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It's one of the most explosive Mob investigations in New York City history, told by the detectives who hunted the mobsters involved—and two members of their own police force who were willing to kill for the Mafia. This may be the biggest Mob story of them all. It has everything you need money, violent crooks, killings and the betrayal of two cops who were supposed to be working for the NYPD but were actually feeding information to the Mafia. This story is 18 years in the making. It involves the stealing of nearly $300 million in cash, jewels, and goods. It includes at least a dozen known murders and involves all five New York Mafia families. Most importantly it involves a group of Mafia detectives that worked the case from start to finish - guys who normally dont go public. Guys who have until now never told their story. They use sophisticated surveillance tools combined with New York street smarts to beat the bad guys.
Personal stories and candid interviews reveal the secret truth inside Tokyo’s infamous organized crime syndicate—the yakuza—and the law enforcement officers responsible for tracking them down.
NGC takes viewers to the streets of South Central Los Angeles as it charts the rise of two of the most notorious gangs in America: the Bloods and the Crips. Follow along as an emerging cocaine trade fuels staggering levels of bloodshed and the streets of Los Angeles begin to resemble a war zone. Exclusive interviews include Bloods founder T Rodgers; original Crip Angelo "Barefoot Pookie" White; former LAPD chief Darryl Gates; and LAPD gang unit veteran Tony Moreno.
Showdown in Manila
25 hostages. One gunman. Who was he and what did he want? Learn the details of Manila hostage crisis, its victims, and its survivors.
In the late 1980s the Arellano-Felix brothers take over the Tijuana Cartel. Using a network of tunnels, modified cars, boats and planes they flood the US with billions of dollars worth of drugs; quickly establishing themselves as the worlds largest smugglers of cocaine. To protect this business the brothers recruit and train an army of American gang bangers. When rival cartels attempt to muscle in on their business the result is a war that claims thousands of lives. Mexican and US law enforcement join forces to take the Brothers down but they're powerless to stop a wave of violence engulfing Tijuana.
An average of three people die in Vegas without next of kin. It’s the job of the Las Vegas Public Administrator's Office to piece together an entire life from its remnants, secure valuables, find a will (if there is one) and seek out heirs.
It was an iconic moment in mob history. Now, through chilling re-enactments and forensic analysis see if you can solve mob history's most enduring whodunit in Valentine's Day Massacre.'Scarface' Al Capone and George 'Bugs' Moran are two of Chicago's most infamous gangsters - legendary hard men forever bound together by the city's worst-ever mob crime.The names are also associated with the St Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 when seven of Moran's men were brutally gunned down in an abandoned garage.Most reports linked Moran's rival Capone to the massacre but, despite decades of investigation, no one has ever been brought to justice over the killings.
Television had a front row seat on March 30, 1981 when 25-year-old college dropout John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan. NGC takes a look at both the eyewitness accounts and the remarkable video of the assassination attempt, taken by three different network cameramen. See how key members of the Reagan administration gathered in the top-secret situation room as they managed the emergency. Discover why this situation lifted President Regan to new heights of public approval.
Chronicling a conflict that has spanned more than a decade and bridged generations, Inside the Afghanistan War delivers a comprehensive 360-degree view of a complex war, from its swift and relentless beginnings to the eve of the U.S. pullout in 2014.
Raw footage of combat, rare photos, and intimate firsthand accounts capture all angles of the war from the soldiers’ viewpoint and offer an in-depth perspective never before seen by the American public. From the producers of Inside 9/11 and Inside the Iraq War, Inside the Afghanistan War takes an unflinching look at America’s longest war as experienced by the men and women on the front lines.
Behind the scenes of the Special Handling Unit of Australia's toughest jail, Casuarina Maximum Security..
In 2005, journalist Lisa Ling visited a maximum security prison to learn more about the inmates and guards and to provide a rare look at life behind bars, and now Lisa Ling returns to take another look at a maximum security prison.
Follow along with this investigation into MS-13, an international criminal street gang who got their start during the 1970s in Los Angeles and grew to become notoriously ruthless gang with up to 50,000 members worldwide and 10,000 in the U.S. alone.
The use of methamphetamine as a recreational drug is closely examined to shed light on why this drug is such an addictive and dangerous substance, especially now that it is often laced with a synthetic opioid called fentanyl.
Two infamously harsh prisons are in Latin America; two L.A. gang members face continual attacks in Mexico City's Santa Martha detention center; a council of inmates runs Lurigancho Prison in Peru because the authorities have given up.
