Mafia: Warlords
In this 16 part series, Lords of the Mafia  presents a stark and unglamorous picture of organized crime’s global phenomenon.  What is it?  Where did it come from?  How does it effect everyday people?  Each episode looks at a specific gang within organized crime and shows viewers how that group operates and how it is ruled by its own "lord."  Also chronicled are law enforcement’s battles against the gangsters — a war in which the police are often out-gunned, out-manned and out-financed.Disc 1 – The Nuclear Mafia:  Master criminals trafficking radio active material - the most dangerous of a black market commodities.    Mafia Nations: The growth of organized crime is often due to assistance from those who are elected to "protect and serve."Disc 2- Killers of the Underworld: Killing- a single trait that links all crime lords.   Gangland Confessions:  How the Russian, Colombian and Mexican Mafias converged into one global menace.Disc 3 –(Bonus Disc)  International Syndicates: America’s #1 export is crime. Charts the rise of the Mob and its spread and adaptation to global crime.