The heirs of notorious gangster Meyer Lansky want to be compensated for the seizing of Lansky’s Havana casino by revolutionary forces in 1959. “Cuba owes my family money,” says the grandson of the racketeer who helped prop up the dictator whose corruption drove Cubans to revolution.
Attention, Young Criminals: Please Stop Bragging on Facebook
As social media influencers, we here at Gawker.com are, needless to say, widely revered by young urban gang members. It is to the that we offer this public service announcement: stop talking about all your crimes, on the internet. Okay?
Please God No More Boston Gangster Movies
Today, in movie news, we learn that Johnny Depp will be playing the role of notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in an upcoming film based on Bulger's life. This should not be confused with the other Whitey Bulger Boston gangster movie that Ben Affleck will be making after he makes a movie based on a Dennis Lehane…
Japan's Gangsters Are Quite Peaceful, Relatively Speaking
Whereas the American mob has steadily lost power for decades as all of its members pursued careers as Hollywood character actors, Japan's Yakuza is still totally involved in shit, hardcore. Will a government crackdown make the Yakuza go wild?
How Mafia Dons Communicate: Text Messages on TV Shows
Mafia families in Italy were communicating with their imprisoned bosses by texting an unwitting sports show that displayed viewers' texts on screen. One sample: "Everything is OK – Paolo." Come on, guys, at least try to make it about sports.
Sumner Redstone Demands Journalist Reveal Source: 'You Will Be Well Protected'
Sumner Redstone, the octogenarian boss of Viacom and CBS, would make a good mafia boss, as well. The Daily Beast's Peter Lauria published an embarrassing story about Redstone, and got the following unbelievable voicemail, demanding he reveal his source.
Patriotic Kingpin Demands Credit for Heroin Smuggling Prowess
Former drug kingpin Ike Atkinson, a soldier who smuggled tons of heroin out of Vietnam, is challenging American Gangster's account of Harlem heroin-smuggling kingpin Frank Lucas. Give Ike Atkinson credit for every last kilo he smuggled into America, patriotically.
Vivian Blake, Murderous Coke Don
Vivian Blake—founder of the Shower Posse, the Jamaican coke-dealing gang that terrorized great swaths of cokey America in the 1980s, and got its name from "showering" people with bullets—died Sunday in Jamaica at age 53. So young!
[Pic ]L.A. Gangsters Taking Gangster Movie Tips to Heart
ZOMG: Bloods and Crips are coming together in order to make money, through crime! This unsurprising development is only the beginning of a fresh hell to come for Compton residents.
Ahmed Wali Karzai: Afghani Gangster
Remember what a huge deal it was when George Bush's niece—Noelle—was arrested for sneaking crack cocaine into a rehab center back in 2003? Turns out, Afghani president Hamid Karzai's brother probably does way, way worse things than this.
American Criminals Grow Ever Less Gangster
In Sweden—Sweden!—criminals pull off daring cash depot heists with the aid of helicopters. What are America's baddest gangsters up to? Donut shop scams and fake raffles. Are our criminals going soft, and dumb? Yes.
Ad Agency Appropriates 'Street' Imagery to Recruit Dweebs
Here's a gangster type throwing up the ol' "BBDO" sign, because the ad agency's recruiting for its Dusseldorf office! Ride or die—to Dusseldorf! This would work great in L.A., I bet. [Copyranter at AnimalNY]
Fox Biz Reporter Did Read a Book About 'Stocks' Once
In your censorious Tuesday media column: A Russian journalist dies after an attack, Fox Business Network hires only the best financial experts, dumb high school censorship, and newspapers all dying as usual.
Future Of Gotti Clan Rests In The Hands Of Bad Rapper
Now that gangster heir John "Junior" Gotti has
been arrested by the feds once again, how will his three nephews-stars of the reality show -support themselves? that middle son John is in college somewhere, and young diet book author Frank has had some troubles with drugs. That means the family's big hope is…
Junior Gotti Arrested On Mob-Related Charges, Shockingly
John "Junior" Gotti-son of the late Gambino family crime boss John Sr. and brother to
Growing Up Gotti star Victoria-was this morning on murder conspiracy charges, "in connection with a drug smuggling ring and 3 prior mob-hits." Gotti was tried twice before for the 1992 attempted murder of talk show host Curtis…
British Geraldo Meets British Tony Soprano
Can there ever be too many British gangster movies? The answer is no. So we fully support the new documentary A Very British Gangster, which is being released in the US today. Not only has the filmmaker, Donal McIntyre, been described as "the British answer to Geraldo Rivera," but the subject of the film, Manchester…
Reporter-Threatening Japanese Gangster: One Scary Dude
Some secret Japanese government files have emerged about Tadamasa Goto, the Yakuza gangster boss who's threatened the life of American reporter Jake Adelstein and his family. And—we hate to say it—but it really sounds like Goto is not a guy you would want to be threatening your life. The file notes that he both pays…
US Surgeons Save Japanese Gangster, Who Can Return To Menacing Reporters
Earlier this month we told you about Jake Adelstein, the American reporter who spent 15 years covering organized crime in Japan and who now, unfortunately, finds himself and his family marked for death by an angry gangster. Adelstein's tormentor, Yakuza boss Tadamasa Goto, has been very sick lately; Adelstein's hope…
Reporter Marked For Death By Japanese Mob: It's Not As Cool As In Movies
Jake Adelstein is an American reporter who spent the last 15 years covering Japanese organized crime for that nation's largest paper. I have to admit I always thought the Japanese yakuza crime syndicates were some overblown fantasy movie creation, but turns out they're actually very real, 80,000 strong, and they want…
