Los Zetas: The Brutal Cartel Formed By Mexican Commandos

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The Iraqi-Aussie Gangster Lighting up Melbourne: Kaz Hamad

Melbourne has been gripped by a new wave of underworld gang wars, this time fueled by the booming billion dollar black-market tobacco trade. Firebombings, drive-by shootings, and extortion targeting shops across the city have roiled the city as middle eastern syndicates and biker ...  Show more

The Narco Fugitive who Took Over an African Country

When a 2023 club brawl ended in a Freetown, Sierra Leone parking lot shooting, cops and reporters pointed the finger at “Omar Shariff,” a portly Turkish millionaire who’d spent much of the past six months throwing cash about at the city’s casinos and top-end restaurants. But Shar ...  Show more

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