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Murders of Tylee Ryan and J. J. Vallow
Murders of Tylee Ryan, 16, and JJ Vallow, 7, Idaho children missing since September 2019, found buried June 2020 on Chad Daybell's property; Lori Vallow Daybell got life, Daybell the death sentence.
Musitano crime family
The Musitano crime family, also known as the Musitano 'ndrina, is a Canadian mafia family based in Hamilton, Ontario, known for the 1997 murder of crime boss Johnny Papalia.
Muthappa Rai (ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ ರೈ)
Muthappa Rai (ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ ರೈ), Nettala Muthappa Rai, was a Bengaluru underworld don, later realtor and founder of Jaya Karnataka; deported from Dubai in 2002, acquitted in over a dozen cases, died of brain cancer 15 May 2020 aged 68.
Mutilation
Mutilation, or mayhem at common law, is the crime of violently and intentionally inflicting permanent disfigurement or loss of a limb, organ, or member; also an ICC war crime and a historical form of corporal punishment.
Natascha Kampusch
Natascha Kampusch, Austrian author abducted 2 March 1998 in Vienna by Wolfgang Přiklopil, held about eight years in a concealed room, escaped 23 August 2006; subject of memoir 3,096 Days and a 2012 parliamentary inquiry.
National Crime Syndicate
National Crime Syndicate: alleged coast-to-coast American organized crime alliance formed around the 1929 Atlantic City Conference by Luciano and Lansky, named by the 1951 Kefauver Committee, disputed by scholars as a Mafia myth.
Natwarlal
Natwarlal, born Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava (1912), was India's most famous con man, known for forging signatures, selling the Taj Mahal and Red Fort, and escaping prison repeatedly; his death date remains disputed.
Nazi Lowriders
Nazi Lowriders (NLR, The Ride): white supremacist prison and street gang founded in California Youth Authority facilities in the late 1970s, tied to the Aryan Brotherhood, dominant white gang in California prisons by the 1990s, active in meth trafficking.
New Orleans crime family
New Orleans crime family (Matranga family), American Mafia organization founded around 1870 by Charles and Antonio Matranga; led for decades by Carlos Marcello, active in docks, gambling, and wire services, weakened by BRILAB and 1994 video-poker prosecutions.
Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, married him in 1985, endured documented abuse including a 1989 battery conviction, divorced in 1992, and was murdered with Ronald Goldman on June 12, 1994, leading to the televised 1995 trial.
Nine Trey Gangsters
Nine Trey Gangsters (NTG, Billies), a set of the United Blood Nation (East Coast Bloods) founded in New York, with ranked hierarchy under The 31 rules, active in RICO prosecutions from New Jersey to North Carolina and in the Tekashi 6ix9ine case.
Norte del Valle Cartel
Norte del Valle Cartel (Cartel del Norte del Valle), Colombian cocaine trafficking organization based in northern Valle del Cauca that dominated the trade after the Cali cartel's 1995 fall, exporting over 500 metric tons of cocaine to the US before its 1994-2011 collapse.
North Side Gang
North Side Gang: Prohibition-era Irish-led Chicago crime organization north of the Chicago River, rival of Al Capone; led by Dean O'Banion (murdered 1924), attacked Cicero in 1926, and lost seven members in the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre.
Nth Room case (N번방 사건)
Nth Room case (N번방 사건): South Korean digital sex exploitation ring run via numbered Telegram chat rooms, 2018–2020; operators Cho Ju-bin (40 years) and Moon Hyung-wook (34 years); dozens of victims including minors; triggered 2020 anti-Nth Room laws.
O. J. Simpson robbery case
The O. J. Simpson robbery case: the 2007 Las Vegas Palace Station hotel room gunpoint confrontation with memorabilia dealers Beardsley and Fromong, Simpson's 2008 conviction on 12 counts, 9-to-33-year sentence, and 2017 parole.
Oba Chandler
Oba Chandler (1946-2011), American murderer executed in Florida in 2011 for the 1989 Tampa Bay killings of tourists Joan, Michelle, and Christe Rogers; identified via handwriting billboards, distinct from other Chandlers.
October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery
The October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery: vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt stole about $17.4 million from the Charlotte, North Carolina vault with Kelly Campbell and Steve and Michelle Chambers, fled to Mexico, and was caught after the conspirators' conspicuous spending; 17 people pled guilty.
Oklahoma Girl Scout murders
The Oklahoma Girl Scout murders: the June 13, 1977 killings of three Girl Scouts (Lori Farmer, Michelle Guse, Doris Milner) at Camp Scott near Locust Grove; Gene Leroy Hart was tried and acquitted, and the case remains open.
Omaima Nelson
Omaima Aree Nelson (born 1968), Egyptian-born American convicted of the 1991 second-degree murder and dismemberment of her husband William Nelson in Costa Mesa, California; sentenced in 1993 and denied parole repeatedly since 2006.
Omertà
Omertà, also called the law of silence, is the code of silence of the southern Italian mafia, forbidding any cooperation with state authorities and punishing breach by death.
Online predator
Online predator: an adult who uses chat, social media, and messaging to groom children for sexual exploitation, also called online grooming or cybergrooming; prevalence 8-19%, staged manipulative tactics, ML detection, and grooming-specific criminal laws.
Online Rape Academy (CNN investigation)
Online Rape Academy: name for the ecosystem exposed in CNN's 26 March 2026 As Equals investigation ("Exposing a global 'online rape academy'"), covering Telegram group Zzz, Motherless.com, and the misreported 62 million visits figure.
Operation Snow White
Operation Snow White: 1970s Church of Scientology Guardian's Office conspiracy to purge government files on Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard; exposed by 1977 FBI raids; eleven convictions including Mary Sue Hubbard.
Operation Spanner
Operation Spanner: 1987 UK Metropolitan Police investigation into gay consensual sadomasochism, leading to the Spanner trials, R v Brown, and Laskey v UK.
Operation Yewtree
Operation Yewtree was a Metropolitan Police investigation into historical sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and others, launched in October 2012 after an ITV documentary aired abuse allegations.
Organised crime in India
Organised crime in India: structured syndicates committing continuing unlawful activity for profit, from Mumbai's D-Company to sand and gold mafias. Governed by MCOCA 1999, UAPA, PMLA, and BNS 2023 Sections 111–112; 840 organised crime cases registered in 2024.
Organised crime in Ireland
Organised crime in Ireland: family-based gangs (Kinahan, Hutch), the New IRA, cocaine trafficking via Dublin and ports, GNDOCB and Criminal Justice Act 2006 responses, €390m seizures since 2019, and the €157m MV Matthew case.
Organizacion de Narcotraficantes Unidos
La Organización de Narcotraficantes Unidos (La ONU) is a Puerto Rican drug-trafficking alliance formed around 2004 by San Juan housing-project gangs, distinct from Colombia's Clan del Golfo; it trafficked cocaine to New York and was dismantled through RICO prosecutions.
Organized crime
Organized crime: continuing profit-driven crime by structured groups. Key facts: UNTOC (2000) defines organized criminal groups (3+ members, serious crimes, material benefit) but not the term itself; estimated $870 billion yearly.
Organized crime in Italy
Organized crime in Italy: Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta, Camorra, and Sacra Corona Unita, mafia-type groups defined by Article 416-bis (1982), trafficking drugs and infiltrating public procurement and the legal economy.