David Amoruso
@gangstersinc.bsky.social
Journalist, writes about organized crime, founder of www.gangstersinc.org
Minneapolis underworld war results in life in prison for two key figures of The Highs gang gangstersinc.org/2025/12/21/m... - #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Gangs #StreetGangs #Crime #News
Minneapolis underworld war results in life in prison for two key figures of The Highs gang
Dantrell Johnson and Gregory Hamilton, both members of the Highs, were sentenced to life in federal prison this week after a jury found them guilty of running a violent racketeering conspiracy and …
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December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Minneapolis underworld war results in life in prison for two key figures of The Highs gang gangstersinc.org/2025/12/21/m... - #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Gangs #StreetGangs #Crime #News
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#OTD (Dec. 18) in 1917: Pietro #Matranga is murdered in #LosAngeles.
Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Gunman in green car decimates Matrangas
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
www.writersofwrongs.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#OTD (Dec. 18) in 1917: Pietro #Matranga is murdered in #LosAngeles.
Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
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#OTD in 2005, Vincent #Gigante, 77, longtime boss of the #Genovese Crime Family of #NewYork, passed away in the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in #SpringfieldMO.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
'Chin' Gigante dies in prison hospital
News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.
www.writersofwrongs.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#OTD in 2005, Vincent #Gigante, 77, longtime boss of the #Genovese Crime Family of #NewYork, passed away in the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in #SpringfieldMO.
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory #Skystorians
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#OTD (Dec 20) in 1923, #Chicago bootlegger Johnny #Torrio pleads guilty to possessing, transporting and selling real beer. He is fined $2,000.
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#OTD (Dec 20) in 1923, #Chicago bootlegger Johnny #Torrio pleads guilty to possessing, transporting and selling real beer. He is fined $2,000.
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
The DEA agent who brought down “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco tells all gangstersinc.org/2025/12/20/w... - #Narcos #GriseldaBlanco #CocaineGodmother #FemaleBoss #DEA #TheMobMuseum
WATCH | The DEA agent who brought down “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco tells all
Former Associate Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Bob Palombo breaks his silence to walk through a career that spanned four decades and some of the DEA’s most consequential cocaine cases. From gr…
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December 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The DEA agent who brought down “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco tells all gangstersinc.org/2025/12/20/w... - #Narcos #GriseldaBlanco #CocaineGodmother #FemaleBoss #DEA #TheMobMuseum
“My life was never normal” – The Godfather actor Gianni Russo talks movies, the American Mafia, and mobsters doing podcasts gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/m... - #TheGodfather #GianniRusso #NewYorkMafia #Showbiz #Mafia #AmericanMafia #MafiaHistory #Author #Cinema #Movies
“My life was never normal” – The Godfather actor Gianni Russo talks movies, the American Mafia, and mobsters doing podcasts
To say that Gianni Russo has experienced quite the rollercoaster ride during his 81 years on this planet would be an extreme understatement. This becomes clear the minute he picks up the phone. “I …
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December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“My life was never normal” – The Godfather actor Gianni Russo talks movies, the American Mafia, and mobsters doing podcasts gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/m... - #TheGodfather #GianniRusso #NewYorkMafia #Showbiz #Mafia #AmericanMafia #MafiaHistory #Author #Cinema #Movies
Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/b... - #Gangs #Mexico #Crime #StreetGangs #Juarez #ElPaso #Narcos #DrugCartels
Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez
A former FBI “Ten Most Wanted Fugitive” and leader of the Barrio Azteca gang based in El Paso and Juarez pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for his role in the March 2010 …
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December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Barrio Azteca gang boss pleads guilty to charges related to 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez gangstersinc.org/2025/12/18/b... - #Gangs #Mexico #Crime #StreetGangs #Juarez #ElPaso #Narcos #DrugCartels
Leader of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers gang convicted of racketeering and multiple murders gangstersinc.org/2025/12/17/l... - #Chicago #Gangs #StreetGangs
Leader of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers gang convicted of racketeering and multiple murders
A leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang was convicted on Monday by a federal jury in Chicago of participating in a criminal organization that terrorized the West Side of Chicago for two de…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Leader of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers gang convicted of racketeering and multiple murders gangstersinc.org/2025/12/17/l... - #Chicago #Gangs #StreetGangs
Russia’s war comes home: Criminal underworld targets returning veterans gangstersinc.org/2025/12/15/r... - #Ukraine #Russia #Military #Veterans #War #Crime #EU #Europol #Mercenary
Russia’s war comes home: Criminal underworld targets returning veterans
The war in Ukraine is causing enormous grief and devastation. Ever since Vladimir Putin decided to invade Russia’s neighbor in, what he calls, “a special military operation,” bodies and victims hav…
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December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Russia’s war comes home: Criminal underworld targets returning veterans gangstersinc.org/2025/12/15/r... - #Ukraine #Russia #Military #Veterans #War #Crime #EU #Europol #Mercenary
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From Russian coal exports linked to the Yanukovych family to Venezuelan “boliburgueses” and Indonesian football clubs, reporters show how persistence, collaboration, and data-driven investigations uncover the financial dealings of the powerful.
