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From the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells Angels Motorcycle Club comes the inside story of the 21-month operation that almost cost him his family, his sanity, and his life. Getting shot in the chest as a rookie agent, bartering for machine guns, throttling down the highway at 100 mph, and responding to a full-scale, bloody riot between the Hells Angels and their rivals, the Mongols-these are just a few of the high-adrenaline experiences Dobyns recounts in this action-packed, hard-to-imagine-but-true story. Dobyns leaves no stone of his harrowing journey unturned. At runs and clubhouses, between rides and riots, Dobyns befriends bad-ass bikers, meth-fueled "old ladies," gun fetishists, psycho-killer ex-cons, and even some of the "Filthy Few"--the elite of the Hells Angels who've committed extreme violence on behalf of their club. Eventually, at parties staged behind heavily armed security, he meets legendary club members such as Chuck Zito, Johnny Angel, and the godfather of all bikers, Ralph "Sonny" Barger. To blend in with them, he gets full-arm ink; to win their respect, he vows to prove himself a stone-cold killer. Hardest of all is leading a double life, which has him torn between his devotion to his wife and children, and his pledge to become the first federal agent ever to be "fully patched" into the Angels' near-impregnable ranks. His act is so convincing that he comes within a hairsbreadth of losing himself. Eventually, he realizes that just as he's been infiltrating the Hells Angels, they' ve been infiltrating him. And just as they're not all bad, he's not all good. Reminiscent of Donnie Brasco's uncovering of the true Mafia, this is an eye-opening portrait of the world of bikers--the most in-depth since Hunter Thompson's seminal work-one that fully describes the seductive lure criminal camaraderie has for men who would otherwise be powerless outsiders. Here is all the nihilism, hate, and intimidation, but also the freedom-and, yes, brotherhood-of the only truly American form of organized crime.

Tommy "Karate" Pitera was not like other men in the mob. Sure he was a made man for the Bonanno crime family. Sure he dealt drugs, kept women, and flaunted his money. Sure he killed people. But there was something different about him, something unhinged. There were lots of guys in the Five Families who killed people, lots of guys who did ghastly things, but most if not all of those killers were afraid of man they called "Karate." There were stories, rumors really, that floated around about Pitera, and if even half the rumors were true, that was enough to make people stay away from him. The rumors talked about his squeaky high voice--Mickey Mouse with a Brooklyn accent--that didn′t fit his large, lanky frame. They talked about the strange ways that he killed people and the things he did when he was angry. The rumors discussed how people had a way of disappearing when Pitera was around, but instead of turning up dead, they didn′t turn up at all. The rumors spoke of a secret cemetery he had somewhere in the five boroughs, a place where the bodies of his victims would remain forever nameless. Jim Hunt came from a long line of law enforcement. Originally a member of the NYPD, he joined the DEA and never looked back. Like his father and grandfather before him, fighting crime was in his blood, and during his storied career at the DEA he′d bagged his share of bad guys. But nothing like what he encountered when he first started investigating Tommy "Karate" Pitera. What started as a routine look into a cocaine and heroin ring in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn during the 1980s grew exponentially, as Hunt uncovered the layers of death that surrounded Pitera. Entering into the shadowy world of wire taps, stakeouts, and informants, Hunt managed to turn the handful of Pitera′s closest confidants against him in his pursuit. By the end, Hunt estimated that Pitera might have killed as many as sixty people. Offering the first ever detailed look at the life and crimes of Pitera, Philip Carlo explores the man behind some of the most horrific murders in the mob′s history and the multi-year DEA investigation that brought him down. Getting inside the mind of both killer and detective, Carlo details the delicate game of cat and mouse that resulted in the conviction of a mafia killer unlike any other. A dual tale of murder, drugs, money, and ultimately justice, Gravesend gives us Carlo′s most frightening portrayal yet of the depraved depths of the psychopath′s mind.

Throughout the late eighties and nineties, a gang of young Asian refugees cut a bloody swath through New York's Chinatown. They were the lost children of the Vietnam War, severed from their families by violence and cast adrift in a strange land. Banding together under the leadership of a megalomaniacal young psychopath, David Thai, they took their name from a slogan they had seen on helicopters and the helmets of U.S. soldiers: "Born to Kill." For a decade their empire was unassailable, built on a foundation of fear, ruthlessness, and unimaginable brutality--until one courageous gang brother helped bring it down from the inside.

In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia--characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito--interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD detectives indicted for carrying out eight gangland executions. Through these unforgettable real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories, Jimmy Breslin captures the moments in which the mob was made and broken.

