The world's most evil gangs

Crime DOES pay. There's no denying it. And in pursuit of riches and power, those outside the law have always tended to band together? spawning today's murky, brutal world of organised crime. The origins of the archetypical gangster can be traced to 1920s America, when Prohibition turned street-corner hoodlums into rich and powerful businessmen. But today highly organised ferociously protective gangs are prevalent throughout the world. Despite their despicable methods, we are still fascinated by their labyrinthe networks. How did these gangs form? How do they wield their power? H.

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: FROM THE GUTTER TO A TRILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS; CHAPTER 2: MONSTERS WHO BECAME MOGULS OF THE MOB; CHAPTER 3: 'WISE GUYS': OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF MOBSTERS; CHAPTER 4: THE SYNDICATE SUMMIT THAT SHOOK AMERICA; CHAPTER 5: HOW THE GANGSTER SQUAD NAILED THE RIMAN; CHAPTER 6: CROONERS, CUBA, KENNEDY AND THE STAR-STRUCK DONS; CHAPTER 7: DEATH OF GODFATHERS -- ONE PEACEFULLY, ONE IN A HAIL OF BULLETS; CHAPTER 8: UNION MOBSTERS WHO CONTROLLED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS; CHAPTER 9: THE MAFIA'S NEMESIS ... AND HOW TERRORISM TOOK THE HEAT OFF.

Chapter 10: an unholy alliance between wartime villainschapter 11: the gangland curse of the cruel krays; chapter 12: the terrible retribution of the torture gang; chapter 13: 'one dare touch us -- we've more guns than the police'; chapter 14: a chubby mobster's murderous mayhem; chapter 15: 'bikies' ride out ... into an all-out war; chapter 16: tattooed and terrifying: the kiwi crime wave; chapter 17: blatant public face of japan's underworld; chapter 18: the triads a chinese mult -- billion pound take-away; chapter 19: olympian task for shanty town gangbusters.

Chapter 20: the mobsters who mak…