The Black Hand gangs started to appear in places like Chicago USA in the late 1800's, unlike the mafia as its known today.

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law proposed in 1968 and passed by Congress in 1970.

The contract killer is one of the most dangerous killers and one of the most under studied & under researched killers

The daisy chain is a type of tax fraud centred around gasoline it was devised originally by Russian and Armenian organized crime families.

Giuseppe Masseria, or Joe Masseria by name, who later became known as Joe 'The boss', was an American Organized Crime Boss.

The mafia and organized crime groups infiltrated, took over, and domineered much of the porn industry in the US.