Jimmy Hoffa waves to delegates at the opening of the 1957 Teamsters Union convention in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Hoffa’s ghost continues to haunt the labor movement.
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Suggestions that the Camorra has been usurped are exaggerated.
Juventus has been struck by scandals.
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High-profile cases of corruption, ticket touting and match fixing have led Italians to lose faith in the beautiful game.
Tall tales.
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Stories about mafias are often driven by ethnic stereotypes.
Searches and arrests across Europe in December 2018.
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Working abroad can be a profitable option for members of criminal groups.
Italian policemen examined the charred car of Judge Paolo Borsellino, a day after a bomb attack killed him and his security detail in Palermo, July 20, 1992.
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Italy saw 1,191 attacks on politicians from 2013 to 2015. A new study reveals, for the first time, the destructive effect this strategic political violence has on the nation’s political life.
The dark side of Italian infrastructure.
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In the region of Liguria, and the city of Genoa itself, Calabrian mafia clans have been infiltrating construction projects for decades.
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Mental distress, addiction, debt, family dysfunction and abuse are all problems to be milked for profit.
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There are plenty of examples of strong women in the top echelons of organised crime – they don’t seem to be there in McMafia.
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When it was discovered that citrus fruits could be used to treat scurvy, suddenly Sicilian lemons were very valuable. Enter the mafia.
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An expert in criminology explains why you shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV – organised crime is still a very British problem.
A glitzy way to do organised crime.
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The criminal underworld of the BBC drama McMafia is full of glitz and glamour. In Britain, organised crime is far closer to home.
Did college help don Michael Corleone become a better criminal?
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The Godfather effect: how higher levels of education helped Italian mobsters earn more money and live in wealthier neighbourhoods.
A mock-up funeral poster lists Riina’s victims.
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The former ‘boss of all bosses’ has died aged 87 while serving 26 life sentences.
Migos performs during the Made in America Music Festival on 2 September, 2017.
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What if the current cultural context is informing the production of mumble rap? In the contemporary western world, daily life is fuelled by widespread consumption of both products and images.
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To better understand and bring under control the new planetary flows that humanity has unleashed, we need to mobilize all the legal resources at your disposal.
Javier Duarte, former governor of the Mexican state Veracruz, after his arrest.
EPA/Esteban Biba
When corruption becomes truly entrenched in a state, it can seem impossible to uproot. But Mexicans are still fighting it.
In southern Italy, judges are trying to ‘save’ children from a life in the mafia.
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In ’Ndrangheta mafia families, the inter-generational links go deep.
A gang-related shooting in Naples.
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Police and the courts have locked up some of Europe’s most notorious mob bosses – but the next generation of would-be kingpins are even worse.
FDR Presidential Library
Lucky Luciano, Al Capone and FDR walk into a Democratic convention…