{"id":3121,"date":"2016-09-28T17:38:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2016-09-28T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:38:32","slug":"famous-gangsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/top-tens\/famous-gangsters","title":{"rendered":"10 Notoriously Famous Gangsters The World Has Ever Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a culture we have always been fascinated with the seedy underbelly of society, be it Dostoevsky waxing eloquent on the nature of Crime and Punishment or contemporary Screen obsession with The Sopranos and Godfather and the likes. We always have and always will find crime fascinating, and perhaps even romantic. The idea of being rebels, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outlaw\">outlaws <\/a>appeals. The idea of not being answerable to anyone, of having immense power and luxury, all of this attracts and coos into your ears. Yes that is about the famous gangsters!.<\/p>\n<p>One may be led to wonder, these men (and women) with their awe-inspiring personalities and grand schemes could have ruled the world and found adulation and praise. Yet they shirked that path and went the other way. Why? It\u2019s a fascinating question, one which has lead to several motion picture blockbusters, which has contributed to a romanticism of the life of crime. Yet, all of that generally comes at a price.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen Breaking Bad or any gangster movie, you\u2019d know what that is. They live quick and they live big, they grow to several times their sizes and then they come crumbling down with the weight of their desires, down to an inevitable end looking down the end of a barrel or a padded cell without windows. These are some of the most notorious gangsters the world has ever known, based on notoriety.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Table of Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#10-Notoriously-Famous-Gangsters\">10 Notoriously Famous Gangsters<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#1-The-Kray-Brothers\">1. \u00a0The Kray Brothers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#2-Al-Capone\">2. \u00a0Al Capone<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#3-Lucky-Luciano\">3. \u00a0Lucky Luciano<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#4-Dawood-Ibrahim\">4. \u00a0Dawood Ibrahim<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#5-James-Whitey-Bulger\">5. \u00a0James \u201cWhitey\u201d Bulger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#6-Billy-the-Kid\">6. \u00a0Billy the Kid<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#7-Jesse-James\">7. \u00a0Jesse James<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#8-Meyer-Lansky\">8. \u00a0Meyer Lansky<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#9-Griselda-Blanco\">9. \u00a0Griselda Blanco<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#10-Pablo-Escobar\">10. \u00a0Pablo Escobar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"10-Notoriously-Famous-Gangsters\">10 Notoriously Famous Gangsters<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Below is the list of top 10 notoriously famous gangsters that the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"1-The-Kray-Brothers\">1. \u00a0The<strong> Kray Brothers<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3123 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"the-kray-brothers-famous gangsters\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-1000x667.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-400x267@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-300x200@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-400x267.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/The-Kray-Brothers-600x400@2x.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Reginald and Ronald Kray were twin brothers who masterminded organized crime in East London. They mostly engaged in arson, assault, and large-scale robberies. However, they gained instant notoriety as a result of their murder of the London criminal Jack \u201cThe Hat\u201d McVitie. They were eventually convicted for the assassination of two of their rivals, and they spent the rest of their lives wasting away in Prison, where they eventually died.<\/p>\n<p>Their sexuality, their amours, and their personalities became instantly popular in the US in the 1960s and they even had a movie made on them just last year in which they were played by Tom Hanks, and their tragic love interest was played by Emily Browning.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"2-Al-Capone\">2. \u00a0Al Capone<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3124 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone.jpg\" alt=\"al-capone-gangster\" width=\"1200\" height=\"948\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-600x474@2x.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-1024x809.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-1000x790.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-400x316@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-300x237@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/al-capone-400x316.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One of the most famous gangsters of all time, you might be familiar with him as \u201cScarface.\u201d He became the gang leader of the Chicago Mafia during Prohibition Era in the early 1900s. He went on to make an empire for himself with a personal fortune of over $100 million. He was eventually arrested for Tax Evasion, of all things, and sentenced to 11 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>His health quickly deteriorated, so much so that even once he was released he had become so confused as a result of his Paresis that he could never rebuild or take control of his empire. He \u00a0instead died of a stroke eventually in his Palm Island, with his wife Mae by his side.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"3-Lucky-Luciano\">3. \u00a0Lucky Luciano<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3125 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano.jpg\" alt=\"lucky-luciano-gangster\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-600x600@2x.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-150x150@2x.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-400x400@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-300x300@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Lucky-Luciano-100x100@2x.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Father of Modern Organized Crime in the US, he split the US into five competing Mafia Families. He was the leader of the Genovese Crime Family, however, he is most known as the man who organized a National Crime Syndicate.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"4-Dawood-Ibrahim\">4. \u00a0Dawood Ibrahim<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3126 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim.jpg\" alt=\"Dawood Ibrahim-gangster\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-1000x500@2x.jpg 2000w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-1000x500.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-400x200@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-300x150@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-400x200.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-800x400@2x.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/dawood-ibrahim-600x300@2x.