Mafia
Killing of mafia head Yushayev leaves Hadera vulnerable to further organized criminal violence
Yushayev was shot dead at a restaurant in Caesarea on August 23. His murder continues to occupy both police investigators and figures in the region's criminal underworld.
Police claim to solve murder of Yanis Yushayev, prosecutor's declaration filed against Hazon man
Caucasian mafia head Yanis Yushayev killed in shooting at Caesarea gas station
Bomb explodes outside home of top Italian investigative journalist
Mafia boss Shumi Isakov, son, killed in shooting in Israel's North
Isakov had survived a previous attempt on his life in 2004, when unidentified assailants opened fire on him, his younger brother and another individual.
In ‘Lansky,’ Harvey Keitel puts the gangster’s Jewishness front and center
Lansky, born in Russia in 1902, arrived in New York in 1911. Known as the “Mob’s Accountant,” he was notorious in his own right, operating criminal rackets from Miami to Las Vegas to Cuba.
Jake Tapper’s ‘The Devil May Dance’ partners Hollywood, Mafia and politics
Set in the early 1960s, it sends the Marders on an undercover mission that sounds groovy and glamorous: Hang out with Frank Sinatra and his famous Rat Pack in Los Angeles to find out just how tight the singer’s ties to the Mafia are.
Tattooed Italian mobster nabbed in Caribbean thanks to his cooking videos
Biart made a fatal mistake. He and his wife posted on YouTube several videos of Biart cooking Italian dishes. Although they were careful not to show his face, police recognized him from the tattoos.
Netanyahu meets with Arab-Israeli authorities to discuss lowering crime
"I want special forces, task forces," Netanyahu suggested, after indicating that the crime wave would likely spread to Jewish localities soon.
25 years after 'Casino': a primer on some of Hollywood's Jewish gangsters
The film's protagonist is based on Frank Rosenthal, a real Jewish gambling expert from Chicago who had ties to the Chicago Outfit and eventually headed to Vegas to run casinos for them.
New documentary seeks to find New York Jewish gangster's buried treasure
Infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz reportedly hid around $8 million somewhere in upstate New York, but it has continued to elude treasure hunters for 85 years.
Mobster storms Palestinian town to get back beloved horse
'Nissim would make sure that they would go in and get the horse out. This is a horse that he raised like a baby.'
As mafia delivers essentials in Italy, cartels distribute food in Mexico
Last week, reports first circulated of several Mexican cartels deploying members to dole out aid packages to help cash-strapped residents ride out the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus: Mafia delivers food, essentials to Italy's worst-affected
Italy has the second most reported deaths at 19,468, behind the United States, with Spain in third with 16,353.