This of it as a kind of tax. Every time you buy a pizza, or a hamburger, or new clothes, or use a product that has traveled in a truck, the odds are that you are paying a tribute to one of America's crime families. This book shows that the Mafia, and the larger crime syndicate that it dominates, has control over much of what the public regards as legitimate business. And when the Dons dominate the marketplace, they bring murder, arson, and violence with them.

Meticulously documented, lavishly detailed, exhaustively researched, and written with an eye for truths that have remained largely hidden, this edition provides a reliable source of information about the violent and lawless era of the '20s and '30s.

In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop named Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective.The Rescue Artist is a rollicking narrative that carries readers deep inside the art underworld -- and introduces them to a large and colorful cast of titled aristocrats, intrepid investigators, and thick-necked thugs. But most compelling of all is Charley Hill himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm whose hunt for a purloined treasure would either cap an illustrious career or be the fiasco that would haunt him forever.

"It's over. You'd have to be Ray Charles not to see it." ?former New Jersey capo Ron Previte, on the mob today As a cop, Ron Previte was corrupt. As a mobster he was brutal. And in his final role, as a confidential informant to the FBI, Previte was deadly. The Last Gangster is his story?the story of the last days of the Philadelphia Mob, and of the clash of generations that brought it down once and for all. For 35 years Ron Previte roamed the underworld. A six?foot, 300?pound capo in the Philadelphia?South Jersey crime family, he ran every mob scam and gambit from drug trafficking and prostitution to the extortion of millions from Atlantic City. In his own words, "Every day was a different felony." By the 1990s, Previte, an old?school workhorse, found himself answering to younger mob bosses like "Skinny Joe" Merlino, who seemed increasingly spoiled, cocky, and careless. Convinced that the honor of the "business" was gone, he became the FBI's secret weapon in an intense and highly personalized war on the Philadelphia mob. Operating with the same guile, wit, and stone?cold bravado that had made him a force in the underworld?and armed with only a wiretap secured to his crotch?Previte recorded it all; the murder, the mayhem, and even the story of mob boss Ralph Natale's affair with his youngest daughter's best friend. Previte and his FBI cronies eventually prevailed, securing the convictions of his nemeses, "Skinny Joey" Merlino and Ralph Natale.

The First Inside Account of the MafiaIn the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers--and where the bodies were buried--Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures.The rest is history.Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposé. broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinating tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder.

This is the explosive true story of the only man ever to infiltrate the Hells Angels organization as an FBI informant, uncovering the truth about the notorious biker gang's netherworld of evil, lust, and violence.A chilling crime story that strips away the Hell's Angels's image to reveal a powerful and deadly organized crime syndicate.The author's acceptance into the highest ranks of the gang led to an unprecedented FBI sting operation and 42 arrests.

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year?A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November.... A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world's most powerful dictatorships.? ?Washington PostIn this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes ?capitalism's monster??global kleptocracy?and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us.They are everywhere, the thieves and their people. Masters of secrecy. Until now we have detected their presence only by what they leave behind. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh Desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London.They have amassed more money than most countries. But what they are really stealing is power.In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption: the troublemaker from Basingstoke who stumbles on the secrets of a Swiss bank, the ex-Soviet billionaire constructing a private empire, the righteous Canadian lawyer with a mysterious client, and the Brooklyn crook protected by the CIA.Glimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In Kleptopia, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.

Kriminalinspektør Irene Huss efterforsker mordet på en ung pige, og det fører hende ind i et uhyggeligt kriminelt miljø, hvor skruppelløse bagmænd handler med kvinder. Irene opdager, at trafficking-netværket strækker sig ud over hele Europa, og da hun finder ud af, at en af de mest grusomme alfonser befinder sig i Göteborg, kommer der for alvor skred i sagen.Krimiserien om kriminalinspektør Irene Huss fra Gøteborg består af ti bind. "Manden med det lille ansigt" er syvende bind i serien.Helene Tursten (f. 1954) er en svensk krimiforfatter. Hun er uddannet sygeplejerske og tandlæge, men debuterede i 1998 med "Den knuste tang-hest", som er første bind i serien om den kvindelige kriminalinspektør Irene Huss. Hun fik hurtigt en stor læserskare, bøgerne er oversat til blandt andet norsk, dansk, engelsk og tysk, og mange af dem er desuden filmatiseret.

