organized crime
Headlines
Headline News August 25, 2013: Hong Kong Cracks Down on Triads, Syria Warns Middle East, Nordic Newspapers Write UK PM David Cameron
Silvio Berlusconi Threatens to Bring Down Italian Government Muslim Brotherhood Leader in Exile in London Hong Kong Police Arrest 1,800 in Crackdown on Triads Doctors Without Borders Confirms Gas Attacks in Syria Australian Politician Blames the United States’ Lax Gun Laws for Killing of Chris Lane Nigerian Islamists Accused of Slaughtering Villagers Nordic Newspapers Write […]
Read MoreNews
The Rise of Macau: How the World’s Gambling Capital Transformed Itself
Macau, once a colony of Portugal and only handed back over to China a little over a decade ago, is the gambling capital of the world with five times the annual gambling revenue of Las Vegas. Benjamin Carlson’s Broken Tooth and New Macau for Foreign Press is a tale of gambling, organized crime, and urban resurgence that uses […]
Read MoreNews
Russian Mafia Leader Aslan Usoyan Gunned Down Outside of Central Moscow Restaurant Karetny Dvor
- January 16, 2013
- 2014 Winter Olympics
- Aslan Usoyan
- assassin
- assassination
- black market
- Central Moscow
- Europe
- Gorbachev
- Gorbachev era
- Grandpa Khasan
- Karetny Dvor
- mafia
- Moscow
- organized crime
- protection racket
- Russia
- Russian Federation
- Russian Investigative Committee
- Russian mafia
- sniper
- Sochi
- Soviet Union
- Usoyan
Russian mafia boss Aslan Usoyan, a 75-year-old gangster nicknamed Grandpa Khasan, was shot in the head by a sniper atop the sixth floor of an adjacent building according to a Russian Investigative Committee report. Usoyan later died at a hospital, leaving his organization leaderless, leading law-enforcement officials to fear for the outbreak of a violent […]
Read More