I was a real-life mobster who starred in The Godfather, slept with Marilyn Monroe… and escaped DEATH from Pablo Escobar

FEW got on the wrong side of drug lord Pablo Escobar and lived to tell the tale – let alone survived him putting out a ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN

Federal sting topples 18th Street Gang’s tented drug market in California

Authorities in Los Angeles moved to reclaim MacArthur Park Thursday, announcing the arrest of 12 members and associates of the 18th Street gang. The massive sweep targeted a criminal enterprise that ...

2,700 pounds of meth seized in Northern California drug bust is one of the largest in U.S. history

Authorities say they have dismantled a major drug trafficking organization operating out of Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Calaveras counties.

A tale of two cities: Why San Francisco is rebounding and Los Angeles isn’t

Thanks to the moderating influence of Silicon Valley, San Francisco seems capable of escaping total control by organized ...

Feds arrest alleged members of powerful LA street gang in sweeping drug trafficking bust

Prosecutors allege members of 18th Street, one of L.A.'s most powerful street gangs, transformed MacArthur Park into an "open ...
NBC Los Angeles

Feds say gang operated ‘open-air drug marketplace' in LA neighborhood

The suspected Mexican Mafia-affiliated 18th Street gang members in LA blended in to the MacArthur Park homeless population by operating out of tents.

Several members of Los Angeles street gang arrested on federal charges alleging murder, drug trafficking

A federal indictment alleges that members of the gang used MacArthur Park as an open-air marketplace for drug trafficking.

FBI launches massive raid on 18th Street Gang across Los Angeles — see their huge haul

Federal agents carried out a raid and arrested “several members and associates” of the 18th Street Gang Thursday morning.
Nottinghamshire Live

Nottingham gang who peddled drugs including 'super-heroin' jailed for nearly 90 years

The gang - that included three generations of the same family - were caught when their drone crashed into a tree ...

U.S. Expands Fight Against Latin American Drug Gangs With Ecuador Operation

Ecuador has become a crucial transit country for moving cocaine to the U.S. and Europe from neighboring Colombia.

What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment, and why evidence points elsewhere

Since President Donald Trump issued a July 2025 executive order aimed at "ending crime and disorder on America's streets," national attention has increasingly focused on involuntary treatment as a ...