Omerta. It’s the Italian word for “code of silence.” And it’s tattooed on the back of Kentucky’s most notorious marijuana-growing ringleader. But while secrets around the Cornbread Mafia will forever be rooted in Marion County, there is now one undeniable fact about its most high-profile resident. The Godfather of Grass is gone. A good ol’ […]
ROME (AP) — Last month, an Italian administrative court confirmed the dissolution of the city administration of the Puglia city of Neviano, after an investigation determined that local officials were being unduly influenced by the mafia. The decision barely made news in Italy, where city hall administrations, town councils and local public health agencies are […]
A remarkable group of women is challenging the power structures of the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth main organized crime group that operates in southern Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot. They are doing it at great personal risk, arresting and prosecuting clan members, exposing their crimes and confiscating their businesses, all while working to […]
Manuel Medrano is a former member of the Arizona Mexican Mafia, also known as the New Mexican Mafia, a US prison gang. He was in and out of the Arizona Department of Corrections for 20 years and served time for armed robbery and drug trafficking. Medrano speaks with Business Insider about the gang structure and […]
Uniquely KC is a Star series exploring what makes Kansas City special. Are you feeling nostalgic for a Kansas City area restaurant that closed years ago? Share your memories, and we may write about the place in a future story. In June 1978, a man with powder-white hair stepped out of the darkness and into […]
As the hush-money trial for former president Donald Trump resumed on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson held a press conference outside the courthouse and issued a slew of falsehoods in defense of Trump, denigrated the legitimacy of the judicial branch, and even attacked the adult daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case. […]
With its rugged coastline and pristine natural beauty, Corsica is a jewel in the Mediterranean Sea. The French island, just a stone’s throw north of Italy’s Sardinia, attracts millions of tourists each year, but only very few of them ever become aware that the mafia is holding Corsica in its ironclad grip. For the locals, […]
First thing Thursday morning, a woman identified only as Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that, upon reflection, she feared she could no longer be an impartial participant in Donald Trump’s historic hush money jury. Her change of heart came after Fox News host Jesse Watters devoted a significant amount of airtime to discussing […]
Rome — Italy has not only renewed but decided to expand a controversial program to remove children from their mafia families to break the cycle of criminal behavior being passed down to new generations. The “Free to Choose” project has been in place in the Calabria region — the base of the powerful ‘Ndragheta crime syndicate […]
Donald Trump wants the US to abandon NATO because he “hates alliances,” says a former Army general. Ben Hodges said he thinks Trump is a “mafia type” who “doesn’t want anybody restricting his options.” “He couldn’t care less about moral obligations. ,” Hodges said. A former US Army general says Donald Trump’s animosity toward NATO has nothing […]
An Italian mafia boss who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bed sheets to scale the walls has been captured in France, authorities say. Marco Raduano, the 40-year-old boss of the Gargano Mafia in the southern Italian region of Puglia, was caught Thursday outside a luxury restaurant in Bastia, Corsica, where […]