Tag: Maffia
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, commonly known as El Azul (“The Blue One”), was a notorious and elusive figure in Mexico’s drug world. He rose to…
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, also known as Don Neto, is a pivotal figure in the history of Mexican drug cartels and one of the original leaders…
Rafael Caro Quintero
Rafael Caro Quintero is a notorious Mexican drug lord, often referred to as one of the founding members of the Guadalajara Cartel, a powerful drug…
What’s Going on Now with Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán , the former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers, has been incarcerated in the United…
Luigi Mancuso
Luigi Mancuso: The Main Leader of the ‘Ndrangheta Luigi Mancuso is one of the most notorious and powerful mafia bosses in Italian organized crime and is…
‘Ndrangheta
The ‘Ndrangheta: One of the Most Dangerous Mafia Organizations in the World The ‘Ndrangheta is one of the most powerful and influential mafia organizations in the world,…
Recent Events in the World of the Mafia: A 2024 Review
In 2024 hebben maffiaorganisaties wereldwijd grote veranderingen doorgemaakt. De Italiaanse autoriteiten hebben belangrijke successen geboekt tegen de ‘Ndrangheta met de arrestatie van kopstukken zoals Pasquale Bonavota. In New York blijven de Five Families actief in traditionele misdaad zoals drugshandel en afpersing, ondanks recente arrestaties. In Canada woedt een bloedige machtsstrijd binnen de maffia in Montreal, vooral rond de Rizzuto-familie. Internationaal heeft de arrestatie van Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, leider van het Sinaloa-kartel, een belangrijke impact op de Mexicaanse drugshandel. Daarnaast is cybercriminaliteit een opkomend terrein voor de maffia, wat nieuwe uitdagingen oplevert voor de autoriteiten
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo: The Rise and Fall of the ‘Godfather’ of the Mexican Guadalajara Cartel Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is a name deeply entwined…
Ridouan Taghi
Ridouan Taghi (20-12-1977) is a Moroccan-Dutch criminal. Taghi gave orders for several murders, for which he and co-defendants were tried in the Marengo trial. In…
The dark lives of mafia kids who learn to be murderers by watching horses being slaughtered and even killing their own mothers
It should be a blissful time in life, but for kids raised in the mafia, childhood is more likely to mean dealing drugs and collecting…
