The United Kingdom spawned its own hard men still to this day regarded as good-natured villains. The Swinging Sixties in Britain was darkened by death and extortion from the Kray Twins to the Great Train Robbery. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack XII: Western Europe
After an initial slowness to act, authorities suddenly moved in the mid-1960s to deport both Dino Cellini and George Raft. ibid.
The Krays controlled half the crime in London while the Richardson gang mastered the rest. ibid.
The experts said it was impossible, unthinkable, organised crime doesn’t work that way, it would never happen. But the evidence proved them wrong. For years rumours have circulated that the world’s leading syndicates hold top-secret summit meetings, where the dark lords of the underworld plan strategies for spreading the virus of durgs, vice and corruption. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack XIII: A Global Menace
It was always thought this mutual hostility and competitive zeal was more lethal than bullets or wiretaps in preventing the alliance of criminal organisations, but no longer. ibid.
The mafia has gone nuclear. A syndicate has arisen from the shadows of the underworld, a mafia that is completely different than any other This criminal organisation deals in the most dangerous contraband ever to be traded on the black market. I’m talking about radioactive materials used to make nuclear bombs. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack XIV: The Nuclear Mafia
There have been hundreds of attempts to steal nuclear materials in Russia. Often the thefts can be traced to workers employed at nuclear facilities or research centres. ibid.
They pledged to defend the law, represent the will of the people. But time and again elected officials have sold their soul and betrayed us all for mob money. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack XV: Governments & Organised Crime: The Ultimate Betrayal
With the cooperation of local government, Luciano’s crime syndicate established a stronghold on the city. Luciano’s story is not unique. The cocaine cartels of Colombia began in much the same way … It’s the same old story in Japan. ibid.
Journey into the dark side of the soul into the nightmare world of mafia hitmen. Learn the secret to violent madness as you probe the minds of the killers from the underworld … The chief currency of all underworld empires is death. For the history of organised crime is a history soaked in blood. Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack XVI: Murder