill, anti-state East German petty criminal—until a black ops team headed by then-KGB agent Vladimir Putin helped turn him into one of Europe's leading neo-Nazi...
12 Jul 202247min
Chechen Mobsters, Bombs, Bumps and Special Ops: The Criminal Tale of Caviar
Caviar has been considered a delicacy since ancient times. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, a black market flourished—and kicked off gang wars along the coasts of the Caspian Sea. Then, years late...
5 Jul 202247min
The Punjabi Indian Gangster Rapper Killed in a Gang War: Moosewala
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Moosewala, was on the cusp of becoming a global superstar. Racking up billions of views on youtube, the Punjabi rapper heavily influenced by Tupac had blown up s...
28 Jun 202243min
