The Sopranos and Goodfellas writers joining forces for new mafia drama series for Showtime By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 01:31 BST, 2 August 2020 | Updated: 01:53 BST, 2 August 2020 A couple of high-profile veteran writers in the mafia genre are set to dive back into the underworld of crime and mobsters. Showtime … Read more
The secret lover of notorious mobster Meyer Lansky has revealed details of her 12-year affair with kingpin for the first time, describing him ‘gentle soul’ who could be ‘moved to tears by life’s injustices’ in spite of his infamous criminal exploits. Lansky was one of the wealthiest and most feared mobsters in America for more … Read more
A major police operation in 2018 targeted the ‘Ndrangheta families based in the southern Italian city of Locri in the Calabria region – the rural, mountainous and under-developed ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot and the heartland of the worldwide crime group. Despite intense police attention and frequent arrests, the ‘Ndrangheta – which derives its meaning from … Read more
The Mafia is handing out food to Italy’s needy and offering interest-free loans to impose control over people’s lives and capitalise on the country’s coronavirus crisis. Anti-mafia author Roberto Saviano, who wrote the script for Italian crime drama Gomorrah, told journalists yesterday that at the most basic level, the mob is handing out groceries to … Read more