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Chasing Oligarchs Across Borders
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December 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
From Russian coal exports linked to the Yanukovych family to Venezuelan “boliburgueses” and Indonesian football clubs, reporters show how persistence, collaboration, and data-driven investigations uncover the financial dealings of the powerful.
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#OTD (Dec 13) in 1990, #NewEngland mafioso Frank #Salemme is arrested on a warrant from #California charging him with trying to steal millions from a #Teamsters pension fund.
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1990, #NewEngland mafioso Frank #Salemme is arrested on a warrant from #California charging him with trying to steal millions from a #Teamsters pension fund.
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory
🗃️ #Skystorians
“Key player” admits role in North East England cocaine trafficking plot gangstersinc.org/2025/12/13/k...
“Key player” admits role in North East England cocaine trafficking plot
A man who was extradited to the United Kingdom to face drugs charges has admitted his part in the importation of large amounts of cocaine including loads hidden in empty gas cannisters. 42-year-old…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Key player” admits role in North East England cocaine trafficking plot gangstersinc.org/2025/12/13/k...
WATCH | Tension in gritty “Wasteman” when convict hoping for early release gets violent cellmate gangstersinc.org/2025/12/12/w... - #Wasteman #Cinema #Movies #Film #Prison #UK
WATCH | Tension in gritty “Wasteman” when convict hoping for early release gets violent cellmate
Prison is hell. Everyone is looking forward to the day they finally breathe fresh air in freedom. Imagine being up for parole with one eye on an early release when you get a new cellmate who decide…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Facts Under Attack: More journalists killed this year by crime groups, drug cartels, and military groups gangstersinc.org/2025/12/11/f... - #Journalism #RSF #DrugCartels #MAGA @rsf.org
Facts Under Attack: More journalists killed this year by crime groups, drug cartels, and military groups
Journalists working hard to uncover crime and corruption face more mortal dangers than ever before. While the public values their work , these reporters tend to fall victim to crime groups and popu…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Facts Under Attack: More journalists killed this year by crime groups, drug cartels, and military groups gangstersinc.org/2025/12/11/f... - #Journalism #RSF #DrugCartels #MAGA @rsf.org
On This Day in 1994: How the Outlaws went to war with the Hell’s Henchmen and turned them into Hells Angels gangstersinc.org/2025/05/22/t... - #OTD #HellsAngels #Bikers #Outlaws #OnThisDay
The Wolf of Rockford: How the Outlaws went to war with the Hell’s Henchmen and turned them into Hells Angels
The difference between a rowdy biker and an outlaw biker is simple. When the beer bottle is empty and the party at its end, the rowdy biker goes home. The outlaw biker doesn’t. He goes to war. Bein…
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December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On This Day in 1994: How the Outlaws went to war with the Hell’s Henchmen and turned them into Hells Angels gangstersinc.org/2025/05/22/t... - #OTD #HellsAngels #Bikers #Outlaws #OnThisDay
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Parts of Southeast Asia have become hubs for online fraud, with criminal networks earning billions from illegal compounds where trafficking victims are often forced to work.
