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Mexican Mafia boss’ wife to serve 57 months in prison

The wife of reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia chief Johnny Martinez was sentenced Thursday to 57 months in federal prison ...
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TikTok’s mob wife aesthetic is far from the harsh reality of women in Italy’s world of organised crime

Felia Allum is a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). I am sitting in a cafe in downtown Naples listening to Signora Anna* give me an update on her life since her ...
Los Angeles Times

In Italy’s Puglia region, women take lead in challenging local mafia at great personal risk

LECCE, Italy — It was a scene straight out of “The Godfather.” On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher’s knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Francesca Mariano’s home ...
Time

Rebel with a Cause The real-life story of an anti-Mafia activist in Sicily makes for a handsome film with a political message

Mafia bosses tend not to talk a lot, and that’s too bad, because Tano Badalamenti would probably have something to say about I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps). The film’s title marks the distance ...