For fans of the Netflix show Narcos and readers of true crime, Kilo is a deeply reported account of life inside Colombia’s drug cartels, using unprecedented access in the cartels to trace a kilo of cocaine—from the fields where it is farmed, to the hit men who protect it, to the smuggling ships that bring it to American shores."Toby Muse’s tautly written account of his intimate prowl through Colombia’s narco world is both compelling and unforgettable. With Kilo, cocaine now has its own Dispatches. Simply kickass.” — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker and author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeCocaine is glamour, sex and murder. From the badlands of Colombia, it stretches across the globe, seducing, corrupting and destroying. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages and the nightclubs of the cities, attracting money, sex, and death. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical. The killers, the drug-lords, all find themselves seduced by cocaine and trapped in her world.Seasoned war correspondent Toby Muse has witnessed each level of this underworld, fueled by the appetite for cocaine in America and Europe. In this riveting chronicle, he takes the reader inside Colombia’s notorious drug cartels to offer a never before look at the drug trade. Following a kilo of cocaine from its production in a clandestine laboratory to the smugglers who ship it abroad, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy. Reporting on Colombia for the world’s most prestigious networks and publications, Muse gained unprecedented access to the extraordinary people who survive on the drug trade—farmers, smugglers, assassins—and the drug lords and their lovers controlling these multi-billion dollar enterprises. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, he shows the allure and the madness of cocaine. And how the War on Drugs has been no match for cocaine.Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. A human portrait of criminals and the shocking details of their lives, Kilo is a chilling, unforgettable story that takes you deep into the belly of the beast.Kilo includes 16 pages of photographs.

Kim Vinbjerg var i sin ungdom med til at grundlægge Christiania, men en skæbnesvanger handling en dejlig sommerdag i 1986 piner ham og han bliver nødt til at træffe et svært valg. Kims fortid som anonym sæddonor indhenter ham - kan han virkelig være far til sin datters kæreste? Kim har det svært, er omgivet af mange stærke kvinder og bliver pludselig ufrivilligt indblandet i en gruppe unges besættelse af Vor Frelsers Kirke på Christianshavn. Det ender med, at Kim må på flugt fra sin fortid, og på jagt efter nye svar ender han i Paris, der er på den anden ende på grund af gadekampe mellem unge og politiet ...

EXPECT NO MERCY: En rockers erindringer af Lennart Elkjær og Søren Baastrup er en biografi fra Bandidos rockeren Lennart Elkjær, fortalt fra hans topsikrede celle i Vridsløse Statsfængsel.I bogen fortæller Lennart om hvordan han blev uofficiel leder af Ballerups underverden, om hvordan han blev optaget i Bandidos midt i rockerkrigen, og om hvordan ham og hans tidligere bedste ven, Mickey Borgfjord, pludselig blev dødsfjender.Bogen forklarer også mordet på Mickey, der d. 17. september 2003 blev sprængt i stykker, da han startede sin bil foran Glostrup Hospital. Lennart fik livstid for dette mord.Derudover, fortæller Lennart også om livet i fængsel, om fire børn og fire ægteskaber, og om hans troskab til den kriminelle verden.Gateway /title /head body center h1 502 Bad Gateway /h1 /center /body /htmlSøren Baastrup (f. 1975) er uddannet journalist fra Danmarks journalisthøjskole.Han har tidligere bl.a. været chefredaktør på månedsmagasinet FHM og udviklingsredaktør i Benjamin Media.I dag er han forfatter og freelancejournalist.Søren Baastrup har tidligere bl.a. skrevet den kritikerroste "Bedrag på 1. klasse" (2011) om storsvindleren Amanda Jacobsen

Cyberterrorism in the 21st century is now one of the greatest threats to global security and information. It transcends national borders (and by extension national legal systems), making it difficult for individual countries to formulate a cohesive defence plan against it. The world is yet to see any serious acts of cyberterrorism targeting multiple countries at once, but there''s a need for countries to develop legal precedents to deal with this should it happen. This book investigates cyberterrorism in terms of the conventions and legislation developed in response to the growing need to protect the digital infrastructure and information of citizens, companies and governments. It looks at the challenges faced by international organisations in first defining then responding and curbing cyberterrorism. Following this is analysis of legal provisions, with case studies of enforcement and of jurisdiction of these provisions.Unique in the way that all aspects of cyberterrorism are considered, from initial infringement to eventual prosecution, this book provides recommendations and guidance to law-based post-graduates and professionals working on digital crime, and to those interested in national and international legal legislation against it.