Thailand seizes millions in assets and issues arrest warrants in scams crackdown
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December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Parts of Southeast Asia have become hubs for online fraud, with criminal networks earning billions from illegal compounds where trafficking victims are often forced to work.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Reposted by David Amoruso
Today my latest book “How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad. Critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility” is out with BUP.
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad
How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad - Critical Notes on ‘ndrangheta Mobility; This book challenges existing myths about the international mafia and explores mafia mobility, emphasizing mafias' interconn...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Today my latest book “How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad. Critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility” is out with BUP.
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
New Kids on the Block: The Paranze of Palermo gangstersinc.org/2025/11/30/n... - #Mafia #Palermo #Napoli #Gangs #Paranze #Crime
New Kids on the Block: The Paranze of Palermo
Naples, Italy, was where they emerged. From the teeming slums of Scampia and Quartieri Spagnoli, places that fed the Camorra an endless stream of recruits. Youngsters clamoring to be part of a life…
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November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
WATCH | Who said basta? Get ready for prequel to hit Mafia drama Gomorrah gangstersinc.org/2025/11/25/w... - #Gomorra #Gomorrah #Camorra #Streaming #Mafia #TV #Crime
WATCH | Who said basta? Get ready for prequel to hit Mafia drama Gomorrah
Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in. Gomorrah was raw, hitting nerves you didn’t know you had. All while showing us the underworld of Naples, Italy. A world dominated by the C…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
WATCH | Who said basta? Get ready for prequel to hit Mafia drama Gomorrah gangstersinc.org/2025/11/25/w... - #Gomorra #Gomorrah #Camorra #Streaming #Mafia #TV #Crime
Aryan Brotherhood gang boss gets life in prison for RICO and murder conspiracy gangstersinc.org/2025/11/21/a... - #Prison #Gangs #AryanBrotherhood #Crime #Trial #California
Aryan Brotherhood gang boss gets life in prison for RICO and murder conspiracy
A leading figure in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for participating in a RICO conspiracy and a conspiracy to commit murder. 72-year-old Daniel “Danny”…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Aryan Brotherhood gang boss gets life in prison for RICO and murder conspiracy gangstersinc.org/2025/11/21/a... - #Prison #Gangs #AryanBrotherhood #Crime #Trial #California
Longtime Sinaloa Cartel boss admits organizing drug shipments and money laundering gangstersinc.org/2025/11/20/l... - #Narcos #Mexico #Sinaloa #DrugCartels #Crime
Longtime Sinaloa Cartel boss admits organizing drug shipments and money laundering
A longtime Sinaloa Cartel leader pleaded guilty on Monday to drug conspiracy and money laundering charges. 54-year-old Jose Guadalupe Tapia-Quintero, of San Francisco de Tacuichamona, Sinaloa, Mexi…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Longtime Sinaloa Cartel boss admits organizing drug shipments and money laundering gangstersinc.org/2025/11/20/l... - #Narcos #Mexico #Sinaloa #DrugCartels #Crime
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My second book is coming November 10th to Amazon. Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts is the true story of a woman who made Mafia history. #MafiaBooks
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My second book is coming November 10th to Amazon. Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts is the true story of a woman who made Mafia history. #MafiaBooks
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#OTD (Nov 19) in 1986, the #Mafia #Commission trial in #Manhattan concludes with convictions of all eight defendants: Anthony #Salerno, Anthony #Corallo, Carmine #Persico, Gennaro Langella, Salvatore Santoro, Christopher Furnari, Ralph Scopo and Anthony Indelicato.
#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#OTD (Nov 19) in 1986, the #Mafia #Commission trial in #Manhattan concludes with convictions of all eight defendants: Anthony #Salerno, Anthony #Corallo, Carmine #Persico, Gennaro Langella, Salvatore Santoro, Christopher Furnari, Ralph Scopo and Anthony Indelicato.
#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians