Name: Lords of the Mafia
Released: 1999-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Available on The CW

A look at the international growth of organized crime.

Documentary · 1999 · 46 min

EPISODE 1

Russian Mafiya

With the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, Russia became fertile ground for organized criminal organizations that soon greatly diversified and expanded operations around the world.

45 min · Oct 15, 1999
EPISODE 2

Chinese Triads

Lester Lloyd Coke, otherwise known as Jim Brown, was the leader of the much-feared Jamaican criminal organization called the Shower Posse that was responsible for highly profitable money-laundering operations and running drugs and weapons.

45 min · Oct 21, 1999
EPISODE 3

Mexican Mafia

Whether by land, sea, or sky, Amado Carrillo Fuentes delivered narcotics to the United States by synergizing cartel operations in Mexico, and by finding new ways to compel authorities to either acquiesce or pay the ultimate price.

44 min · Oct 28, 1999
EPISODE 4

Japanese Yakuza

The structure and violent code of the Japanese mob known as the yakuza, headed until 1989 by Yoshinori Watanabe, whose family still remains the most powerful of the gangs.

45 min · Oct 28, 1999
EPISODE 5

The Godfather vs. the President

Agents investigate New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello for involvement in John F. Kennedy's assassination.

45 min · Oct 30, 1999
EPISODE 6

The Mafia in Italy Today

By the 1960s la Cosa Nostra in Italy and the United States began operating a narcotics network that would rapidly expand into a colossus, but within two decades, Italian Judge Giovanni Falcone was determined to dismantle the entire system.

45 min · Nov 4, 1999

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