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"Through a riveting narrative both disturbing and disturbingly relevant to the present, Blood Brotherhoods shines a new light on the development of organized crime in Italy. Dickie draws on research that has never been seen before to examine the myths surrounding the three largest and most violent mafia groups--divulging the secrets, intrigues, histories and documents of the real stories behind the Honored Society's most brutal crimes. Cosa Nostra,...
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"The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and...
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On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law - and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive criminal godfather called the Monk: an enigmatic criminal mastermind and the hunted leader of one side in the deadliest gangland feud in Irish criminal history.
The latest book from Ireland's leading crime...
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A revelatory biography of the notorious Irish criminal John Gilligan, and the eagerly anticipated next true crime blockbuster from award-winning Irish journalist Paul Williams.
John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organize the execution of the fearless, high-profile journalist Veronica Guerin....
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Hexenverfolgung im Mittelalter bis ins 19. Jahrhundert. Viele Fakten aus historischer Überlieferung, die den Verrat an Mitmenschen legitimerte und in der Regel den Tod zur Folge hatte. Zu Zeiten von Carpzov allein wurden 20.000 Todesurteile vollstreckt. Und noch mehr sollten folgen. Im ersten Buch werden die historischen Grundlagen für den Aberglauben und die Vollstreckung des Hexenhammers beschrieben.
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Amsterdam trilogy volume 1
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"Walter Eekhaut, a veteran of the Belgian police force who has a problem with authority, has been dispatched to Amsterdam to aid in investigating the activities of a well-connected Russian oligarch, with ties to Putin. Some of the Russian's business is legitimate, but some may well not be. Seconded to Chief Superintendent Alexandra Dewaal of the Dutch security service, he begins to learn about the city's shady underside. Eekhaut is at once pulled...
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The 1950s and 1960s saw a changing of the guard in London's gangland. A new and even more ruthless breed of criminal emerged to replace the aging generation of likes of Sabini, Mullins and Hayes.
Protection rackets on bookies, club owners and shops were commonplace. Prostitution and drugs offered rich pickings. Police corruption was all too commonplace.
Thanks to media interest the names of Charlie Richardson, Mad Frankie Fraser, Scarface Smithson...
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Essex has always been particularly suited to smuggling. It has over ninety miles of coastline bordering the North Sea, and an even greater length of navigable rivers, tidal creeks and backwaters. The county's maritime trade has been based predominantly in its three major ports-Colchester, Maldon and Harwich-with Manningtree, Mistley, Brightlingsea, Burnham and Leigh-on-Sea operating as 'sub ports' in a more minor role. During the period from 1700...
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Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as the banning of alcohol in America during Prohibition made illicit fortunes for the Mafia and other gangsters, organized criminals grew rich on the trade of illegal narcotics throughout the British Empire.
Empire...
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En estas páginas el lector encontrará personajes siniestros -matones ceñudos que atemorizaban a sus vecinos en el siglo XIX- y otros aún más siniestros -sí, hay muchos políticos
Este recorrido desde Sicilia a Little Italy, con muchas idas y venidas, permitirá al lector conocer a héroes anónimos y la dramática manera en que la Mafia se entrecruza y se enreda, una y otra vez, en la historia italiana, a la manera de un hilo negro. Por otro...
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Les dessous de la Mafia italienne
Caterina Bartoldi qui a vécu plusieurs années en Sicile est devenue une spécialiste incontournable de la Mafia. Dans ce livre passionnant qui nous entraîne de la Sicile aux Etats-Unis et en bien d'autres lieux, elle nous raconte une histoire cachée, difficile à appréhender. Elle nous décrit les structures secrètes, les symboles, les manières de communiquer et de fonctionner, ainsi que les grandes figures...
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The 1992–1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of aid workers, UN soldiers, journalists, smugglers, and embargo-busters. The city took center stage under an intense global media spotlight, becoming the most visible face of post-Cold War conflict and humanitarian intervention. However, some critical activities took place backstage, away from the cameras,...
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Partez à la rencontre des secrets les plus sombres de la Sicile
Au sud de l'Italie, la Sicile - une île aux paysages arides, aux ctes magnifiques et aux trésors artistiques uniques - attire conquérants et voyageurs depuis des siècles. Au cœur de cette rare beauté, Cosa Nostra, la mafia sicilienne, sa violence et sa corruption, qui imprègnent chaque recoin de la vie insulaire.
Au départ du fracassant procès à la fin des années 1990...
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It is a little known fact that one immigrant Italian family ran London's thriving vice trade unchecked from the mid-1930s for some twenty years. The five Messina brothers imported prostitutes from the Continent on an industrial scale, acquiring the women British citizenship by phony marriages. Demanding 80% of earnings, the Messina family became fabulously wealthy, purchasing expensive properties, cars and influence. As this revealing and absorbing...
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Since their spectacular rise in the 1990s, Russian gangs have remained entrenched in many parts of the country. Some gang members have perished in gang wars or ended up behind prison bars, while others have made spectacular careers off the streets and joined the Russian elite. But the rank and file of gangs remain substantially incorporated into their communities and society as a whole, with bonds and identities that bridge the worlds of illegal enterprise...
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Between the two World Wars, there was a dramatic upsurge of violence as rival criminal gangs vied for rich pickings from bookmakers at racetracks throughout England.
With ready access to cash, "bookies" were a magnet for mobsters' blackmailing demands. Refusal to pay resulted in severe punishment. Their justified fears spawned a ready "protection" market.
Conflict between rival gangs were frequent and increasingly violent. Charles "Darby" Sabini...
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A true crime travel guide to the haunts and hangouts of the most notorious gangsters of London's East End.
There are many conflicting stories about who Ronnie and Reggie Kray were.
Films depicting their lives have made the public vilify them, adore them and even admire them. This guidebook will dig a little deeper into the places they spent their time. Many of the places are renowned as the stomping grounds of the devious duo, but there are one...
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A detail-driven account of how a gang of criminal misfits pulled off the world's biggest cash robbery, from the bestselling author of true crime classic “Fred & Rose”.
The target was a regional counting house for the Bank of England, a fortified concrete bunker located within a triangle of police stations, one only three hundred yards away. When former UFC cage fighter Lightning Lee Murray discovered that this cash centre held hundreds of millions...
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