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In 1980s New York, two opposing factions of the American Mafia split the Gambino crime family down the middle; the old school and the new school struggle against one another; one murderous capo emerges as the Boss of Bosses.

Kingpin

John Gotti

In the 1970s in Colombia, a petty thief rises to become the most powerful criminal in history, unleashing a bloody reign of terror to create the first global drug cartel and become the first billionaire kingpin of the 20th century.

Pablo Escobar

In the 1990s, three violent cartels battled for control of the Mexican drug world; one brutally ambitious Narco, known as El Chapo, rose above the rest to create one unified cartel, and become the most powerful criminal in Mexico's history.

El Chapo

While the Boston underworld was in chaos in the 1970s, Whitey Bulger schemed and killed his way through the ranks to become the most famous gangster in Boston history as well as the the subject of the longest manhunt in U.S. history.

Whitey Bulger

The journeys of some of the most well-known names in the world of crime, and a look at how they began as unknown thugs and transformed into globally notorious kings of crime.

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