Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is the name given to an ape-like creature that some believe to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually...
The Abominable Snowman or Yeti is said to be an ape-like creature taller than an average human, that inhabits the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet.
The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used...
Fortean phenomena (or Forteana) are paranormal or anomalous happenings that defy natural explanation.
They include rains of frogs, fish, stones, dead birds, flesh, and snakes, stigmata (sudden...
The 'Ndrangheta is a criminal organization in Italy, centered in Calabria (near Sicily).
Despite not being as famous abroad as the Sicilian Cosa Nostra (or Mafia), the 'Ndrangheta managed...
Triad refers to the many branches of Chinese transnational organized crime organizations based in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and also in countries with significant Chinese populations, such as the...
Yakuza, also known as gokudo, are members of transnational organized crime syndicates in Japan.
The Japanese police and media (by request of the police) call them boryokudan, while the yakuza call...
Mara Salvatrucha (commonly known as MS, Mara, and MS-13) is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and...
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist, elusive cocaine trafficker, and one-time head of the Medellin crime cartel.
In...
The Russian Mafia (Russkaya Mafiya) is a term used to refer to the collective of various organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union. Most of the individual groups share...
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout, a.k.a. Vadim Markovich Aminov, Viktor Bulakin, Victor Anatoliyevich Bout, Victor But, Viktor Budd, or Viktor Butt (born 13 January 1967, near Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet...