Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack

Examine the biggest and most powerful organized crime syndicate since the Cosa Nostra: the Russian Mafiya, which inherited much of what was formerly KGB turf after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Chinese Triads are quickly earning a reputation as one of the fiercest and most brutal organized crime gangs in the world. This episode explores the growth of various Triad crime syndicates situated throughout China.

A vast Mexican mafia moves drugs through U.S. and Mexican prisons, controlling politicians on both sides of the border.

Examine the influence of over 700 Japanese Yakuza gangs and the 'boryokudan' soldiers, the most violent of them all. These organized crime syndicates in Japan are major menaces all over the Pacific Rim. This episode details their extreme ruthlessness and strict codes of violence.

Examine the possible link between long-time mafia mob boss of New Orleans Carlos Marcelo and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The episode examines evidence that proves Marcelo may have had a hand in the plan to eliminate him and offers a brief history of organized crime in New Orleans.

Explore the Neopolitan and Sicilian Cosa Nostra borgatas and their mob ties to American organized crime as well as infiltration of Italian business and government. This episode details American mafiosi re-establishing ties to their ancestral homeland, rediscovering old partners in crime and creating new ventures such as drug trafficking from Pakistan and Afghanistan.