Læserne og anmelderne var begejstret for Carsten Busk debut spændingsroman ”Auditøren – Intet er som det syner”” Auditøren er kort og godt en toptunet Pageturner” 
skrev bla. Finn Hansen. KrimicirklenDen superseje Auditør og hendes faste følgesvende, er nu tilbage i opfølgeren.DARKNET - DEN 6. ENGEL.Charlotte Winther løber en tur i Nørreskoven langs Vejle fjord. Snefnug falder blidt på hendes kolde næse. Der er bare 14 dage til jul. En forsvunden person viser sig, og hun hvivles ind i opklaring af en gruopvækkende sag.Kriminelle er brudt ind på et topsikret P4 laboratorie i Rotterdam. En forsker fra laboratoriet bliver bragt ind på et lokalt hospital, men dør kort efter ankomsten af uforklarlige årsager.Darknet, internettets onde lillebror tilbyder alt hvad tvivlsomme købere med ikke sporbare betalingsmidler vil have. Og nu er der noget særligt på auktion.Sporerne trækker i retning af Danois. Danskeren, fra Fremmedlegionens hemmelige verden. Forsvundne og evigt forbundne venner bevæger sig, dybt ind et i kriminelt parallelt univers. Et dæmonisk fællesskab hvor lyset, er mørket.” Charlotte Winther, er i den grad tilbage, fedt”” Det er satme noget skrammel, hvis det findes i virkeligheden. God bog” Sovende børn, stempelkaffe, P-tærter og årets fedeste krimi”

Udenfor er det frost, og Stockholm er helt hvid. Inde bag luksusvillaens skudsikre ruder sidder en ung kvinde, alene med sin lille datter. Den mand, hun troede ville tage sig af hende, er forsvundet. Inderst inde ved Karin godt, at han ikke kommer tilbage. Hun ved også godt, hvor alle pengene kom fra. At John var kriminel og leder af en bande. At det, han og hans venner lavede, var lyssky, voldeligt – og indbringende. Hun havde indrettet sig i en ansvarsfri tilværelse, forkælet og forsørget af John. Nu er der kun resterne tilbage. En stor, tom villa, som kongens foged vil sætte på tvangsauktion. En garderobe fuld af dyrt modetøj. En bil med en halv tank benzin.De ubetalte regninger hober sig op. Og ”familien” som det hedder på mafiasprog – de mennesker hun troede var hendes venner – har ladt hende i stikken. Byen er hvid. Udenfor vælter sneen ned. Hun er alene med Dream og konsekvenserne af sine egne valg. Karolina Ramqvist (f. 1976) er svensk journalist og forfatter. Med sine to seneste romaner, Hans pige og Altings begyndelse, har hun placeret sig som en af sin generations mest markante forfattere i Sverige.Den hvide by er en selvstændig fortsættelse af romanen Hans pige, som udkom på dansk i 2009.

Med denne roman præsenteres en ny og meget spændende ung svensk forfatterinde for et dansk publikum. Karolina Ramqvist skriver medrivende om hvordan det er at være en gangsters kæreste. En grum effektivt fortalt stærk og stilsikker historie om en kvinde der er gidsel i sit eget liv og – som man efterhånden opdager – er en tikkende bombe. Alle mænd før ham havde sagt at de ville tage hånd om hende men John købte et fandens dyrt hus. Nu går hun omkring i det hus og venter på ham alene med udgangsforbud når han er ude på et af sine job. Tilværelsen er ikke den hun kunne ønske men huset er der jo – som et bevis på deres kærlighed. Hvorfor er hun sammen med en mand som lever af vold og forbrydelse? Hun tænker på hvordan det er blevet sådan hvad der har fået hende til det på den pris hun må betale og om det virkelig er et rigtigt livsvalg. Samtidig vil veninderne feste og snakke og små glimt fra den almindelige verden minder hende om hvordan det kunne have været. Kæresten – med originaltitlen ”Flickvännen” og som fik en bragende flot modtagelse i Sverige – handler om mennesker der tager de forkerte valg i livet.En vedkommende bog der stiller de tankevækkende og foruroligende spørgsmål om moral: hvad er rigtigt og forkert? Hvor langt vil vi gå for penge opmærksomhed begær kærlighed og bekræftelse? Hvad vil vi affinde os med?En roman der under sit kolde ydre og sit langsomme tempo stiller knivskarpe spørgsmål om magt og underkastelse - og om kvinder og mænd -  i dagens Danmark Sverige eller hvor som helst.  Karolina Ramqvist er chefredaktør på magasinet Arena og er fast klummeskribent i Dagens Nyheter.Hun er en modig og tankevækkende stemme i samfundsdebatten og blev for mange kendt (også i DK) for sin medvirken i den feministiske antologi Fisseflokken (1999).