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The Romanian Mafia is composed of several major organized groups, which in turn have wider networks throughout Europe and have even reached as far as North and Central America. [1] Including major heists and some of the biggest scams in history, the Romanian mafia is known worldwide for ATM-skimmings as well as pimping and drug trafficking.
The death of Ion Pistol, shot for aggravated homicide in May 1987, marked the country's last regular execution. [18] Romania's last executions were those of Ceaușescu himself and his wife Elena, following the overthrow of the regime in the Romanian Revolution of 1989; they were subjected to a show trial and then shot by a firing squad. [16]
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Oliviu Beldeanu , lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, February 18, 1960; Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1960; Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, May 29, 1962; Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, October 23, 1971; Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, December 14 ...
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...
The Polunsky Unit, where death row inmates are held in Texas, is pictured on May 21, 2013 in Livingston, Texas, about 40 miles from Huntsville. Texas executes more inmates than any other state in ...
Bucharest, Romania: 4: Hădăreni riots: 20 September 1993: Hădăreni, Mureș County, Romania: 3: 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting: 5 March 2012: Bucharest, Romania: 5: A 51-year old man killed 2 people and injured another 8 people in a salon in Bucharest. Gheorghe Dinca killings: 25 July 2019: Caracal, Romania: 2: A 65-year old man is ...
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...