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A real, living, mastermind gangster, he formed the Indian Organized Crime Syndicate by the name of D-Company, which is believed to have masterminded and executed the notorious and deathly 1993 Mumbai bombings, a series of 13 bomb explosions, which totaled over 250 casualties, with <em>each <\/em>attack. He also had ties to the late Osama Bin Laden.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"5-James-Whitey-Bulger\">5. \u00a0James \u201cWhitey\u201d Bulger<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3127 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/James-\u201cWhitey\u201d-Bulger.jpg\" alt=\"james-whitey-bulger-gangster\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/James-\u201cWhitey\u201d-Bulger.jpg 640w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/James-\u201cWhitey\u201d-Bulger-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/James-\u201cWhitey\u201d-Bulger-300x202@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/James-\u201cWhitey\u201d-Bulger-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A fascinating thing about him is that he led a double life, as that of a feared Underworld Crime Leader, and a secretive FBI Informant. Once exposed, he went on the run and evaded arrest and detection for over 18 years. He was second on the FBI Most Wanted list, following closely behind 9\/11 terrorist Osama Bin Laden.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"6-Billy-the-Kid\">6. \u00a0Billy the Kid<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3128 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid.jpg\" alt=\"billy-the-kid-gangster\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-1000x563.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-400x225@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-300x169@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Billy-the-Kid-600x338@2x.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>With his first assassination victim at the age of 18, Billy the Kid was quite a young and prominent gangster of the 1800s, known for his skills with firearms, stealing cattle and killing those he felt \u201cdeserved\u201d to die.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"7-Jesse-James\">7. \u00a0Jesse James<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3129 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"jesse_james_gangster\" width=\"1115\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait.jpg 1115w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-743x1024.jpg 743w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-581x800.jpg 581w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-218x300@2x.jpg 436w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-290x400.jpg 290w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-436x600@2x.jpg 872w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jesse_james_portrait-290x400@2x.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1115px) 100vw, 1115px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another 19th-century figure. He is notorious as a \u2018Modern Robin Hood\u2019, having been a confederate guerrilla in the Civil War. However, he is most infamous for his elaborate and Bank and Train robberies.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"8-Meyer-Lansky\"><strong>8. \u00a0Meyer Lansky<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3130 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5.jpg\" alt=\"meyer-lansky-famous gangsters\" width=\"873\" height=\"1183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5.jpg 873w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-221x300.jpg 221w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-756x1024.jpg 756w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-295x400@2x.jpg 590w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-443x600.jpg 443w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-295x400.jpg 295w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/meyer-lansky-5-221x300@2x.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Quite the Versatile Gang Leader whose reach extended from Gambling in Cuba to Stock Manipulation in the US. He was, however, never charged with anything more incriminating than Gambling and as a result got off with little more than a slap on the wrist, and eventually formed the National Crime Syndicate, a federation of gangs, in the US.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"9-Griselda-Blanco\">9. \u00a0Griselda Blanco<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3131 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Griselda-Blanco.jpg\" alt=\"famous gangsters\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Griselda-Blanco-300x200@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Griselda-Blanco-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Griselda-Blanco-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Popularly known as \u201cThe GodMother and The Black Widow\u201d she is one of the most notorious and famous gangsters to have ever walked this Earth, having been worth over $2 Billion during her peak. She got into prostitution at an early age in Colombia, from which she got into contact with some drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>She designed special undergarments which would help people smuggle large quantities of drugs into the US. She settled in Miami eventually, before being caught and imprisoned. It is believed that by then she had murdered over 200 people while smuggling drugs. Once she was released, she went back to Colombia, where she was gunned down by two hit men.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"10-Pablo-Escobar\">10. \u00a0Pablo Escobar<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3132 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicktoptens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar.jpg\" alt=\"pablo-escobar-gangster\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-600x600@2x.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-150x150@2x.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-400x400@2x.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-300x300@2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/wp68.hostgator.com\/~wadobs0ab4ty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pablo-Escobar-100x100@2x.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Definitely the richest of the Gangsters with a personal fortune of over $30 Billion, he founded the biggest drug cartel in Colombian History, Medellin Cartel, in association with five other illegal businesses. He started his life of crime at a relatively early age, stealing and selling tombstones.<\/p>\n<p>He made lots of influential connections, cloaked himself with \u2018charities\u2019, and assassinated at least 3 Colombian Presidential Candidates, Journalists and anyone else who came in his way. However, eventually, things came to such a head that he had to hide in Prison from assignation attempts. He was eventually shot by the Colombian Police in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>These are just a\u00a0few of the most sought out and notoriously famous gangsters who rule or used to rule our world. The sad part is that more outrageous ones are probably still on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a culture we have always been fascinated with the seedy underbelly of society, be it Dostoevsky waxing eloquent on the nature of Crime and Punishment or contemporary Screen obsession with The Sopranos and Godfather and the likes. We always have and always will find crime fascinating, and perhaps even romantic. 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