The Chechen Mafia Strikes Back: War Profiteering, School Sieges and a Turncoat Named Kadyrov

The Chechen Mafia Strikes Back: War Profiteer...

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The Notorious Irish Gangster Who Took on The IRA

Not even the IRA scared Martin "The General" Cahill. He terrorized Dublin with audacious heists that left police scrambling. Rising from the gritty streets of Dublin, he became a criminal mastermind whose crew got so proficient at armed robberies and heists they sometimes did two ...  Afficher plus

The First Gangster Kingpin of New York

Monk Eastman ruled the depraved streets of turn-of-the-century Manhattan with fists and absolutely zero regard for human life, commanding an army of 1,200 thugs who terrorized the Lower East Side. At the height of his power, he was pulling cash from every racket you could think o ...  Afficher plus

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