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The Mafia is perhaps the most powerful criminal organization ever to have existed. Emerging in late-19th-century Sicily, it soon spread across Italy and the United States, creating a crime empire based on racketeering, drug smuggling, and ruthless intimidation.This lavish full-colour hardback is the complete history of the notorious organization from the ragtag bandits who terrorized the populations of rural Sicily through to the notorious gangsters of the Prohibition era to the Five Families that dominated the New York mob for much of the 20th century.Filled with infamous characters such as Al Capone, Charles ''Lucky'' Luciano, Toto Riina, and John Gotti, this book is a definitive history of the Mafia.

Even as security has grown ever stronger and the techniques to catch criminals are more advanced than ever, serial killers still find a way to conduct their murderous business. In the 21st century, violent killers have used modern technology to help them commit their horrific crimes. Some look to the internet to stalk their victims, while the dark web is home to a shadowy world of illegal weapon sales, murder-for-hire sites and criminal forums providing tips on how to kill and get away with it.This book includes:• Philip Markoff, aka the Craigslist Killer, who used the e-commerce site Craigslist to solicit victims• Stephen Paddock, who killed 60 people and injured nearly 1,000 more after opening fire at a music festival in Las Vegas• Maury Travis, who sent a map with his victims'' locations to the detectives on the case, daring them to find the man behind the murder.ABOUT THE SERIES: The True Crime Casefiles series covers some of the most shocking crimes and notorious criminals and psychopaths of all time, without shying away from the grisly details. These books include psychological profiles, witness testimonies, court proceedings and more, accompanied by chilling photographs of the people and places involved.

This striking hardback guide brings together shocking case histories of the world''s most horrifying killers and their egregious crimes, illustrated throughout with chilling full-colour photographs.Serial killers lead double lives. To those that know them best, they may seem normal, or even charming, yet beneath their pleasant exterior lurks a dark secret. When left to their own devices, they commit some of the most atrocious deeds imaginable, taking pleasure in the pain of their victims and rejoicing in their ability to killing sprees. Killer Psychopaths examines the lives, crimes, and motivations of these terrifying individuals.This terrifying volume features the gory deeds of such infamous criminals as:• Robert Pickton, the farmer who left the remains of his victims for his pigs to eat,• Harold Shipman, the quintessential Angel of Death who murdered more than 200 people over the course of his medical career,• Paul Knowles, The Casanova Killer who killed, raped and stole with abandon across the country,• Katherine Knight, who butchered, skinned and beheaded her husband before serving his corpse for dinner,• and Vlado Taneski, the journalist who covered his own murders for his day job.Fully illustrated with maps, photographs, illustrations, and information boxes with key facts on the killers and their crimes, this chilling book is the essential guide to those who decide to kill and kill again.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Illustrated Case Files are striking, photo-filled hardbacks, delving into sinister cases of true crime, conspiracies and the paranormal, offering a powerful glimpse into darker side of life.

Žijí mezi námi mnohdy zcela bez povšimnutí. Nebezpeční a zvrácení jedinci, z jejichž ohavných činů běhá mráz po zádech. Touha zabíjet je pro ně totiž silnější než cokoliv jiného. Tato kniha odhaluje případy těch nejodpornějších vrahů, jejichž rukou, než je spravedlnost konečně dostihla, zahynulo nespočet obětí.

Mindenkinek vannak titkai, amiket meg szeretne őrizni. Nem volt ez másként a múltban sem. A tudás birtoklásán sokak élete és birodalmak sorsa múlott. Mindig voltak hát olyanok, akik el akarták lopni mások ismereteit. Egyes dolgokat azonban el kellett mondani másoknak, például parancsot kellett osztani, de úgy, hogy csak azokhoz jusson el, akikre tartozott. Akinek ez sikerült az diadalmaskodott, akinek nem az az életével fizetett. A titkolódzók és a kódtörők versenyfutása ma is tart. Mi már a szuperszámítógépek és a kvantum-kódok korszakában élünk. Közben egyes tinédzserek a laptopjukról törik fel a legvédettebb katonai rendszereket. Ez a könyv - bemutatva a legizgalmasabb kódfejtések, feltörések történetét - nem csak arról szól hogyan jutottunk idáig, de - a titkosírás és a kódfejtés legfontosabb ismereteinek átadásával - megtaníthat arra is, miképp védhetjük meg a saját titkainak.